Great performance at the San Gabriel 85th Anniversary Judo Tournament. Six competitors and six medals.
Anthony 1st
Ashley 1st
Maddy 1st
Sarina 2nd
Guile 3rd
Oliver 3rd
There were a lot of competitors in each pool, about 325 competitors in total, so it was a long day!
Come work out with Justin Flores. We will be hosting a Clinic at Migoto Judo Dojo.
$20 pregister and $25 at the door.
Email questions to judo@migoto-judo.org
Vote for a 3d replica to be made of the Migoto Judo Walker.
2nd Place
Anthony
We will host a free Judo open mat session at Migoto Judo Dojo from 10am to 1pm on Saturday April 20th.
It is open to all judoka and we will have a lot of randori time and drill time.
We will have light snacks and refreshments after the workout.
1st Place -- Madelyn Mones and Sarina Kuninaga – Katame No Kata
2nd Place -- Madelyn Mones and Sarina Kuninaga – Nage No KataHello Judo Friends,
Come join us on Monday, October 1st to welcome the Vancouver Police Department Judo Club.
They will be showing our Migoto students, invited local law enforcement officers and guests how they use Judo in their line of work.
Don't forget to rsvp on facebook.
1st Place - Angie, Anthony F, Kevin, Krystle, Kyle, Maddy, Natalie, Sarina, Zavier
2nd Place - Callen, Samantha, Sophia
3rd Place - Anthony M
4th - Christian, Jeremy, Stuart
Migoto also received the Team Champions banner!
IJF-Junior (60kg)
JUVENILE A (48kg)
New Time: February 26th - 2pm to 4pm
Special guests include Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox and world champion kata competitor Greg Fernandez and Rick Hernandez.
We will also have Judo Shiai and Kata demonstrations.
Bring your gi and try out our "state of the art" facilities.
Migoto Judo Dojo will host a clinic with 2 Time Olympians Valerie Gotay and Israel Hernandez(2 Time Bronze Medalist)!
March 19th, 2011 at the New Dojo.
More details to follow!
Migoto Judo Dojo performed a Judo Demonstration July 5th, 2010 at the Joan Kroc Community and Recreation center to promote the California State Games to be held July 8th-13th in San Diego.
This was a promo that Jake Flores produced with the help of Daniel Fasula and Sensei Tudor Lupan. Seka Sports and Addidas picked up the video. More great videos from J. Flores Productions to follow...
BY JOEY NOWAK
Ashley Fernando is an 11-year-old judo national champion who routinely takes down opponents in one fell swoop.
Unless, of course, that opponent is her 13-year-old brother.
“It's different with her,” said Anthony Fernando, a national champion himself. “I don't want to hurt her. I'm OK with hurting other people, but I get in trouble when I hurt her.”
The brother-sister tandem from Bonita is just one of the family ties at the 40th annual USJA Junior National Judo Championships this weekend at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego. Ashley Fernando took first place yesterday in her division and Anthony is scheduled to fight today. Anthony has a first-place title from the winter nationals in Ontario, Canada, and a second-place finish at last year's Junior Olympics. Ashley, who began judo when she was 3, has a trophy case that includes a gold medal from both those tournaments.
“Her brother was always there and as long as she didn't misbehave, she would join,” said Sara Fernando, Anthony and Ashley's mother. “Sometimes older kids would come in and say they didn't want to do it and people would tell them, 'If she can do it, you can.' ”
About half of the listed competitors who traveled to Southern California from all over the country have another fighter listed with the same surname next to them, exhibiting the sport's strong family link.
Few are stronger than those that support 12-year-old Julia De Mars, whose mother, AnnMaria, is a world champion and president of the U.S. Judo Association. Julia's older sister, Rhonda Rousey, brought home the lone U.S. Olympic medal in judo from Beijing last summer.
“It's good and it's bad,” said AnnMaria, who lives in Santa Monica. “You spend so much time together while you're out doing these things. I know so much more about my kids' lives. It was tough for Rhonda because her mom was the first world champion. But for Julia, her mom's a world champion and her sister is an Olympic bronze medalist. Julia says, 'Well, you guys always won.' And we tell her that's just how people remember it. We got thrown, too.”
With judo occupying so much of the Fernandos' schedule, Sara Fernando said it's valuable that the children learn more than just the technicalities of the sport.
“It's so neat,” she said. “They compete on the mat and when they're off, they're friends. We see the same people at every place. Afterward, the girl who took second is buying the girl who took first a souvenir.”
Ashley Fernando says she dreams of going to the Olympics, but the notion of someday outgrowing her brother – just for a small window of time – and taking him down makes her eyes glisten.
“Oh,” she said, “then I really want to continue.”
Joey Nowak is a Union-Tribune intern.
