Emerald City Judo

🥋 "Judo does not consist of taking others down.
It consists of helping them rise."

🥋 "El Judo no consiste en derribar a los demás.
Consiste en ayudarles a levantarse."

OSS, always. 🙏

A big congratulations to Marcus Breda for achieving stellar evaluation ratings at the USA Judo Senior nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico over this last weekend!

He is on track to be a qualified candidate for
international events over the next few years!

Emerald city should be proud of the fact that we crank out top quality world class referees!

Just remember that there are many aspects to judo; including training fitness self-defense competition and of course kata, and officiating!

The hardest lessons in Judo are the ones that don’t show up on the scoreboard.

The scoreboard shows wins and losses.
It does not show restraint.
It does not show discipline.
It does not show growth.

It doesn’t show the child who stayed composed after a bad call.
It doesn’t show the child who fought off their back after being dominated early.
It doesn’t show the child who lost, but learned exactly why.

Judo teaches lessons quietly.
Often painfully.
Often without reward.

And that’s the point.

The most important skills your child develops in Judo are internal.
Self-control under pressure.
Accountability after failure.
Ownership without excuses.

If you only judge progress by medals, you miss the real development happening underneath.

The scoreboard ends when the match ends.
The lessons last much longer.

First class of 2026 with 2 well deserved promotions!

End of year holiday potluck at Emerald city judo!

One of our top local Pacific Northwest international referees (Brian Toth) who is now doing the Olympic circuit

Emerald city team at the Zenyu fall challenge 2025 tournament!

Another well deserved promotion tonight! Congrats to James on earning his brown belt!