50th Annual North South Tournament

The North South Tournament is this Sunday, April 20th. Check in starts at 8:00am but plan on being there much earlier than that. All Kyu and Women Yudansha must be dressed and ready for warm ups by 8:10am. There will be a lot of people there and to be able to secure a space to warm up, we need to start early. All other Yudansha are welcome to join in the morning warm ups but it is not necessary.

The Toban assignments were explained yesterday at practice. Those of you who have been assigned duties will get a copy of the list tomorrow so that you know where you are assigned.

This year, we have 20 members participating in the tournament. They are as follows:

Atsushi Yamashita
Takashi Yamashita
Allek Bien
Lui Suzuki
Allyson Dong
Richard Jew
Jerry Bien
Rares Vernica
Richard Ra
Charlie Kao
Megumi Tsuji
Kiju Park
Lewis Ji
Eugene O'brien
Desmond Nakamoto
James Yang
Kazunori Kobayashi
Roxie Kubo Sensei
Takahashi Sensei
Shoraku Sensei

All members not participating in the Tournament are encouraged to come and support the Dojo.

Just a small reminder, everyone participating in the Tournament is required to stay until the end. Unless you have spoken to Hosokawa Yuji Sensei about leaving early.