USJF Webinar Series: November 12, at 1:00 pm (Pacific) Jennifer Badertscher, Chair of the USJF’s National Teachers Institute, will be the guest on the next installments of the USJF Webinar Series, with the second of two presentations. Results Instruction: Assessing...
Webinar Series: September 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm (Pacific) Anthony Catanese, M.D. will be USJF’s guest on the season’s opening webinar entitled “SafeSport and Heads Up – A Judo Physician’s Perspective”. His lifelong practice of judo as a competitor and judo physician...
James Bregman Arguably the first and best-known American judo icon, Jim Bregman has devoted his life to the sport as a competitor, teacher, and administrator. A member of the USA’s first Olympic judo team and Bronze medal winner, World Championship medalist, Pan...
Few American judoka can claim careers comparable to that of Hector Estevez. His incredible record of competition, from its beginnings in Cuba all the way to earning his place as an Olympian, has been followed by an equally impressive rise through the top ranks...
Sensei Janet Johnson Janet Johnson has become one of the most visible and prominent senseis and referees in the country, with a long career in teaching judo informed by her professional educator credentials, her parallel career as a primary school teacher, and...
Jerry Hays Jerry Hays walked into the Phoenix, Arizona Boys Club as a (nearly) 14 year-old boy, beginning a judo career that extended for decades, throughout his career in the U.S. Navy, followed by an additional 15 years as a civilian working for the Navy,...
