USJA President John Paccione is pleased to announce that International A Referee Gary Berliner, 8th dan has accepted the position of Head Referee for the USJA. Gary is a member of the NGB’s Referee Commission and was a referee at the Rio (Para) Olympics last summer.
Bob Rush from CEM Judo in California has joined the Board of Directors to fill the seat left by the passing of Michelle Holtze. We welcome him and look forward to working with him.
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
From USJA President John Paccione “I am sorry to announce that I received word that USJA Board of Directors Officer Michelle Holtze has passed on. I will forward more information as it becomes available.”
This week the United States Judo Association would like to highlight our new customized email preferences! You can change your email preferences simply by logging into www.usja.net with your username and password. Once you arrive at your Dashboard, locate and click the “My Profile” button in the top right of the screen. This will take
We have an exciting announcement! We place high value on education, both on and off the mat. To show how much education means to us, we have partnered up with the National Honor Society to provide free membership to all of our honor students. We are proud to recognize and reward our members who have
Dear Members: On behalf of the staff and volunteers of “your” United States Judo association, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. Over the past year, many of our members have asked about a reduced Life Member package and we are pleased to bring back the very popular
USJA’s liability insurance company is asking every instructor, assistant instructor, indeed all persons who assume some oversight or trai ning responsibility (eg. Black belts) should take the U.S. Center for Disease Control’s free on line COACHES training at http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/. The on line course takes between 30 and 45 minutes to complete followed by a short
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.
What is the USJA? Like many of our members, I am a veteran of the USJA. Like most people my age, I began my study and association with judo in the early 1960s with the local Black Belt organization of the USJF. Through them I reached Yudanshi level and then moved to the USJA
Concussion injuries are a top news story, but more importantly, concussions are a very serious health issue that impacts Judo. Our coach education courses does an excellent job making our coaches, students and parents aware of the consequences of concussion accidents, however not every dojo instructor , student or parent is certified though our Coach
United States Judo Association 2014 Financial Commentary Dear Members of the USJA: The 2014 Financial Statements prepared by Wyckoff & Associates details much of what we already knew and expected: 2014 was a very difficult year for the USJA. Operating revenues for 2014 amounted to $480k, with combined costs of operating revenues and expenses amounting
We are pleased to announce that the USJA Board of Directors has decided to kick start the new year by offering our Life Membership which normally sells for $400 for $250. This will include our newly released highly sought after USJA Judo Technical Manual and Study Guide with Senior Rank Promotion System which sells for $50 with shipping.
The relationship of judo and its place in a school based setting can be traced back to the founder, Jigoro Kano. Since that time, there have been school based judo classes in America and around the world. The USJA is going to revisit the role of judo in America’s elementary, middle and high schools. With
The USJA recognizes that there are many different reasons that people run Judo programs. Just like there is a need and place for those who want to run community based programs there is also a need for full-time, professional judo instructors who run commercial, for-profit judo programs. With this in mind the USJA is pleased
