The martial art of Judo is founded upon the ability to fully practice its techniques without sustaining injury.  This not only carries through our practice, it is also is part of our daily lives.  Ukemi is the practice of break falling and the development of the instinctive reflex of protective te [...]

There has been much discussion lately about our curriculum and the training methods we provide at SFJI. When we consider the breadth of age of our Judoka membership from 5 years old to 67 years young the training methods require careful consideration of approach and understanding what the ultimate g [...]

Change has been unavoidable in the history of the martial arts.   Just as Jigoro Kano founded judo with a philosophical difference rooted in Ju-Jitsu to be what we know as Kodokan Judo, we are now experiencing the influence of many styles of judo from different parts of the world. My introduction [...]