Rio Ohtake’s thank you and report from 2017 Sanix
I had many good experiences participating in the SANIX tournament and camp in Japan. First several wonderful teachers came and taught us many useful techniques. I will review what I have been taught and will try to use them in future competitions. Second, our team won...
Sanix appreciation
from Michael Mooney and Carsono Furneaux An appreciation of the Sanix 2017 trip from Michael Mooney. An appreciation of the Sanix 2017 trip from Carson Furneaux.
Sanix pictures and notes
SANIX 2017 By Makayla Paige Cox The SANIX trip has allowed me to grow as a person and judoka for two years in a row. For both years, I trained my hardest and made new friends from several different countries. I was given the opportunity to visit some of Japan’s most...
2017 Sanix Juvenile Team Championships and Taisei Cup Report by Noboru Saito
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, Los Angeles, CA...
Donn Draeger
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 reportedly achieved the...
Don Moon Kikuchi
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 Coach at SJSU, left...
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
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 to 1993, when he...
AnnMaria De Mars
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 in the -56 kg...
Roy H. Moore
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 judo and wrestling trip...
USJF Largest Judo Clubs
The United States Judo Federation has affiliations with a number of very active clubs. Congratulations to the Portland Judo Club on being the largest Judo club in the nation in 2016. Here is a list of USJF clubs with very large memberships. USJF is very proud to be...