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Ronda Rousey
Ronda Rousey Inducted 2010 Born February 1, 1987 in Riverside County, California, Rousey qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the youngest competitor in those entire Games, at just 17. In that year she won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Judo...
Sachio Ashida
Sachio Ashida Inducted 1993 Dr. Sachio Ashida (Brockport, N.Y.) was an Olympic Coach at the 1976 Games in Montreal. Dr. Ashida served as a referee at the 1984 Olympic Games and was an A-Level kata judge. Born in Japan, Dr. Ashida began studying judo at the age of 12...
Ryozo Nakamura
Ryozo Nakamura Inducted 1993 Ryozo Nakamura immigrated to the United States as an adult from Japan, in order to share his knowledge with the U.S. National Judo Team. It was in the States that he married and began his family. Ohio Judo's Hall of Fame has a posting of...
Toshitaka Yamauchi
photo of Toshitaka Yamauchi from the West Clovis Dojo site Toshitaka Yamauchi Inducted 1993 Clovis Judo Club was started in the spring of 1956 by Professor Toshitaka Yamauchi, 7th Degree Black Belt from Japan (Later promoted to 8th Degree Black Belt). He started the...
Phil Porter
photo source: http://wwmaa.org/phil-porter/ Phil Porter Inducted 1993 Philip S. Porter began his Martial Arts career as a boxer in 1943 at age 18. He was later a member of the West Point Boxing Team; and in 1950, Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Western Area...
Seigoro Murakami
Seigo Murakami Inducted 1993 Seigoro Murakami established the first dojo in the San Fernando Valley of Southern Calfornia in 1921. source: Wikipedia In 2002 the fiftieth anniversary was celebrated with a book of USJF history. In it were a number of biographies....
Date | Event | Yudanshakai | Contact |
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Jul 07, 2025 | Fresno Judo Club Summer Camp 2025 Clovis, CA | San Joaquin | ✉ Krista Tsutsui |
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 |
Jul 28, 2025 | Budokan Dojo Summer Camp 2025 Seattle, WA | Northwest | ✉ Krista Tsutsui |
Aug 16, 2025 | PSJA Katame no Kata Clinic Escondido, CA | Pacific Southwest | ✉ Bruce Knight (619) 368-9812 |
Aug 24, 2025 | Konan Promotion Clinic Novi, MI | Konan | ✉ Ton Sheehan |
Sep 14, 2025 | 2025 East Bay Invitational Judo Tournament El Cerrito, CA | Daiheigen | Sayaka Torra |
Sep 20, 2025 | Anchorage Dojo Katame no Kata & Ju no Kata Clinics Anchorage, AK | 50th State | ✉ Mark Langberg (907) 250-7895 |
Sep 21, 2025 | Konan Promotional Novi, MI | Konan | Neil Simon (313) 938-1205 |
Nov 08, 2025 | Shufu Yudanshakai BOE & BOD Meeting & Promotional Beltsville, MD | Shufu | ✉ Kevin Tamai |