Parents’/Kids Night Out, New Enrichment Classes, Champion’s Cup and More!
March Parents’ Night Out
On Saturday, March 8 from 6:00 to 9:30 pm we will be having our monthly Parents’/Kids’ Night Out at Hanabi. Come eat popcorn and pizza, watch movies and play games with your friends and with our wonderful Hanabi Sempais and Senseis. The movie will be Pokemon The Movie 2000. Cost: $40 with $5 for pizza (optional). Please RSVP by 5 PM on Friday, March 7th.
Last week Hanabi began two new after school enrichment classes: one in Richmond at Chavez Elementary School and the other in Alameda at Ruby Bridges Elementary. Hanabi will be starting classes at Ellerhorst Elementary in Pinole on March 24. Hanabi now teaches in Oakland at Madison Park Academy, Francophone Charter school, Redwood Heights Elementary, Oakland Academy of Knowledge; in Alameda through Alameda Recreation and Parks Dept.; in Piedmont at the Piedmont Recreation Dept.; in Berkeley we are at Cragmont Elementary School, the Jewish Community Center, Escuela Bilingue Internacional at both their Alcatraz and San Pablo campuses; in El Cerrito we are at Harding and Madera Elementary Schools as well as at Prospect Sierra Elementary. Let us know if you would like us to offer classes at your school!
Champion’s Cup Tournament
On March 16 The Champion’s Cup Judo Tournament will take place at the Peery Family Center in Palo Alto. We invite all our Honto students to attend!
All Hanabi students will be testing during the month of March. Those who pass their tests successfully with receive either a “shima”, a stripe, or a higher rank of belt. Students must receive 5 shimas before being promoted to their next belt unless Sensei decides that they are qualified to skip and go directly to their next belt test. Skipping shimas happens most often with competitors and older students. Shima promotions are $35 and new belts are $50. The belt promotion ceremony will be on Wednesday, March 26 at 6:45.
Hanabi April Developmental
On April 13th Hanabi will be having a Developmental Tournament and welcoming judo clubs from across Northern California. This will be at our Hanabi dojo and our goal is to give our own students an opportunity to experience local competition in a friendly, comfortable setting. The tournament will start at 10 am and we expect that it will be finished in the early afternoon. Register now!
