Arizona Judo Academy

What a fun Day of competition @ the New Mexico State Games in Las Cruces this past weekend. Congratulations and Great Job Andrew placing 1st and 2nd. Continue your improvement.

It was a great Day of Judo this past Saturday at the AZ State Open Championships. We are especially proud of all our beginners who competed in awesome fashion and to all our advanced Judokas who continue to improve.
Gold:Ajay, George, Mya, Noah, S***a (Mens Brn), Mike(Mens Blk).
Silver: Johnny, Elijah, Ben, Nathan M., Aiden, Nathen N(Mens Novice)
Bronze: Sophia
Great effort to Andrew.
Keep up the hard work to all and your achievements will be limitless.

Great job and great effort Alexander @ the High School Nationals in San Jose, CA this past weekend. Making it all the way to the Semifinals and 1 match away from bronze medal in the repechage. Finishing 5th in a tournament like this with only a few weeks to prepare is a very great effort. Keep up the effort Alexander.

Looking forward to it.

It was a great experience for our Judokas at the Tucson scramble this past weekend. Especially for our beginner Judokas. Super Job everyone.

Tucson Scramble Kids tournament. This Saturday 1/28 10am@
101 W 44th St, Tucson, AZ 85713

It was a full weekend of competition @ the Winter National's.

Congratulations,
Adam Gold Medalist
Mike Silver Medalist, fist time competing, @ the Winter National's way to go.
Nathan 1 match away from the medal rounds.
Noah effort counts, we will do better next time keep up the training.
Huge improvements made great experience gained.

A Very Big congratulations to Adam Bronze medalist at the Presidents Cup in Irving, Texas. We are very proud of him, lots of work put in super postive, focused, and most importantly a great sportsman through out the entire 2 tournament's. Some close matches to call and tough competition. Keep up the hard work Adam, you'll get there.

You never know who you will run into at a National competition. Marti Malloy Olympic Bronze medalist and World Silver medalist. Such a sweet lady, awesome competitor, and great Judoka.

Dallas Silver Medalist Adam
We are excited for Adam to compete @ the President's Cup.

Congratulations Noah placing 2nd & Nathan 3rd at the Mojica tournament last weekend. The experience and training is showing and on the rise. Very proud of the two of you.

Had a great Day of scrimmage matches with our friends and neighboring Dojos, and a good bit of fun this past weekend. Thank you to Southwest Dojo for hosting this.

This brother duo strikes again. Congratulations Noah 2nd and Nathan 3rd in a Nanka tournament last weekend. So very proud of you! Continue to embrace the journey and keep up the hard practices.

It's not every day you can train with a World Medalist and Asian Games silver medalist from Uzebekistan. Great Job Alexander and thank you Layla and Good Luck on your road to the Olympics.

This brother duo has just been getting the most out of every tournament and has made huge improvements not just in competition but training as well. Hard fought matches by Noah and congratulations to Nathan silver medalist at the California State Games. Keep up the hard work!!

It was a great day in training for Alexander and Adam. Meeting with Kazakhstan Shimkent district of Judo and Sambo development training center. Very hard working and humble Coaches as well as Athletes from a young age on up, with a great amount of hospitality, as it is in this sport around the world for sure. We are looking forward to the rest of our stay here.

A big Congratulations to Noah (2nd place) and Nathan (3rd place) for competing in the Hayashi Judo Tournament over the weekend. Keep up the hard work!!

Judo tournament this Month! #2022 First, Second, Third placers will receive medals to represent their achievements! ’s #79922. Come on and compete on this years Judo tournament!

It was a great day of Judo yesterday at our training camp. We are so grateful and would like to send out a very big thank you to Sensei Tony Okada for running the training for the day. Also a thank you to the Dojos for your support and attendance of your spectacular Judokas, Southwest Dojo, Tucson Dojo, Hyashi Dojo. It is our hope this will help Judokas training in their upcoming competition and training as well.

A special shout out to our younger Judokas, Ajay and Elijah, who worked so hard to get ready for this tournament and came home with a gold and bronze medal. Way to go!!!

What a fantastic day of Judo at the long awaited AZ State Judo Championships. Thank you to our refs who volunteered their time.
Very Proud Of all who competed, made improvements and adjustments throughout the tournament.
1st Ajay & Doug
2nd Nathan N.(Mens Division) Nathan M.
3rd S***a( Mens Division) Elijah, Noah
Valiant Effort made by Jesse.

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Registration for Tony Okada Judo camp is now open. Checkout our Calendar for May 7th for the registration form. Hope to see you there :)

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Mark your calendar.... Join us May 7th for a day of Judo with the Judo Olympian Tony Okada. Registration details to follow.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!

What a very long but fulfilling day of Judo with great matches at the Vegas Open. As we were not thrilled about competing into the night, we were able to get some great matches non the less.
Congrats to the following Judokas:
1st Place: Adriaan, Adam, Mike(First tournament ever)
2nd Place: Daniel & Noah(X2)
3rd: Alexander & Nathan(X2)
All Judokas did a great Job whether they placed or not especially for some was their first tournament and others that have not competed in almost 2 years. Super Job keep up the hard work.

We are so thankful to have Jennifer train with us and help our small Jr. Judokas and beginners as always. Jennifer has done Judo since she was 8 years old and she has always given back to this sport into her Adult hood as an inspiration to us all. We love her and are so very proud of her. Can't wait for her next visit. We wish her safe travels back home.

We are so thankful the Nevada Judo Association was able to put an event together, enabling us to have the opportunity to compete at the Trick or Sweep Tournament this past weekend. A big congratulations to the following Judokas who fought very hard matches and got some good competition in.
Silver medalist: Adam
Bronze medalist: Ajay

We would like to send a big thank you to Southwest Judo for hosting a scrimmage on Saturday. It was great seeing everyone as well as getting experience for table work and reffing. Thank you again.

We are so thankful for this training opportunity Nanka was able to provide. We look forward to more.... We are very proud of our Judokas who attended this great training, great job!! Keep up the hard work.

Congratulations to Nathan and Noah Montes who competed at the Red Rock Rumble invitational last weekend in Vegas. We are so very proud of you putting in the extra work and competition. Keep up the awesome job!!!
Nathan Gold
Noah Gold X 2

A BIG Thank You to San Gabriel Judo Dojo for your hospitality and allowing us to train with you as always. The Montes boys training during their vacation. Super proud of you guys!!

Happy Mother's Day from AJA! We know the dedication and sacrifice that it takes to have your kids coming to practice every week and all those tournaments (non Covid year that is 😭). We hope you have a great and relaxing day, you deserve it!

Putting the extra work for conditioning this past Saturday. Very proud of each Judoka who attended they kept their pace and finished to the end with everyone, great job. We will try this every month throughout the winter and spring. Details for our next conditioning session will follow soon.

It was a beautiful day this past Saturday for Judo followed by some family food and fun. It was wonderful to see Judokas and their families, interact in a safe way but still manage to enjoy each others company. All Dojos should continue to share the positives of Judo even while we go through this adversity... let's come out stronger in 2021. Wishing all a healthy and happy Holiday Season.

Dojo reopens tomorrow for practice as regularly scheduled! Please make sure to check your email for the new guidelines. For new students looking to join or inquire, this is by appointment only for now. See everyone soon.

As the State mandate has been lifted as of this week, we are excited to announce the reopening of the Dojo starting the week of June 1st to commence our regular practices with precautionary measures and CDC guidelines. Members please check your email for updates. See you soon 😊

To Our Dearest Members,
As we continue through another week of the COVID-19 Pandemic the safest and healthiest course for our Judokas and their families is to keep the Dojo closed for the time being. We will continue to monitor State and City Mandates as to when we will be able to re-open the Dojo. To all our Judokas and their families thank you so very much for your continued support, stay safe and we will be training together again in the near future.
Any questions at all please contact us.