United States Judo Association Explained

Assocname:	United States Judo Association
Sport:	Judo
Founded:	Unofficial 1935Armed Forces Judo Association 1957United States Judo Association 1969
Aff:	USA Judo
Region:	United States
President:	David Brogan
Url:	usja.net
Countryflag:	United States
Jurisdiction:	National
Membership:	20,000+
Abbrev:	USJA

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.

History

The US Judo Association was founded by George Harris,^[1] George Bass, Robey Reed, Jim Bregman, Philip S. Porter, Rick Mertins, and Karl Geis.^[2]

Presidents and Executive Directors

• Philip S. Porter
• Edward Szrejter^[3]
• 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
• Andrew Connelly
• David Brogan^[4]

See also

• List of judo organizations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-03-11 . 2015-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215092007/http://www.usjf.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/George-Harris-PR-1-11.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: International Judo Federation . 2015-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215092446/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk995 . 2015-02-15 . dead .
3. Web site: From the Executive Director . live.
4. Web site: Our history .