2024 Kodokan Event Calendar

January

4 (Thu)New Year’s greeting exchange gathering
5 (Fri)Keiko Hajime (The first practice of the year)
6 (Sat) –15 (Mon)Kan-geiko (Mid-winter training)
13 (Sat)Special Council
14 (Sun)Kagami Biraki ceremony
(Ceremony to cut Kagamimochi, round rice cake)

February

3 (Sat)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest; for dan holder, no dan and women)

March

7 (Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 1st dan and below)
14(Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 2nd dan and above,women)

April

4 (Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 1st dan and below)
11 (Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 2nd dan and above)
21 (Sun)All Japan Women Judo Championships (Yokohama)
28 (Sun)All Japan Judo Contest for High Dan Holders
29 (Mon/Holiday)  All Japan Judo Championships (Nippon Budokan)

May

2 (Thu)Bozen-sai (Paying a visit to the grave of Kano Shihan)
4 (Sat/Holiday)Training for All Japan Tournament for Boys and Girls
5 (Sun/Holiday)All Japan Tournament for Boys and Girls
16(Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 1st dan and below)
23 (Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 2nd dan and above; women)

June

1 (Sat) 2 (Sun)All Japan Kata Competition Spring Kohaku-shiai (Competition between Red team & White team)

July

4(Thu)     13 (Sat) – 20 (Sat)   22(Mon)-26 (Fri)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest; for dan holder and no dan) Summer Course I: Kata and others Summer Course II: Waza (Techniques)

August

1(Thu) – 10(Sat)   5(Mon)-7(Wed)       22(Thu)Shochu-geiko (Mid-summer training) Summer Course for Women (in Japanese) Summer Course for Boys and Girls (in Japanese) Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest; for dan holder and no dan)
23 (Fri) – 25 (Sun)Seminar for school teachers in PE Judo class (in Japanese)

September

14 (Sat)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest; for dan holder, no dan and women)

October

3(Thu)   10(Thu)   28 (Mon)  Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 1st dan and below) Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest for 2nd dan and above) Anniversary of Kano Jigoro Shihan’s Birthday

November

2 (Sat) - 3 (Sun)     10(Sun)Kodokan Cup All Japan Judo Championships by Weight Category (Gunma) Autumn Kohaku-shiai (Competition between Red team & White team)

December

12 (Thu)Tsukinami-shiai (Monthly contest; for dan holder, no dan and women)
26(Thu)Keiko Osame (The last practice of the year)
27(Fri)Closed for winter holidays

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