Seattle Dojo

Huge congratulations to all the competitors who participated in the 2026 Seattle Annual Dojo Tournament! 🥋

We are incredibly proud and grateful for everyone who helped make this event possible. So much hard work, time, and dedication goes into organizing a tournament like this, and it truly takes a team effort. From the athletes, coaches, referees, volunteers, parents, and supporters, thank you for being part of such an amazing day.

Your support, energy, and commitment mean everything to us. We appreciate every single person who showed up, competed, helped, and cheered others on. Together, we created a great experience and unforgettable memories for our judo community.

SAYAN BYAMBADORJ 🥇
OWEN GHAJAR 🥇
AMELIA HAYASHI 🥇
OWEN TOTH 🥇🥇
COLIN SHAMP 🥇
DANIEL DANIEL 🥇
JAIME TOTH 🥈
KOHEI KINUTA 🥈🥉
DESPINA NEWTSON 🥈
CHLOE LI 🥈
SEAN TOTH 🥈
SEAN MCNALLY 🥈
LYDIA SUN 🥈
CHIYO MIYAKE 🥈
ASHLEY HONDA 🥈
BENJAMIN HIGASHI 🥈
DOMINIC MANAOIS 🥉
SEAN TOTH 🥉
JOHN GILLESPIE 🥉
KAJANA YEE 🥉🥉
JAMESON SHEA 🥉
ERIK FLATTEN 🥉

THEODORE NGUYEN 
AVA GHAJAR 
TOMMY WATSON
EIJI TSUJI 
HUGO NGUYEN 
CALVIN PLUNKETT 
LORETTA CURRY 
DESTA NASH-RULE
KIT NAKAO
HARLAN CURRY 
KYLE SUNG 
ZHENG WANG 
THOMAS PEI 
EASON SU 
KOBE TERAMOTO
ERKHES ANKHBAYAR 
DILLON NISHIMOTO 
OWEN HAUCK 
RUSSELL ANG
JAYDEN ONG 
JACK BLAZES 
DEVIN WEAR
MINH NHAT DUONG 
KEANE BACSO 
KYLE WILSON 
MICHAEL EPTON 
JOSEPH CARUSO 
SHAY PEDEVILLA-CUNNINGHAM

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Congratulations to all the athletes who participated in the ⭐️ Future Star Judo Championships 2026! ⭐️
This is such a great tournament for new judokas, and we are incredibly proud of our first-time competitors for stepping out there and giving it their best.

A special shoutout to Owen and Sean for refereeing. Thank you to all the coaches Sensei Karol, Sensei Brian, Sensei Isao, and assistant coach John Gillespie for their time, guidance, and support on the mat. We also couldn’t do this without the amazing support of all the parents. We truly appreciate you all!

KOHEI KINUTA 🥇 🥇
SAYAN BYAMBADORJ 🥇
JAIME TOTH 🥈
TOMMY WATSON 🥈
HARLAN CURRY 🥈
EIJI TSUJI 🥉
DOMINIC MANAOIS 🥉
YAN MAZURENKO 🥉
YUUKI TARUMI 🥉
EVA LEKAKIS 
LORETTA CURRY 
JOHN JENSEN 

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✨ 2026 Budokan Annual Judo Tournament ✨

Another tournament in the books for our team! Congratulations to all of the athletes who stepped on the mat and represented Seattle Dojo at the Budokan Tournament.

🥇 Kohei Kinuta — Male / 4–6 yrs / 50 lbs

🥈 Despina Newtson — Female / 8 yrs / Basic / +80 lbs
🥈 Owen Ghajar — Male / 12 yrs / Open / -110 lbs
🥈 Erkhes Ankhbayar — Male / 15–17 yrs / IJF / -190 lbs

🥉 Sean Toth — Male / 10 yrs / Open / -91 lbs
🥉 Colin Shamp — Senior Male / Novice / -178 lbs
🥉 Jake Henggeler — Senior Male / Novice / -198 lbs
🥉 Lydia Sun — Senior Female / Open / -114 lbs

Strong performances and valuable experience from:
• Calvin Plunkett — Male / 10 yrs / Basic / -100 lbs
• Chloe Li — Female / 10 yrs / Basic / -60 lbs
• Jack Blazes — Senior Male / Open / -178 lbs
• Nate Swanson-Dinsmore — Senior Male / Open / -145 lbs
• Sayan Byambadorj — Male / 4–6 yrs / 50 lbs
• Ava Ghajar — Female / 8 yrs / Basic / 60 lbs & Female 8 yrs / Open / 60 lbs
• Keane Bacso — Senior Male / Novice / -178 lbs

A huge thank you to our families and friends for the continued support throughout the weekend. It truly takes a community behind our athletes.

Special thank you as well to our referees - Brian Toth, Pat Lo, Alan Lo; our coaches - Carla Genao, Tenavi Nakamura, Rolly Watson; operations — Leslie Mizuki; and medical support — Kyle Wilson and Eric Chen, for helping make weekends like these possible.

Every tournament is another opportunity to learn, grow, and improve. Back to training and on to the next one. 💪🔥

Seattle Dojo Summer Camp 2026 registration is officially OPEN! 🎉

The best week of the year is coming and we are SO ready for all the fun, games, judo, and memories 😎🥋
Don’t wait too long….Sign up fast before spots fill!

Registration link in bio.

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✨2026 Battle by the Lake Judo Tournament✨

Quick trip out to Idaho with the team:

Nate Swanson 🥇
Jake Henggeler 🥉
Kyle Wilson

Huge shoutout to Pat Lo and Ala Lo for refereeing, and Leslie Mizuki and Carla Genao on the coaching side.

Thank you to for hosting such a great event!

Join us for the 2026 Seattle Dojo Annual Judo Tournament and Kata Competition on Saturday, May 2nd. Located at the Boys & Girls Club of Bellevue - Hidden Valley Field House.

Registration is due by Thursday, April 30th. Weigh-ins emailed in by Wednesday, April 29.

https://americanjudo.smoothcomp.com/en/event/30683

🚨 SAVE THE DATE!🚨
Get ready for games, judo, and tons of fun! ☀️🥋
Seattle Dojo Summer Camp 🔜 June 22- 26

More info coming soon….
Open to all Pacific Northwest judo dojos.

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Congratulations to all the competitors at 2026 Obukan Judo Tournament. Your hard work, dedication, and willingness to compete really showed. Win or lose, you all did an amazing job.

Be proud of yourselves 👏🏽

Owen Toth 🥇 🥇
Jake Henggeler 🥇
Kyle Wilson 🥇

Ava Ghajar 🥈
Kohei Kinuta 🥈

Sayan Byambadorj 🥉
Kajana Yee 🥉
Sean Toth 🥉
Nate Swanson-Dinsmore 🥉

Tommy Watson
Despina Newtson
Dominic Manaois
Jameson Shea
Daniel Daniel

None of this happens without our parents, coaches, referees thank you for everything.

One tournament down, next one up. 🔥

SeattleDojoFamily 🥋

March was a busy month for us with two tournaments in Canada! 🇨🇦 We’re so proud of everyone representing Team USA and Seattle Dojo.
It takes teamwork, dedication, and dojo family support to make these moments possible!

Special shoutout to Sensei Karen for Kata, Sensei Alan for refereeing, and Sensei Carla for coaching. Your hard work and dedication make us proud every day!

2026 Edmonton International Judo Championship

Nathan Swanson-Dinsmore 🥉
Devin Amtmann

2026 Matsuru Pacific International Judo Championships

Jake Henngeler 🥉
Devin Amtmann
Shay Pedevilla-Cunningham

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