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Michael Swain
Michael Swain Inducted 1993 Swain competed in major international tournaments including four Olympics and five World Championships. He is most known for his historic win in 1987, becoming the first male judoka from the United States to win a World Championship since...
Phyllis Harper
Phyllis Harper Inducted 1993 Phyllis Harper was very much in favor of more judo and self-defense training in high schools. “I wish I had known judo when I was 17 or 18,” she says. “It’s especially useful for teenage girls. For instance, if a girl is on a bus with a...
Robert Berland
Robert Berland Inducted 1993 Robert “Bobby” Berland (born November 5, 1961) is an American judoka who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1984 he won the silver in the under 86 kg (Middleweight) division. He was the first American...
Tim Dalton
Tim Dalton Inducted 1993 Tim Dalton was an active judo competitor in the 1960’s. In 1962, he helped to found the Eastern Collegiate Judo Association. He served as President of Shufu in the 1970’s and was instrumental in starting the Shufu newsletter, “The Shimbun”. He...
Shigeo Tashima
Shigeo Tashima Inducted 1993 After the war, the Norwalk dojo resumed in 1948. Mr. Shigeo Tashima, the head instructor at the Manzanar relocation center camp, and instructor at Gardena, San Gabriel and Hollywood Dojo, was soon to be selected Norwalk’s head instructor....
Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi
Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi Inducted 2010 Rusty is often called “the Mother of Women’s Judo”. She lived for judo. She was passionate about judo as a participant. Her entry into Judo was in 1959 when she disguised herself as a man to compete in the YMCA Judo Championships....
Date | Event | Yudanshakai | Contact |
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Jun 23, 2025 | 2025 Seattle Dojo Summer Camp Seattle, WA | Northwest | Leslie Mizuki-Lo |
Jun 26, 2025 | 2025 National Kata Conference Boise, ID | Intermountain | ✉ Ben Ott |
Jul 11, 2025 | Keiko Fukuda's Joshi Judo Camp San Jose, CA | Central Coast | ✉ Elaine Abad (510) 458-3417 |
Jul 21, 2025 | 2025 International Summer Training Camp Honolulu, HI | 50th State | ✉ Rena Asano |