Club members gave several public demonstrations during August 1932. The first took place at the University of Washington on Thursday, August 11. The occasion was the All-University Men's Smoker hosted by the Associated Student Body and the men's Physical Education department. The second was at Seattle's posh Washington Athletic Club. The date was Friday, August 19, and the occasion was a speech to the Japan Society given by judo founder Jigoro Kano. During the latter exhibition, Kano dressed in Japanese clothing, and his judo demonstrators included George Maniwa and Kaimon Kudo. "Carefully and with the precision of a slow motion picture," said the Japanese-American Courier, "Mr. Kano illustrated the science of Judo to his audience in such a manner that it was easy for everyone to understand."

Later that night, Kano attended a dinner with local judo club leaders. The following day, Kano went to Portland, where he gave new names to some Oregon clubs. Then he returned to Seattle, where on Sunday afternoon he attended a judo tournament staged at the Chamber of Commerce hall located at Third and Columbia. The event had originally been scheduled for the Nippon Kan, but due to the arrival of so many out of town judoka, it was rescheduled for the larger venue.

While the Seattle Dojo did not have any outstanding successes or failures during its 1932-1933 season, that season was marked by something unusual, namely a Fourth of July tournament. (Usually people were too busy watching baseball games on the Fourth of July to sit inside a stuffy auditorium watching judo.) Seattle Dojo, Tentoku Kan, Green Lake, South Park, Bainbridge Island, White River, and Fife participated. Akira Sakuma of Seattle Dojo took first while Rui Tomita of Bainbridge Island took second. Prizes included engraved silver cups and new judo uniforms.

Ground was broken for a new Seattle Dojo building located at 1510 S. Washington on Sunday, April 8, 1934. Ten years earlier the Nippon Athletic Club had tried to buy the old Main Street School from the City of Seattle, but was outbid by a restaurant called the Kin Ka Low. Arguments over how to spend the money collected for the down payment caused arguments within the judo and baseball communities, and then the Depression caused several Japanese-owned banks to fail. As a result the Seattle Dojo building cost $3,000 instead of $13,000 and was much simpler than originally intended. Indeed, the only remarkable thing about the single-trussed frame construction designed by Allen K. Arai and George M. Arai and built by Toraichi Yoshimoto and G. Shinkai was its floor, which was supported by Ford truck springs.

The new building was dedicated on Sunday, June 10, 1934. Its eighty tatami mats, each measuring 6'x3', were not yet installed, however, as they were stuck in a warehouse pending the resolution of a dock strike. While the building measured 30'x60', its wrestling area measured 30'x42'. Said the Japanese-American Courier:

As the visitor enters the door, on his left he will see the shower room and lavatories. On his right is the combination office and dressing room. Before him spreads the raised mat platform, with the alcove or tokonoma set in the wall at the other end. The wainscoting is five feet high, stained and varnished. All the woodwork is of this [clear varnished] color, with the walls of sand finished plaster and the ceiling painted white. The building itself is painted white, with green trimmings.

On Thursday, July 19, 1934 Araki, Kinomoto, Sasaki, and Yuasa gave a judo exhibition at the University of Washington. The occasion was an all-university smoker attended by some 300 students.

Shuichi Nagaoka, ninth dan, arrived in Seattle on Friday, September 28, 1934. After visiting Vancouver, British Columbia for a day, Nagaoka returned to Seattle to give lessons and attend a judo tournament at the Nippon Kan. The photograph showing Professor Nagaoka in front of the Seattle Dojo is the earliest photo of that structure that I have seen.