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Doug Tono

Doug Tono

by | 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...
Kiyoshi Shiina

Kiyoshi Shiina

by | 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...
Charles Medani, M.D.

Charles Medani, M.D.

by | Apr 17, 2023 | Class of 1993, Hall of Fame Class

Charles Medani, M.D. © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Charles Medani, M.D. Inducted 2023. Judo Biography Charles “Chuck” Medani began his nearly lifelong journey in judo, and became a member of Shufu, in Boston at the age of 12 under Paul Hapgood and Bob...
Darlene Anaya

Darlene Anaya

by | Nov 6, 2021 | Class of 1993, Hall of Fame Class

Darlene Anaya Class 1993 proposed by the Hall of Fame committee Darlene Anaya Darlene Anaya wrote:At the age of 6, my father and sensei, Tony Anaya, introduced me to the art of Judo. He began teaching me basic moves on our living room carpet and by the age of 9, my...
Eve Aronoff Trivella

Eve Aronoff Trivella

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Class of 1993, Hall of Fame Class

© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved Eve Aronoff Trivella Class of 1993 Eve Aronoff Trivella was born July 10, 1963 in Bronx, New York. She was raised in Hartsdale, New York. She attended Woodlands High School and Westchester Community College. From a young age, Aronoff...

Darlene Anaya

by | Jun 28, 2021 | Class of 1993, Hall of Fame Class

© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved. Darlene Anaya class of 1993 Darlene Anaya wrote:At the age of 6, my father and sensei, Tony Anaya, introduced me to the art of Judo. He began teaching me basic moves on our living room carpet and by the age of 9, my father enrolled...