by Stilman Davis | Apr 17, 2023 | Class of 2023, Lifetime Achievement Award Class
Michael Pratt © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Michael Pratt Inducted 2023 Judo Biography Pratt,is a native of Eastern Oregon raised on a small farm near Adrian Oregon and retired co-owner of Kinney & Keele T.V. Hardware, began his judo career rather late...
by Stilman Davis | Apr 17, 2023 | Class of 2023, Lifetime Achievement Award Class, News
Ferdinand Tihista © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Ferdinand Tihista Inducted 2023. Judo Biography He was born on December 24, 1927 in Marysville, California. Moved to the Salinas and graduated from Salinas High School. High school wrestler and body builder Started...
by Stilman Davis | Apr 17, 2023 | Class of 2023, Lifetime Achievement Award Class, News
Peggy Whilden © 2023 USJF, all rights reserved Judo Biography Sensei Peggy Whilden started judo in 1969 as a fun thing to do with the family, a new endeavor by the professional physical educator and Pan American swimming competitor. Nearly 40 when she started, she...
by Stilman Davis | Apr 17, 2023 | Class of 1993, Hall of Fame Class
Doug Tono, Class of 2023 Judo Biography Douglas Tono was born in the United States on June 13, 1959. He started studying judo at the Midwest Buddhist Church at the age of ten years old, under the instruction of Sensei Takayuki Yoshinaga. The Midwest Buddhist Church...
by Stilman Davis | Apr 17, 2023 | Class of 1993, Hall of Fame Class
Kiyoshi Shiina © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Kiyoshi Shiina Inducted 2023 Judo Biography Kiyoshi Shiina was born in 1937 in Tochigi, Japan. He was promoted to 1st dan at the age of 14. He was the 1955 mid-Japan all high school champion for judo. Shiina studied...
