The passing of Dennis “Doc” Mcguire
Colorado Judo League has received the notice below from Northglenn Judo Club of the passing of Dennis "Doc" Mcguire today, 9 September. Our sincere sympathy goes out to the Doc's family and friends. The judo community has lost a pioneer who will be terribly missed by...
Marti Malloy in Rio
Marti Malloy, representing the United States at the 2013 World Judo Championships being held this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, won the silver medal in the -57 kg category after charging through her pool with wins over Anriquelis Barrios of Venezuela, world # 20...
Darlene “Poochie” Montgomery has passed away
Sharon Landstreet wrote that Darlene "Poochie" Montgomery, who was associated with Liberty Bell Judo and with the 1980 Olympic Judo team, has passed away at 65 years. There will be a service for her in September. Here is an article about her.
Judo Students to Remember Irwin Cohen with Balloon Release
A dedication will be held 27 August at Cohen Brothers Judo Club in memory of one of its founders. It’s been nearly a year since Irwin Cohen, a longtime judo coach from Buffalo Grove, passed away. His family plans to mark the anniversary of his death next week with a...
Another Judo Studies article
David Matsumoto has also written the second article of the archive. For more information on Dr. Matsumoto, you can visit his website. The details of David Matsumoto's article are below. The Light of Kodokan JudoEssays on Judo and Judo Instruction in Japan by David...
Results from 19th Maccabiah Judo Competition
Thanks to the USJF for supporting our 19th Maccabiah Judo Team. There were 80 countries represented and over 8,000 athletes here (6,000 from countries other than Israel over 2,000 from Israel as host country) in total. There were 170 judokas in the judo competition....
MRS JUDO engages the community
On behalf of filmmaker Yuriko Gamo Romer, I am writing to announce the launch of the community engagement series for MRS JUDO: Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful, a poignant film that documents the life-long journey of Keiko Fukuda who chose to defy thousands of years...
New area of web site – Judo Studies
We are putting up short articles written by senior sensei of the USJF. The title of the area is Judo Studies David Matsumoto has written the first of the archive. Dr. David Matsumoto, Director of Humintell, is a renowned expert in the field of microexpressions, facial...
Some pictures from Pittsburgh
Glick award – Mr. James Takemori Photo is by Mr Chris Mitsuoka left is USJF president Kevin Asano, second from the left is Jeremy Glick award recipient Mr. James Takemori, third from the left Vaughn Imada, USJF vice president, and on the right is USJA president...
To those who would teach and coach Judo
The Teachers Institute Committee's goal is – "Implementation of a systematic method of instruction that insures that its participants will be able to not only perform the techniques of judo but to instruct others as well, in addition to being knowledgeable in...