This content was written by Mike Hermosillo (thank much mike!):

The Inter mountain West Regional Judo Championship was a success.  It was held May 15-16 2009 at Granite High School.  We were all excited to have the 2008 Beijing Olympian Ryan Reser there.

Ryan held a very high level clinic and also competed in the Black belt division.  It was great to see an Olympic level Judoka compete.

I was also impressed with the level of Judo that was shown at the tournament. We had competitors who trained other sports and martial arts such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and wrestling but opted to use Judo techniques as opposed to using what they felt more comfortable with.

The womans open division black belt division had to have been my favorite.   The big difference between women and men are when men get competitive they tend to use more streghth.  When woman turn up the competitive spirit they tend to get faster and much more technical.  The following competitors from Hidden Valley Judo and Jiu-Jitsu placed:

Isabella Hermosillo (Age 4) took 2

Braden whatcott (age 6) took 3rd

Alicia Hermosillo (Age 9) Took 1st

Jon Newman (12) who won by golden Score @ 2:59 of the 3 minute overtime match took 3rd

Michael Hermosillo (12) Took 2nd in the 11-12 YO division and 2nd in the 13-14 YO division

In the Adult division Jerry took 1st in the white belt division and 3rd in the Brown Black division.

Those of you who did not attend this year missed out on a great tournament but unlike other lost oppertunites this one will be back next year.   All in all it was a great compitition.  See you there next year.

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