How to find newspaper articles about Judo
With the advent of the Internet, it is easy to find newspaper articles on judokas, your dojo, your Yudanshakai, college, Armed Services, etc. There are two sites that I know of, that have newspapers articles that they have scan many newspapers across the US and other...
Friends of Sanix
Hi Everyone, I created the Friend of Sanix in US on Facebook. If you have a time, please look. Noboru Saito
Another interview from the World Championships
The last of the interviews from the World Championships has been put up on the site. It is an interview with Stephen Swirsky, M.D., the team physician and chairman of the IJF medical Commission.
US Team Gets Bounce with a Place on the Podium
The US World Judo Team finally reached the podium at the 2014 World Judo Championships being held this week in Chelyabinsk, Russia. After four days of frustration and defeats, the team was in need of a celebration, and got what they needed after a day’s worth of...
Further Frustration for the U.S. Team
It was morning again at the Traktor arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia, for the World Championships today, where the men’s 81 kg and the women’s 63 kg divisions were being contested. Today the United States fielded three of their members, Travis Stevens, Hannah Martin, and...
Roving Reporter’s second video interview
This interview with Gary Takemoto, referee at the worlds, is on the video stack on the home page of USJF.
US Team’s Fortunes Get a Shocking Boost, Only To Fall Again
Today, Wednesday August 27th, began with high hopes and expectations from the U.S. Judo team at the World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia. It was about 9:30 AM local time in the Traktor Arena, and the three large mat competition areas were filled with judokas...
Bolen Starts Well, but is Stopped in Second Round
Bradford Bolen, four-time USA World Team member at age 26, was about to start a fight, and he was feeling good about it. "I felt good – I slept decently, and in my first match, as soon as I put my hands on the guy (CHIEN, Chia Hung (TPE)) and just felt him, I was...
Video from our Roving Reporter in Russia
Our Roving Reporter, Chuck Medani, has sent a video interview with Jimmy Pedro, Jr, who talks about the prospects of the world championships. It is now the first of the videos on the home page.
Let The Worlds Begin!
The 30th Judo World Championships is about to begin in Chelyabinsk, a city of 1.1 million people, WAY out here east of the Ural Mountains of Russia. The site of the 2012 European judo championships, Chelyabinsk (che-LYA-binsk) is called the “Gateway to...