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Nov 12, 2025

Get Ready for the 2025 Florence Senda Junior Judo Tournament!

Calling all young judoka — it’s time to step onto the mat! The 2025 Florence Senda Junior Judo Tournament is set to bring together competitors from U10, U12 and U14 divisions for a high-energy event that celebrates skill, sportsmanship and the spirit of judo.

📅 Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
📍 Location: Lethbridge Kyodokan Judo Club (2775 28 Ave S, Lethbridge, AB)
👘 Eligibility: Open to judoka in the U10, U12 & U14 age-groups (minimum yellow belt)
📢 Register now – don’t miss your spot!

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Nov 12, 2025

Get Ready for the 2025 Red Deer Open Judo Shiai

Athletes, coaches, and clubs: mark your calendars for one of Alberta’s major judo events this season — the 2025 Red Deer Open Judo Shiai! This event presents a fantastic opportunity to test your skills, gain competition experience, and be part of a vibrant judo community.

📅 Date: Saturday, December 13, 2025
📍 Location: Abbey Center (Blackfalds, AB)
📝 Registration: Via the official track registration page: Register here
📄 Technical Package: Please review the tournament’s technical package for divisions, belt requirements, weigh-in info, tournament format, etc. Past editions give a helpful idea of what to expect.

We are excited to see so many athletes bring their best to the mat at this event. Whether you’re aiming for the podium or simply looking to learn and grow, the 2025 Red Deer Open Judo Shiai is the place to be.

📢 Register today and make sure you’re ready to compete!

Good luck to everyone — see you in Blackfalds! 💪

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Sep 10, 2025

NCCP DOJO INSTRUCTOR COURSE 

Judo Alberta will be holding an NCCP Dojo Instructor course on Oct 4-5, 2025, in Edmonton.  

The “Instructor” course provides the participant with knowledge to teach the technical, physical, mental, social and other aspects of judo. The course prepares the participant to be a club instructor and be responsible for providing judoka with the basic physical literacy skills with emphasis on children under the age of 14, judo skills as described in the Judo Canada syllabus, and to introduce young judoka to competition.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age of 18.
• Minimum rank of brown belt with a working knowledge of the judo techniques included in the Judo Canada kyu syllabus.
• Trained DA or Trained Community Coach.
• Sterling background check for all candidate coaches who are 18 years old and older via Sterling Agency – for details see: https://www.sterlingtalentsolutions.ca/landing-pages/j/judo-canada/;

OR equivalent if such checks are required by the Province/Territory. In cases where the Sterling agency is not used for this service, results of the background check must be communicated to Judo Canada to NCCP@judocanada.org by the individual coaches or P/T offices.

The Backcheck is required only if the check done for the DA was done more than 3 years earlier.

Successful online completion of a “Respect in Sport for the activity leader” e-learning module available at https://judo-canada-al.respectgroupinc.com/ for all candidates who did not complete this module in the past

• Date: October 4-5, 2025
• Location: Tokugawa Judo Club, 9647 62 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB
• Time: Saturday 8:00am – 6:00 pm  and Sunday 8:00am – 5:00pm
• Cost: $360.00 (course with evaluation)
• Registration: All registrations must be completed in the Locker
• Registration deadline:  September 27, 2025
• To Register: Go to www.coach.ca and select the Workshop Calendar to find the course.  You will have to login to the Locker to register, so have your NCCP # and password available along with credit card information.     

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