by Daniel Israel | Aug 25, 2025 | News
M E M O R A N D U M TO: Individual Members, Member Dojos, Yudanshakais, USJF BOD, USJF BOE, USJF Committees, USJF Exco FROM: Robert Fukuda, Executive Director RE: FY 2026 USJF Fee Increases ** Effective 09/01/2025 ** DATE: August 23, 2025 We hope that this...
by Stilman Davis | Aug 21, 2025 | Class of 2025, Lifetime Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award Class
© 2025 James Baker, all rights reserved. James Baker
by Stilman Davis | Aug 10, 2025 | Class of 2025
© 2025, Pedro Kolychkine, all rights reserved. Pedro Kolychkine Judo Biography Pedro Kolychkine was born in 1964, started his Judo practice with his grandfather in Havana, Cuba at an early age. When speaking of historical and philosophical perspective as it...
by Stilman Davis | Aug 5, 2025 | Class of 2025, News
© 2025, Katsuo Watanabe, all rights reserved. Katsuo Watanabe Judo Biography Sensei Watanabe has devoted his life to judo with a significant impact on the development of Judo in the Northeast of the United States and beyond. Over six decades, his contributions...
by Stilman Davis | Aug 5, 2025 | Class of 2025
© 2025, Arjun Ramesh, all rights reserved Steve Viera “The USJF Lifetime Achievement Award (“LAA”) recognizes the local heroes of Judo, those who have worked behind the scenes for Judo but without whom Judo would be a pale shadow of what it...
by Stilman Davis | Aug 5, 2025 | Class of 2025
© 2025 Don Johnson, all rights reserved. Janet Yoshie Ashida Johnson Judo Beginnings Janet began her Judo training at the Ann Arbor Judo Club in 1968 at the age of 10 under the instruction of her father, Dr. Sachio Ashida. When Miss Keiko Fukuda visited the...
by Stilman Davis | Aug 5, 2025 | Class of 2025, Lifetime Achievement Award
© 2025, Tom Sheehan, all rights reserved. Tom Sheehan Judo Biography A Lifetime of Judo and Leadership Tom Sheehan has dedicated over five decades to the art and sport of Judo, making a profound impact as an instructor, referee, administrator, and mentor. His...
by Mitchell Palacio | Apr 9, 2025 | News
OPEN INVITATION to all SOUTH FLORIDA JUDO SCHOOLS in Miami. Come and join us in the presence of Senseis and students from the United States Judo Federation, Annual Spring Meeting and Florida State Judo Yudanshakai for a Sunday morning practice together with an Elite...
by Mitchell Palacio | Mar 1, 2025 | News
The USJF has appointed Diba Mani as Chair of its Referee Development and Certification Committee. Dr. Mani is an IJF-A referee and graduate of the IJF Academy Undergraduate Judo Instructor program. She is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of...
