2021 Hall of Fame announced
The Hall of Fame Committee and the USJF is proud to announce that the judokas – John Bassano, Maureen Braziel, Joon Chi, Hector Estevez, David Matsumoto and Lloyd Migita – have been inducted into the 2021 Class of the US Judo Hall of Fame and Darlene Anaya and Eve...
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Louis Moyerman
© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved Louis Moyerman class of 2021 Shufu is proud to nominate him for the Lifetime Achievement Award Proposed by Roy Englert, President of Shufu Yudanshakai For more than half a century, Lou Moyerman has excelled in judo as an athlete, a...
Eve Aronoff Trivella
© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved Eve Aronoff Trivella Class of 1993 Eve Aronoff Trivella was born July 10, 1963 in Bronx, New York. She was raised in Hartsdale, New York. She attended Woodlands High School and Westchester Community College. From a young age, Aronoff...
George Y Tsubota
© 2021, USJF all rights reserved George Y Tsubota Sensei George Y. Tsubota was the head instructor at Hodokan Judo Club in Honolulu, Hawaii and one of the pillars of 50th State Judo Association. He was the founder of Hodokan Judo Club and a member of the USJF Kata...
Lloyd Migita
© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved Lloyd Migita inducted 2021 Sensei, Dr. Lloyd K. Migita has devoted over 74 years to the study of judo. Sensei Migita was designated as an assistant instructor in 1957 at the age of 17. Born and educated in Hawaii, Dr. Migita started...
Darlene Anaya
© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved. Darlene Anaya class of 1993 Darlene Anaya wrote:At the age of 6, my father and sensei, Tony Anaya, introduced me to the art of Judo. He began teaching me basic moves on our living room carpet and by the age of 9, my father enrolled...
Maureen Braziel
© 2021, USJF all rights reserved Maureen Braziel Inducted 2021 Sensei Maureen began studying judo in 1964, at age 19. She trained under Sensei Kiyoshi Shiina in Brooklyn, NY until he closed his dojo. She also trained in Japan for six weeks. In 1984, Sensei Maureen...
John R Bassano
© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved John R Bassano Inducted 2021 His life John Bassano has dedicated fifty years of his life to Judo. It was in his blood. He took to the sport in his early twenties. He trained as a young student, a fierce competitor, a counter...
Hector E. Estevez
© 2021, USJF, all rights reserved Hector E. Estevez Inducted 2021 Hector Estevez writesBorn in the City of Camaguey, Cuba in 1953, I started Judo when I was 9 years old, the love for the sport of Judo that I have today I owe it to my cousin who introduced me for the...