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Jimmy Pedro Inducted 2010 Jimmy was born October 30, 1970 in Danvers, Massachusetts and coaches and teaches in nearby Wakefield. Jimmy is one of the most successful American judo competitors, having won two bronze medals in the Olympics. He was the...

Eddie Liddie Inducted 1993 Edward (“Ed”) J. Liddie (born July 21, 1959 in Union City, Georgia) is an American former judoka. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and was the bronze medalist in the...

James H Takemori Inducted 2015 James H. Takemori wrote the following about his judo experiences. In 1937 at the age of 11, I had my first taste of judo in the small town of Parlier, California. My sensei was a Buddhist reverend. When I first...

Kayla Harrison Inducted 2015 Kayla Harrison made history at the 2012 Olympics in London by winning the first Gold Medal by any American (man or woman) in the history of the sport of judo. Her victory marks another step in a career characterized by...

Kyu Ha Kim Inducted 1994 Kyu Ha Kim began his martial arts training in his home village at the age of five; his first teacher was his elder half-brother, Kyu Tae Kim. At fifteen, Kyu Ha Km entered Tae Jon High School and began formal martial arts...

Hideo Hama Inducted 1993 Tak Mizuta wrote: The following are anecdotal incidents regarding Sensei Hama. During the mid and late 1930s, I practiced judo at the Yakima (Wapato, Washington) Dojo. Sensei Hama occasionallly dropped in to our practices....