UPCOMING EVENTS AND SCHEDULE

March 29 (Monday)  CLINIC WITH ALISHER MONTOBETOV, Kansas City North Community Center, 3930 N.E. Antioch Road, Kansas City, Missouri  6:30-8:00 p.m. No charge if you are enrolled in the Monday night workout at Kansas City North, otherwise there is a $10.00 drop-in fee (pay at the desk). Alisher is the Kyrgyzstan Champion in judo and sambo, Asian Games Bronze Medal Winner and a top-ranked athlete in the USA Judo national rankings.

April 3  MISSOURI STATE  AAU FREESTYLE JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS AND DLT SPRING JUDO TOURNAMENT, Blue Springs, Missouri Call Mike Thomas at (913) 271-1131.

April 24  DDD SPRING JUDO TOURNAMENT AND MISSOURI STATE AAU JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS, Kansas City, Missouri  Contact Chris Heitmann at sensichris@aol.com for information.

May 8 OKLAHOMA GRAND SLAM, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  This is a freestyle judo tournament. Contact Mike Darter by visiting his web site at www.FreestyleJudo.com or his judo podcast site.

May 15-16  SHINGITAI TRAINING CAMP/CONVENTION, Perrysville, Ohio. Call John Saylor at (419) 938-6089 or visit  John's web page at  www.JohnSaylor-SJA.com

May 29 NATIONAL AAU FREESTYLE JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS, Kearney, Missouri  Contact Ken Brink at (816) 969-9019 for information or go to Ken's web site at www.BrinksWelcomeMatJudo.com

July 9-10 AAU JUDO GRAND NATIONALS, Kearney, Missouri.  Contact Ken Brink at (816) 969-9019 for information.

Aug. 15 AAU JUDO NATIONALS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Call Norm Miller at (414) 354-1898 or go to www.AAUJudo.org for  information.

WELCOME MAT JUDO JUJITU SAMBO