The annual Shufu Rules Clinic (formerly the Shufu Referees’ Clinic) will be held on Saturday, February 7th, at DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, MD. Featured clinician and IJF-A Referee Barbara Shimizu will have just returned from the IJF’s international referee seminar in Malaga, Spain, and will have the most…
The first thing you notice about Bobby Donaldson is that he is an imposing figure. At 6’4” and 240 pounds, he could easily be the object of most attention when he walks onto a judo mat. But Donaldson, who recently earned his IJF-B Continental Referee status, knows that his…
Results – Juniors Results – Seniors Photos by Roy Nanjo: Picture Gallery 1 Picture Gallery 2 Picture Gallery 3
by Kevin Tamai Shufu Judo Yudanshakai held the 2014 Takemori Open Judo Championships at DeMatha Catholic High School on October 25th in Hyattsville, Maryland. The event was jointly hosted by Hui-O-Judo Beltsville and the College Park Judo Club. What is the Takemori Open? The Outstanding Junior…
Sensei Yoshisada Yonezuka passed away yesterday, October 18th, 2014, after a long battle with bone marrow failure. He was 77. Sensei Yonezuka was a 1960 graduate of Nihon University, and founded the Cranford Judo Club in Cranford, New Jersey in 1962. He taught and trained several US Olympians,…
