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American Judo Development Model

Dear United States Judo Association (USJA) Coaches, Ihope this note finds you healthy and safe during these challenging times.I am contacting you to provide USJA coacheswith some useful information regarding the American Judo Development Model (AJDM)and itsofferings. As you may have seen, the combined efforts of USA Judo, USJA and USJF created the AJDM; a […]

Promotion System Changes

After receiving suggestions from our membership and updates from various committees, we are excited to be releasing the new “United States Judo Association Judo Rank Promotion System – Judo Manual, 11th Edition”. To continue to be the leading Judo association in the United States and remain competitive with the other judo organizations, we are making

CRE & Rank Promotion Changes

All CRE’s, After receiving suggestions from our membership and updates from various committees, we are excited to be releasing the new “United States Judo Association Judo Rank Promotion System – Judo Manual, 11th Edition”. To continue to be the leading Judo association in the United States and remain competitive with the other judo organizations, we

Announcement

The Board of Directors of the United States Judo Association is pleased to announce that Donna Turk has been installed as the Chair of the Promotion Board. Donna has a distinguished history of service and accomplishment as a member of the United States Judo Association. Having received her shodan in 1980, Donna has availed herself

Information

We regretfully announce that the 2020 USJF/USJA Grassroots Judo 11th Annual Summer Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, FL have been cancelled. The 2021 Summer Nationals for Juniors, Seniors, Veterans, Kata, and Teams, will be held in New Jersey in July of 2021. There will be more information being released this summer. Stay tuned and stay safe.

The annual Winter Nationals open board meeting

The annual Winter Nationals open board meeting will be held at 2pm this Friday at Goltz Judo: 2pm @ Goltz JudoHughes Center1700 Danbury RdClaremont, CA 91711 Respectfully, The United States Judo Association

2019 USJA / USJF Grassroots Judo™ 14th Annual Winter Nationals – Azusa, CA

This premier event is held each December in sunny Southern California at Azusa Pacific University’s Felix Event Center outside of Los Angeles. It was created and is hosted by Goltz Judo and is endorsed by the USJA/USJF Grassroots Judo™ alliance . You can expect to see over 800 competitors from all over the country as

American Judo Organizations Sign Historic Alliance Agreement

Today, history was made with the signing of the first-ever American Judo Alliance Agreement between the United States Judo Association (USJA), United States Judo Federation (USJF) and United States Judo, Inc. (USA Judo). This new agreement paves the way for the three organizations to work together with the focus of growing the sport of judo

Kayla Harrison, Two Time Olympic Champion, Receives Rokudan

RIO DE JANEIRO —  American Kayla Harrison has another gold medal. Call it one more for the road. Expected to retire following these Olympics and become the next female star in professional mixed martial arts, Harrison defeated France’s Audrey Tcheumeo to win a second judo gold medal in the 78-kilogram weight class in front of a disappointed

Pan American Games

On November 5th and 6th 2015 USA Judo brought 46 competitors to Cordoba Argentina to compete in the Infantile Pan American Games and then competed in The South American Continental Championship on November 7th. In order to qualify to compete, you had to be ranked # 1 or 2 in the country in your division.

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