
Congrats to all of our team members bringing home 1 Gold π₯ and 6 Bronze π₯ at USANKF Nationals 2024 at The Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana!
Okinawan Ryuei Ryu Karate Our number one goal is to have a safe and positive training environment.
Our classes are taught in a family friendly environment, by provide training programs to individuals in order to achieve unity of mind, body and technique.
Operating as usual
Congrats to all of our team members bringing home 1 Gold π₯ and 6 Bronze π₯ at USANKF Nationals 2024 at The Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana!
Congrats to our athletes who competed at 2024 AAU Nationals at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Everyone did a great job and we had a lot of fun! We got top 20 as a club and getting the most medals!
Thank you to our new team sponsor - Chargel for providing us with our energy gel packets giving our team a charge up energy!
On to our next journey for some of our athletes as we will rest up for a few days and head over to USANKF Nationals in Lafayette, Louisiana!
Great Training Camp!!! Everyone worked so hard and learned a lot and will be using everything we learned at Nationals!
Congrats to our competitors competing at 2024 IKF Sacramento Karate Championships. Of course, the day isnβt complete without our usual team dinner! Next step, weβll be training hard to prepare for our journey to AAU National Championships and USANKF Nationals!
Kai Herskind
π₯1st Place in Kata
π₯3rd Place in Kumite
Sunny Sorter
π₯2nd Place in Kata
Kai Herskind, Sunny Sorter, & Skyler Sorter
π₯2nd Place in Team Kata
Xavi Nguyen
π₯3rd Place in Kumite
McKenzie Bridgeford
π₯1st Place in Kata
Tristan Bridgeford
π₯1st Place in Kata
Alex Do
π₯2nd Place in Kata
Congrats Gakuji Tozaki Karate, weβre all so proud of you and Thank you for being such a great inspiration and role model for our dojo. All the kids were so excited watching you perform showing tremendous improvement from Cairo!!
Congrats to our team for competing at the 2024 AAU Southwest Super Regionals and as usual keeping up the tradition of eating out! The team went to Shake Shake for team lunch celebration! The team look great in their new competition shirts!!!!
Team Teal? or Team Pink?
Kyle Chuang
π₯2nd Place in Kobudo
Alan Nemoto-Park
π₯3rd Place in Kobudo
π₯1st Place in Kumite
Kai Herskind
π₯2nd Place in Kata
π₯1st Place in Kumite
Sunny Sorter
π₯2nd Place in Kobudo
π₯2nd Place in Kumite
Skyler Sorter
π₯1st in Kobudo
π₯3rd in Kata
π₯3rd in Kumite
Team Kata - π₯2nd Place
π₯Kai Herskind
π₯Sunny Sorter
π₯Skyler Sorter
Bianka Wu
π₯2nd Place in Kata
Xavi Nguyen
π₯2nd in Kobudo
π₯3rd in Sanbon Kumite
π₯1st in Ultimate Rotational Kumite
Sarah Nguyen
π₯3rd in Ippon Kumite
π₯3rd in Sanbon Kumite
π₯2nd in Ultimate Rotational Kumite
McKenzie Bridgeford
π₯1st in Kata
Tristan Bridgeford
π₯1st in Kata
Yuta Hakozaki
π₯1st in Kobudo
π₯2nd in Kata
Breck Abugan
π₯3rd in Ippon Kumite
π₯3rd in Sanbon Kumite
Sakura Umlauf
π₯3rd in Kobudo
π₯2nd in Kata
π₯2nd in Ippon Kumite
π₯3rd in Sanbon Kumite
Alex Do
π₯3rd in Kobudo
π₯3rd in Kata
π₯1st in Ippon Kumite
π₯1st in Sanbon Kumite
π₯2nd in Ultimate Rotational Kumite
Check out the awesome photos by Hiroyuki Hakozaki at 20024 AAU Southern California Super Regionals. Thank you so much for sharing these pictures.
Congrats!! Weβre so proud of you!
Gakuji Tozaki takes silver in the Male Kata at the PKF Senior Championships! Way to go! π₯ππΌ
Go go! Gakuji - Congrats on making to the Finals!
Love the shirt and way to represent Ryuei Ryu!
Watch Gakuji live at 2:10 pm PST
Tatami 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVlrz79TcWw
Awesome Joint Competition Team Training Session! Poway Dojo and UCSD Group
Great Job everyone,
Team Ryuei Ryu USA!!! Did awesome and had a great time at the Riverside Youth Championships! Thank Sensei Amy Hung for hosting a great event!
Sunny Sorter- 2nd π₯ place kobudo, 3rd π₯ Kata
Skyler Sorter- 3rd place π₯ kobudo
McKenzie Bridgeford - 1st π₯ Kata
Tristan Bridgeford- 2nd π₯ Kata
Alex Do - 2nd π₯ Kobudo, 1st π₯ kata, 1st π₯ Sanbon kumite
Check out our new competition shirts!!!!
Congrats to all the students for passing their kyu test!
Great Opportunity to learn from the best!
Congrats to our competitors, they did a great job representing Ryuei Ryu at the Elite Karate Cup. Thank you Sensei Alex Tajik for hosting a great tournament! And of course, we ended our day celebrating AYCE Korean BBQ with our matching Shark Shoes!
Chalie Pilla
1st π₯ in Kata
2nd π₯ in Kumite
Jack Pilla
3rd π₯ in Kata
McKenzie Bridgeford
1st π₯ in Kata
Tristan Bridgeford
1st π₯ in Kata
Alex Do
1st π₯ in Long Weapons
1st π₯in Short Weapons
3rd π₯ in Kata
2nd π₯ in Kumite
Ganbatte! Gakuji Gakuji Tozaki Karate - Everyone at the dojo is sending their support!!!
And just like that, another competition! Good luck to everyone competing at the WKF Karate 1-Premier League in Cairo, Egypt! π₯ πͺπ¬
Let's go USA! πΊπΈ π΄ βͺοΈ π΅
Go Ryuei Ryu Team USA!!!
Representing at North American Open
Taking home
26 Medals
10 Gold Medals π
7 Silver Medals π₯
9 Bronze Medals π₯
Great week at the Poway dojo! We had friends visiting us from Hawaii. Patricia Taniguchi It was a pleasure having your students join our competition group and wishing you luck for US Open at Texas. Also a great seminar taught by our friend, Fernando from Guatemala. Our kids learned a lot! And now off to North American Open!
Great Team Training Session with UCSD Ryuei-Ryu Karate! Ready to go to North American Open in Las Vegas!
Congrats to all of our competitors competing at 26th Annual USA Wado-Ryu Championships. A big Thank you to our team Coach Gakuji Tozaki Karate who said Iβm not going to be running around the ring for all of our competitors but still did! Also thank you to all the parents showing their support for our team and thank you to Amber for all the nice action photos so far. Still continuing our after dinner tradition, no ayce bbq nearby so we settled for Ramen again and nearest Boba place was 4 miles away so we got ice cream instead!!
Elena Nemoto-Park
2nd Place π₯ in Kata
Gianna Wu
2nd Place π₯ in Kata
2nd Place π₯ in Kumite
Madelyn Yeow
1st Place π₯ in Kata
Bianka Wu
2nd Place π₯ in Kata
Alan Nemoto-Park
1st Place π₯ in Kobudo (Long Weapons)
2nd Place π₯ in Kumite
Kai Herskind
3rd Place π₯ in Kata
Sunny Sorter
1st Place π₯ in Kata
1st Place π₯ in Kobudo (Long Weapons)
Skyler Sorter
2nd Place π₯ in Kata
2nd Place π₯ in Kobudo (Long Weapons)
Alex Do
1st Place π₯ in Kobudo (Long Weapons)
1st Place π₯ in Kata
1st Place π₯ in Kumite
Tristan Bridgeford
2nd Place π₯ in (15-17) Kata
1st Place π₯ in Adult Kata & $100 Cash Prize!
Congrats to our competitors who competed at the So Cal Karate National Prep Tournament in Costa Mesa, CA. Our team did exceptionally well and went out to celebrate with having ramen and boba!!
Charlie Pilla
Kata - 2nd Place π₯
Kumite - 3rd Place π₯
Jack Pilla
Kata - 2nd Place π₯
Kumite - 3rd Place π₯
Madelyn Yeow
Kata - 1st Place π₯
McKenzie Bridgeford
Kata - 1st Place π₯
Alex Do
Kobudo - Long Weapons 3rd Place π₯
Kata - 3rd Place π₯
Kumite - 3rd Place π₯
Congrats to all of the students that competed today! Even though we didnβt get to have our usual all you can eat Korean Bbq, we had to settle to having In-n-Out since everyone still have competition class to attend that night! We drilled down working on our weakness and improving ourselves for the next tournament! Thank you Gakuji Tozaki Karate for coaching us and still have the energy to train us later that day!
Gianna Wu
1st Place π₯ Kata
2nd Place π₯ Kumite
Ryen Wu
1st Place π₯ Kumite
Bianka Wu
1st Place π₯ Kata
1st Place π₯ Kumite
Madelyn Yeow
2nd Place π₯ Kata
Kai Herskind
2nd Place π₯ Kata
2nd Place π₯ Kumite
Xavi Nguyen
2nd Place π₯ Kata
1st Place π₯ Kumite
McKenzie Bridgeford
1st Place π₯Kata
Alex Do
3rd Place π₯ Adult Kobudo
3rd Place π₯ 16-17 Kobudo
3rd Place π₯ 16-17 Kata
1st Place π₯ Kumite
1st Place π₯ Ultimate Rotational Team Kumite
Yuta Hakozaki
2nd Place π₯ Adult Kobudo
2nd Place π₯ 16-17 Kobudo
2nd Place π₯ Adult Kata
1st Place π₯ 16-17 Kata
Joe Stipe
3rd Place π₯ Adult Kata
Awesome! Everyone at the dojo is cheering for you to win the Gold at Panam!!!
Congrats to our athletes competing at The Tournament of Champions in Santa Ana. Alex Tajik Thank you for hosting the tournament and looking forward to next ones. Also a big thank you to our coaches Gakuji Tozaki Karate & Brahman Gnad.
Charlie Pilla 3rd Place π₯ in kata
Jack Pilla 1st Place π₯ in kata
Kai Herskind 2nd Place π₯ in kata
McKenzie Bridgeford 3rd Place π₯ in kata
Alex Do 2nd Place π₯ in kata
As usual, we kept our new tradition of having all you can eat Korean bbq and boba run after our tournament.
Congrats!!! Gakuji Tozaki Karate !!! The students are so excited for you and we will always be cheering you on!
Please join us in congratulating everyone who competed this weekend at the 2024 Senior Team Trials in Colorado Springs. Letβs go, Team USA! πΊπΈ π΄ βͺοΈ π΅ π₯
Congrats to all the students who got their new ranks last Wendnesday in January 31st!! They all did a great job.
Congrats to our competitors to our first tournament of the year at 2024 9th Annual Gensei Ryu Invitational (Santa Ana CA). Followed by all you can eat Korean bbq with the team - this seems to be becoming our new tradition after tournaments.
Advance Long Weapons 17 and under
Yuta Hakozaki 1st π₯
Alex Do 2nd π₯
Advance Male Kata 16-17 years old
Alex Do 2nd π₯
Yuta Hakozaki 3rd π₯
Advance Female Kata 16-17 years old
Sakura Umlauf 3rd π₯
Breck Abugan 3rd π₯
Advance Female Kumite 16-17 years old
Sakura Umlauf 2nd π₯
Breck Abugan 3rd π₯
Intermediate Female Kata 14-15 years old
Sarah Nguyen 1st π₯
Advance Female Kumite 14-16 years old
Sarah Nguyen 2nd π₯
Intermediate Male Kata 12-13 years old
Xavi Nguyen 1st π₯
Good Luck! Gakuji Tozaki and Taishi! All the students at the dojo are rooting for you two!
The World Karate Federation 2023 Karate 1-Premier League in Paris, France π«π· begins tomorrow! Best of luck to Sakura, Tom, Ariel, Gakuji, and Taishi! Let's go USA! πΊπΈ π΄ βͺοΈ π΅
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