Harbor Judo Dojo

Harbor Judo Dojo Open Enrollment now being accepted for all ages. Harbor Judo Dojo was established in January 1973 by Mr. James Kamimura and Mr. M. Kumamoto, succeeded by Mr.

Kenji Honbo to serve the needs of the youths within the community of Harbor City, Torrance, Lomita, Wilmington, San Pedro and Palos Verdes and to also provide Dojo representation for these areas in the Nanka Judo Yudanshakai. Throughout the many years of effort and leadership, Harbor Judo Dojo was able to attract sincere and dedicated instructors beginning with our first head instructor, Mr. Minor

u Tabata, Mr. Toshiyuki Seino, Mr. Hiroaki Aoki and Mr. Gus Hanaoka with Mr. Gary Takemoto serving as our head instructor from 1986 to present. Today, Harbor Judo Dojo continues to serve, participate and actively promote the activities of Judo within the Judo community and is a contributing member of the Nanka Judo Yudanshakai and Nanka Rengo Fukei-kai

Gary Takemoto
Head Instructor of Harbor Judo Dojo
7th Dan
IJF "A" Referee (International Judo Federation)
2016 Rio Olympic Referee / Judo

Congratulations to Emma Alversado on being awarded the Nanka Judoka of The Year award for 2025. We are so proud of her a...
06/01/2026

Congratulations to Emma Alversado on being awarded the Nanka Judoka of The Year award for 2025. We are so proud of her accomplishments and growth in the sport of judo but we are more proud of the person she has become.

Congratulations to Sensei Gary Takemoto for also being awarded the referee of the year award! We are honored to be under your guidance and leadership.

Thank you to Nanka and Kristina Kehkejian for putting on such a wonderful event for our judoka.

Congratulations to our Golden State Open competitors!GOLDJonathan DavilaDiego DavilaSilverMia Magaña BronzeKeiko MayedaM...
05/27/2026

Congratulations to our Golden State Open competitors!

GOLD
Jonathan Davila
Diego Davila

Silver
Mia Magaña

Bronze
Keiko Mayeda
Maya Marin

Thank you to Guerreros Judo Club for putting on an amazing tournament! Great job to all our competitors and referees!

Our hearts and prayers go out to Maurice and his family. Let’s rally as a community to help support them through this di...
05/13/2026

Our hearts and prayers go out to Maurice and his family. Let’s rally as a community to help support them through this difficult time.

On behalf of Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo, we are reaching out to the … LA Tenri Judo Dojo needs your support for Standing with Maurice "Mo" from LA Tenri Judo

Congratulations to Brooklynne Tsukiyama on placing third this weekend at the Hawaiʻi HHSAA Judo State Championships in t...
05/10/2026

Congratulations to Brooklynne Tsukiyama on placing third this weekend at the Hawaiʻi HHSAA Judo State Championships in the 122lb division! This comes after winning her division ILH championships! We’re so proud of you!

Congratulations to our Sr Nationals competitors!Christian Buckner- Sr Elite - BronzeMia Magaña- IJF Bronze, Sr. Brown Be...
05/10/2026

Congratulations to our Sr Nationals competitors!

Christian Buckner- Sr Elite - Bronze

Mia Magaña- IJF Bronze, Sr. Brown Belt Division Silver

We’re so proud of you both!!

05/09/2026

Congratulations to Christian Buckner! Senior National Bronze medalist -73kg!!!

05/09/2026

Good luck to Christian and Mia tomorrow at Sr. Nationals! We’re all rooting for you both!

Congratulations to our Nanka Spring competitors!GOLDJonathan DavilaMaya MarinSilverRenato GuidoDiego DavilaKeiko MayedaB...
03/31/2026

Congratulations to our Nanka Spring competitors!

GOLD
Jonathan Davila
Maya Marin

Silver
Renato Guido
Diego Davila
Keiko Mayeda

Bronze
Mia Magaña
Matthew Marin

Joey Magaña and Kenji Mayeda fought well but did not place.

Great job to our junior referees who all did a great job!

Mia Magaña
Maya Marin
Keiko Mayeda
Kenji Mayeda

Thank you to our parents, Sensei Masato, and Nina for working the score table all day!

Congratulations to our Youth Nationals competitors!Maya Marin and Jonathan Davila both took home Silver medals!We are pr...
03/17/2026

Congratulations to our Youth Nationals competitors!

Maya Marin and Jonathan Davila both took home Silver medals!

We are proud of our kids who trained so hard and all fought well and showed growth.

Joey and Mia Magaña, Keiko and Kenji Mayeda, and Diego Davila all fought well but came short of a medal.

Congratulations to our Kohaku competitors! We had a great start to 2026!!First place-Jonathan DavilaDiego DavilaKeiko Ma...
02/03/2026

Congratulations to our Kohaku competitors! We had a great start to 2026!!

First place-
Jonathan Davila
Diego Davila
Keiko Mayeda

Second place-
Mia Magaña
Renato Guido

Third place-
Ty Alversado
Maya Marin

Congratulations to our first time competitors who all did a GREAT job!
Jack Asawas
Ian Huh
Ken Sakamoto

Joey Magaña, Matthew Marin, and Kenji Mayeda all fought well but did not place.

Keiko Mayeda won 5 matches by Ippon and received the Most Outstanding Judoka award and a batsugan promotion to purple belt!

Harbor Judo Dojo also took Second place as a team!

Thank you to our junior referees, Maya Marin and Mia Magaña who refereed all day before they fought.

Thank you to our Head Sensei, Gary Takemoto for a great job as Referee Commissioner!

Also, thank you to San Fernando Judo Club for keeping this tradition alive for all of us. It’s always such a great event for our kids to be able to experience what we did when we were little judokas.

Address

1306 W 253RD Street
Harbor City, CA
90710

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 9:15pm
Thursday 6pm - 9:15pm

Telephone

+13106343281

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