Arizona Judo Academy

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!!

[05/09/21]   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.

[06/01/20]   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.

[05/14/20]   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 😊

[03/31/20]   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.

[03/24/20]   To Our Members,
After evaluating the COVID-19 epidemic and the recent State of emergency this past weekend from State and City Mandates, we have decided to keep the Dojo closed for this week.
A re-evaluation will be made on the 30th of March to decide when the Dojo will open once again.
Thank you all for your continued support and we hope everyone stays healthy and safe.
Any questions at all please contact us.

[03/17/20]   To our Arizona Judo Academy Members. As per growing concerns because of COVID-19 and as well as CDC recommendations, we have decided, as precautionary measure, to cancel all training, competition, and all other events starting 3/13 until the week of 3/23. We will re-evaluate on the 23rd to see when we should to reopen our Dojo.

Thank you so very much for all of your continued support, we hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

[03/13/20]   As a precautionary measure the Tucson scramble scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.

[03/12/20]   We will be having practice tonight.

Hope to see many of our Arizona Judokas there!!

We had another great day of practice with our friends at Southwest Dojo. We look forward to the next one as this is great development building and training opportunity for our AZ Jr. Judokas.

[02/14/20]   We will be joining our friends for a Combined Dojo training tomorrow 10am at the Southwest Dojo 145 W. Broadway Rd in Mesa.

Lots of fun at the Tucson Scramble Judokas had great matches. It was great to see support from Arizona Dojos and volunteer refs. Congratulations to the following Judokas
1st: Shota
2nd: Lucas, Ajay, Noah, Henry

Reminder there will be no practice this Saturday. We will be attending the Junior Development Scramble hosted by the Tucson Dojo.

What a wonderful morning of good hard training with our friends from Southwest Judo dojo and Tucson Judo dojo on Saturday. We look forward to the next combined training session. Thank you all for attending and practicing with us.

We will be hosting a Arizona combined Jr. development Training session January 18th at 10am with our friends from Heart Dojo, Southwest Dojo and Tucson Dojo. We will be meeting after practice for lunch at Ray's pizza on Deer Valley Rd. For information on future combined training sessions please speak with Sensei John, Sensei Tim, or Sensei Erik. We look forward to some great training with our Arizona Dojos.

Winter Nationals 2019

It was a long day of tough competition at this year's Winter Nationals, that started in the morning and ended into the late hours of the evening, with over 700 competitors from all over. Congratulations to the following Judokas
Silver Medalist: Alexander
Bronze Medalists: Susan & Daniel

It was a spectacular amount of Judo matches and competition with competitors from all over the country at 2019 Dallas Invitational and Presidents Cup. All Our Judokas fought very hard and were able to make critical adjustments throughout the weekend which was key in some of their success. We are very proud of our fighters who competed this past weekend and did their very best.
Congratulations to Dallas Invitational Gold medalist Alexander and Silver medalist Adam. Presidents Cup Silver medalists Alexander and Henry.

As we had some Judokas compete over this past weekend in Las Vegas, congratulations to the following Judokas:
1st Susan, Martha, Daniel. 2nd Martha, 3rd Adriaan.

It was great to see Senseis, Judokas, and Family of our Dojo come together for a relaxing evening of fun at our Dojo's annual potluck this weekend. A SPECIAL thank you to Sensei Helena and her family for hosting our potluck. We hope to do it again next year.

Congratulations to the following Judokas who competed at the Jack Bradford tournament this weekend. Continue to enjoy the Judo!
1st: Nanni, Lucas, Kane, Henry, Nathan N
2nd: Susan, Martha, Ajay, Nathan M., Kosuke, Adriaan, Quinn x 2, Daniel, Shota
3rd: Martha, Adriaan, Daniel, Atanas

It was a great day of competition on Saturday in Mesa at the Southwest Open. It was good to see a variety of competitors. Congratulations to the following Judokas:
1st: Kosuke and Shota
2nd: Nathan M., Kane, Noah, Adriaan, Daniel, Kyle, Susan, Martha x2, Aaron.
3rd: Ajay, Atanas, Adriaan
A special congratulations goes out to Kosuke, Kane, Kyle for competing in their first tournament ever. Great Job!!!

Today was a good day of competition at the California State Games/Jesse Jones Memorial Judo Championships in San Diego. Thank you to Mark Hays and the Unidos Dojo for putting on this tournament each year. We had a few Judokas compete for the first time out of State it was a great experience for them we are so very proud of each Judoka who competed. Congratulations to the following Judokas. 1st Lucas, Nathan M, Tavin, Shota. 2nd Quinn. Great effort made by Noah. Congratulations to all Judokas, great job!

It was a lot of fun last night at the Annual California State Games Judo Potluck/tailgate and Opening ceremonies with the Migoto Dojo and other Dojos attending the Games. It was nice to hang out with some Judo friends, try some great food and drinks. We look forward to it again next year.

We had hard fought matches on day 2 from our younger Judokas. As we wraped up International Day 3 of the Jr. Olympics all Judokas gained superior competition and experience at the biggest Judo competition of the year for Juniors. Keep striving and training to achieve your competitive goals Judokas.

As we wrap up Day 1 of the Jr Olympics with hard fought matches from our Judokas, some of them competing in their first Jr. Olympics ever. Congratulations to Nathan Narrik Domestic Jr. Olympic Bronze Meadlist. Good Luck to our Judokas competing in Day 2.

It was a wonderful morning of combined training at Tucson Dojo on Saturday. A very big thank you to Tucson and Southwest Dojo for another organized combined dojo training session as we prepare our Judokas on the road to the Jr. Olympics. Good luck to all our Judokas competing at this years Jr. Olympics as we embark to Anaheim to represent Arizona Judo, see you there and safe travels.