April 2015 Blog Posts (5)

MARTI MALLOY: Olympic medalist finds competition outside of dojo

by Justin Russell Edrington

On any given weekday on the west side of the San Jose State campus, you can find judo black belt and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Marti Malloy throwing grown men around the dojo.…

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JUDO NEWS: Ebinuma picks up more judo gold "All Japan Judo Championships by Weight Category 2015"

Rough and tumble: Masashi Ebinuma (top) takes down Kengo Takaichi in the men's 66-kg final at the national invitational weight-class championships in Fukuoka on Sunday. | KYODO…

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Added by jt_development on April 5, 2015 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

JUDO/MMA NEWS: Kayla Harrison recalls Ronda Rousey’s judo exit, ponders future in MMA [Updated 1/9/16]

by Nick Zaccardi

Many eyes turned at Pedro’s Judo Center during practices in 2009. When Ronda Rousey and Kayla Harrison faced off, it was the round to watch.

“I actually…

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JUDO/MMA NEWS: Japanese Olympic medallist to come out of retirement for Rio 2016 judo bid

By Nick Butler

Athens 2004 silver medallist Hiroshi Izumi has come out of a five-year judo retirement in a bid to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The 32-year-old shot to…

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