2017 Sanix & Taisei Cup US Participant List: Boy’s Team: Tohkon Team COACH - Michael Mooney, Douglas Tono PLAYER: David Capron, Chicago, IL PLAYER: Cornel Childs, St. Louis, MO PLAYER: Carson Furneaux, Windsor, Ontario PLAYER: Steven J Salazar,...
Donn Draeger Class of 1994 Donn Draeger Draeger reportedly began his involvement in the martial arts while living in the Chicago area, at around the age of 7 or 8. His first training was in jujutsu, but he soon changed to judo and by age 10, he...
Don Moon Kikuchi Class of 1993 Don Moon Kikuchi Don “Moon” Kikuchi was the head instructor of the San Jose Buddhist Judo Club for 40 years, a position he assumed in 1952, five years after the club’s inception when founder Yoshihiro Uchida, now Head...
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Class of 1993 Ben Nighthorse Campbell Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005. Campbell was a three-term U.S. Representative from 1987...
AnnMaria De Mars Class of 1993 AnnMaria De Mars AnnMaria De Mars (born August 15, 1958), formerly known as Ann-Maria Burns is an English American judoka. She was the first American to win at the World Judo Championships, winning the 1984 tournament...
Jerry Hays wrote Roy H. Moore, Jr., age 96, passed away on 2 January 2018. He was born on 29 June 1921 He started judo under his dad, Roy H. (Pop) Moore in the late 1920s. His first dojo was Moneta (later Gardena Judo Dojo). In 1937, on a joint...
