S A Judo Academy

🇹🇭 THAILAND SEA GAMES 2025

We are immensely proud of all athletes who represented Singapore at the recent Thailand SEA Games. Their individual journeys from games qualification, up to competition day, speak volumes to their commitment, courage and discipline to put their very best on the mats.

While victory and loss are realities of competitive sport, it’s important to see past the results and recognize the hard work and sacrifices these athletes have made along the way. With that, we would like to share the accomplishments of these athletes:

W -70kg Zhen Yuxuan
3rd place🥉

W -57kg Valerie Teo
7th place

M -81kg Teo Chee Hern
3rd place🥉

M -90kg Ryan Goh
3rd place🥉

M -100kg Henric Khua
5th place

We are grateful for the support shown to our athletes for this SEAG campaign! It’s been a wild ride🎢

📸: Singapore National Olympic Council

🤔💭 Not sure what your kids can do this school holiday?
Be it to learn a new skill or get better at the sport, we have something planned for all levels of Judo experience!

🥋 School Holiday Judo Camp (25th Nov - 26th Nov)
• Open to members & non-members
• Judo experience required
• Advanced session only opened to minimum 9 yo and/or yellows belt level
➡️ DM to sign up!

🥋 Let’s Play! Intro to Judo
• Judogi included
• Bukit Timah branch: 27th Nov-28th Nov
(Register here: https://bit.ly/4o9iHjA)
• Tampines branch: 2nd Dec-3rd Dec
(Register here: https://bit.ly/43y4X9J)

Our students passed their 2nd and 1st Dan black belt

S A Judo won the Pesta Sukan Judo Championships men and women team event:
Men: champion
Women team 1: champion
Women team 2: 1st runner up

S A Junior Team to Japan Judo Exchange Trip
We had combined practises with Kisarazu Comprehensive High School, Chiba prefecture, both physical training and Judo practices for the first two days. On the forth day we travelled to Tokyo to join the practice at Kodokan. Special arrangement was made by the Director of International Department Mr. Otsuji so that our students would be able to join the right session.
The next day we travelled to Mitaka to join the practice at Matsumae Judo Juku.

SAJA Age Group Judo Championship 2025

In view of the upcoming National School Games and Inter-Tertiary Championship, this tournament was organized to provide much needed competition exposure to those who are looking to prepare for those events. For many, it’s also a great opportunity to test their skills and track their progress so far.

Thank you all for your active participation and support 😬 We look forward to our next successful event!

Kagami Biraki 2025 🎊

To celebrate the start of the new year, we had a demonstration of Judo techniques, self-defense and Ju No Kata by our students. This was followed by some light training, randori and shiai (mock competition) matches. Refreshments were served at the end of the session, some of which were contributed by our members!

Thank you all for joining us. We look forward to your continued support in 2025 🙏🏻

JAKARTA OPEN 2024 🥋

Earlier this month, some of our athletes participated in the Jakarta Open, an annual invitational tournament held in Indonesia.

Our athletes achieved the following results:

JUNIORS (U21YO)

Women -44kg
🥇Germaine Foo

Women -48kg
🥇Adena Hyra

SENIORS

Women -45kg
🥇 Germaine Foo

Women -57kg
🥈Valerie Teo

Women -70kg
🥇 Zhen Yuxuan

Men -90kg
🥈 Ryan Goh

Men -100kg
🥇 Henric Khua

Congratulations to Germaine, who was awarded Best Player for the junior age category! Collectively, the team was awarded 1st overall in the senior category, and 2nd overall for the junior category. Great job folks!

Asian Judo Open Hong Kong 2024

In November, some of our athletes participated in the HK Asian Open (organized by the Judo Union of Asia) with the following results:

Men U66kg
Zhou Yujie - 7th Place

Men U90kg
Ryan Goh - 3rd Place🥉

Men U100kg
Henric Khua - 5th Place

Women U70kg
Zhen Yuxuan - 2nd Place🥈

Women U57kg
Tang Jingfang - Eliminated on 1st Round

In preparation for this competition, afew of them took time off from work or school for a training stint in Taiwan. This asian-level event was a great experience for our athletes, who rarely have exposure outside of the South East Asia region.

Thank you all for the support! Our team will continue working hard for better results!

This morning, we conducted a combined training session at our Bukit timah dojo for kids who attend our classes across all our locations. They had a rare opportunity to learn from coaches from other branches, as well as spar with others who they might not have met before.

We hope this was a fruitful session for all who attended!