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Kiyoshi Shiina

Kiyoshi Shiina

Kiyoshi Shiina © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Kiyoshi Shiina Inducted 2023 Judo Biography Kiyoshi Shiina was born in 1937 in Tochigi, Japan. He was promoted to 1st dan at the age of 14. He was the 1955 mid-Japan all high school champion for...

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Charles Medani, M.D.

Charles Medani, M.D.

Charles Medani, M.D. © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Charles Medani, M.D. Inducted 2023. Judo Biography Charles "Chuck" Medani began his nearly lifelong journey in judo, and became a member of Shufu, in Boston at the age of 12 under Paul Hapgood...

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Ray Imada

Ray Imada

Ray Imada © 2023 Steven Nohara, all rights reserved Judo Biography Judo Credentials Ray T. Imada was born and raised in Hawaii, with frequent time spent in Kumamoto, Japan during his youth. He had a challenging beginning in kindergarten, speaking...

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Mickey Matsumoto

Mickey Matsumoto

Mickey Matsumoto © 2023, USJF, all rights reserved Inducted 2023 Judo Biography Men’s Central Jail Deputy Mickey Matsumoto has again shown his incredible athletic and Judo skill by earning the Judo gold medal at the 2011 World Police and Fire Games...

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Sanctioned Events

DateEventYudanshakaiContact
Aug 09, 2024USJF National Kata Conference
San Diego, CA
Pacific Southwest✉ Bill Caldwell
Aug 25, 2024Konan Promtional Clinic
Southfield, MI
Konan✉ Tom Sheehan
Aug 31, 202462nd Annual Honpa Hongwanji Judo Federation State
Pukalani, HI
HawaiiClaude Moreau
Sep 14, 2024Randori-No-Kata Clinic
Jefferson City, MO
ChicagoJosh Lehmen
(573) 301-1738
Sep 29, 2024Konan Promotional
Southfield, MI
Konan✉ Frances Glaze
Nov 15, 2024November Kata Clinics & Certification Testing
Vista, CA
Pacific Southwest✉ Bruce Knight
(619) 368-9812