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Fort Simpson
Judo in Fort Simpson is currently being lead by Tetsuya Numata. Numata Sensei arrived in Yellowknife in March 2023 where he spent four months facilitating the plethora of programs we offer at our privately run Kam Lake Dojo. In June 2023, he relocated to Fort Simpson.
TETSUYA NUMATA
Tetsuya is a lifelong judoka (practitioner of judo), from Japan with international competition experience. A true student of judo that loves to follow the current international circuit. His affinity for newaza (ground work is made obvious by his social media tag @newazalove. Growing up a fan of the world famous Flavio Canto OLY of Brazil and Travis Stevens OLY of USA, both Olympic medalists known for their mastery of ground techniques. Tetsuya arrived to the NWT after spending a year and a half teaching judo in Edinburgh, Scotland as well as running multiple clinics and training camps in Greece. He is truly enjoying this stage of his judo career and has so far been able to survive our northern winters.
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FT Simpson FALL 2024 COMING SOON
NWT Judo strives to increase the physical activity of people throughout the territory with Judo, and is dedicated to developing judoka from grassroots to high performance athletes. We work to provide a fun learning atmosphere both in the school system, specifically throughout the Dehcho District, as well as hubs in Yellowknife and Inuvik.
