Address / locations
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7333 Fremont St Portland, OR 97213
Portland, OR
Business Hours
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monday
8:30am-12:00pm
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tuesday
8:30am-12:00pm
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wednesday
closed
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thrusday
8:30am-12:00pm
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friday
closed
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saturday
8:30am-12:00pm
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sunday
closed
About Obukan Judo Dojo
Specialties: Kodokan Judo, competition, health and fitness, exercise, all ages,
advanced, intermediate, beginner, kids, women only and kata classes. Established in 1926. In 1926 members of the Japanese-American community approached Mr. Bunazaemon Nii, an instructor of Kito Ryu Jujutsu about forming a Judo club for the benefit of the young people of the community. Mr. Nii and a partner had gi...
Specialties: Kodokan Judo, competition, health and fitness, exercise, all ages,
advanced, intermediate, beginner, kids, women only and kata classes. Established in 1926. In 1926 members of the Japanese-American community approached Mr. Bunazaemon Nii, an instructor of Kito Ryu Jujutsu about forming a Judo club for the benefit of the young people of the community. Mr. Nii and a partner had given a demonstration of Kito Ryu Jujutsu at the Lewis & Clark Exhibition of 1905. The dojo was then known as The Portland Judo club. The club continued training through the 1930's and hosted two visits by Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo in 1932 and 1938. On his second visit, upon the request of the dojo, Kano shihan devised a Japanese name for the club. He chose the characters "O" to represent Oregon (this is a phonetic reading the literal meaning is "central"), "bu" which means martial arts or training, and "kan" which means training hall. Kano shihan then presented the dojo with his calligraphy of the name and Portland Judo Club became Obukan. With the tragic internment of Japanese-Americans during the second world war, Judo training at Obukan stopped. Then in the
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