United States Judo Association

The United States Judo Association is a sports association in the United States. It was formed in 1969 following a reorganization of the Armed Forces Judo Association, and is one of three national judo associations in the United States, the other two being USA Judo and the United States Judo Federation.[1]

United States Judo Association
SportJudo
JurisdictionNational
Membership20,000+
AbbreviationUSJA
FoundedUnofficial 1935

Armed Forces Judo Association 1957

United States Judo Association 1969
AffiliationUSA Judo
Regional affiliationUnited States
PresidentAndrew Connelly
Official website
usja.net
United States

History

The US Judo Association was founded by George Harris,[2] George Bass, Robey Reed, Jim Bregman, Philip S. Porter, Rick Mertins, and Karl Geis.[3]

Presidents and Executive Directors

Philip S. Porter

Edward Szrejter[4]

George Bass, George Harris, Jim Nichols, Jim Bregman, Jesse Jones, Mike Szrejter, Jim Webb, AnnMaria De Mars, Gary Goltz, Marc Cohen, John Paccione, Bob Rush, Celita Schutz, and Andrew Connelly[5]

See also

References
  1. Thomas A, Green; Joseph R. Svinth (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation, Volume 2. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842432. p. 449.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "International Judo Federation". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  4. https://news.usja.net/wp-content/uploads/1997-4-C.pdf
  5. "Our history".
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