About Today’s Episode:
Mike Tanimoto has been a 4 x state high school Greco-Roman wrestling champion and 4 x state Freestyle Wrestling Champion as a student at Kamehameha Schools. He won the national collegiate judo championships. He also had championship success as a powerlifter. He’s been the head varsity Judo coach at Kamehameha where in 2001 he was named the ILH Coach of the Year. He is now the head sensei at the Leeward Judo Clubs site in Mililani. He’s a graduate of New Mexico Military Institute and San Jose State University with a degree in Child Development. He was the preschool director with KCAA Laura Morgan and is the owner of TumbleBus Hawaii. Mike is married to Kerri. They have two children Kaycie and Kodi.