List of celebrity judoka

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The following is a list of celebrities who have trained in the martial art and sport of judo.

Contents

Athletes

Academics and educators

Actors and entertainers

Artists

Business

Models

Musicians

Writers and directors

Politicians

Royalty

Other

Footnotes

  1. Past Personalities Archived 2009-09-10 at the Wayback Machine - The Budokwai
  2. Some History from the Australian Feldenkrais Center
  3. Feldenkrais and Judo by Dennis Leri
  4. Moshe Feldenkrais, D.Sc., (1904 - 1984) Biography (achievingexcellence.com)
  5. Asymetrix Corp.'s Dr. Terry Halpin - Black Belt Design Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine DBMS Interview - September 1995
  6. http://www.oneopensource.it/01/09/2008/int.erview-aza-raskin-head-of-user-experience-for-mozilla-labs/%5B%5D
  7. "Humanized > About Us". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-02-12. Humanized, Inc - Who We Are
  8. "Labs - MozillaWiki".
  9. BayCHI Monthly Program, Tuesday, September 13, 1994
  10. EuroPython Society - The Failure of Applications Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  11. The Godfather of Grappling (authorised biography of LeBell) by "Judo" Gene Lebell, Bob Calhoun, George Foon, and Noelle Kim. 2005. Page 13 (includes photo).
  12. "James Cagney is a judo black belt" (judoinfo.com)
  13. Crowther, Bosley (1945-06-29). "THE SCREEN; 'Blood on the Sun,' Melodrama of Japanese Intrigue, in Which James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney Appear at the Capitol". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  14. 1 2 Ex-Spice Girl Mel C faces surgery - BBC News, 12 September 2003
  15. Ten Questions with George Harris Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine - by Rebecca Barnett. Published in The Masters, Judo for Adults (2000)
  16. "Superstars: A brief history". BBC. 2004-11-05. Retrieved 19 October 2006.
  17. 1 2 Judo Heroes Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today - 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games website
  18. BBC MICRO Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge YouTube video.
  19. Uchi Mata Commodore 64 game site
  20. Micro Live Brian Jacks follow up - YouTube video.
  21. Gene LeBell at IMDb
  22. These nicknames were immortalised in the titles of two books about LeBell.
  23. Gene LeBell biography Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine - at the USA Traditional Kodokan Judo website (a program of the USJJF)
  24. Judo (edmatrix.us)
  25. Biography of Peter Sellers Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
  26. The Shy Man - Time Magazine, 27 April 1962 (prior to being appointed President of the London Judo Society)
  27. 1 2 3 4 Tired of the gym? Belt up for judo - Daily Telegraph, UK, October 2002.
  28. "BoSvenson.com". Archived from the original on 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  29. IMDb entry for Bo Svenson
  30. Les Fondements du Judo ("The Foundations of Judo") by Yves Klein. Paris:Grasset, 1954.
  31. "NYJ :: History". Archived from the original on 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-03-04. - New York Open Judo.
  32. Laetitia Casta - Biography - at imdb.com
  33. Sex and Thugs and Rock 'n' Roll (1997) by Billy Thorpe.
  34. Interview with Robert Palmer on a late night talk show.
  35. Fighting Judo, by Kashiwazaki and Donovan, 1985 (Amazon.com)
  36. "I am used to getting a good rumping from the critics. So what?" by Charlotte Edwardes, Daily Telegraph, UK. September 26, 2005.
  37. How judo made a man out of Hague
  38. Lord Coe - Guardian interview discusses how Coe introduced Hague to judo. 2 May 2008.
  39. Takahashi, M. et al. (2005). Mastering Judo. USA: Human Kinetics.
  40. reuters.com Putin awarded eighth dan by international body by Reuters
  41. "Legendary Karate Master Arrives to Moscow to Award Vladimir Putin Black Belt >> РИА "Восток-Медиа"". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2012-10-11. Legendary Karate Master Arrives to Moscow to Award Vladimir Putin Black Belt
  42. Black-Belt President Putin: A Man of Gentle Arts Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine by Yasuhiro Yamashita
  43. Vladimir Putin: the NPR interview U.S. radio station National Public Radio New York City (November 15, 2001)
  44. Putin, Vladimir V.; Vasilii Shestakov; Alexey Levitsky; Aleksei Levitskii (July 2004). Judo: History, Theory, Practice. North Atlantic Books. ISBN   1-55643-445-6.
  45. Presidential Judo by Tom Ross
  46. Pedreira, Roberto (October 2018). Craze: The Life and Times of Jiu-Jitsu, 1854-1904 (Volume 1). CreateSpace. ISBN   978-1981124985.
  47. Pedreira, Roberto (October 2018). Craze: The Life and Times of Jiu-Jitsu, 1854-1904 (Volume 1). CreateSpace. ISBN   978-1981124985.
  48. Professor Yamashita Goes to Washington by Joseph R. Svinth, in Journal of Combative Sport, Oct 2000
  49. http://goltzjudo.com/roosevelt.htm - USJA Honors Theodore Roosevelt with Black Belt
  50. "JudoInside - Ulla Werbrouck Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  51. Editorial, Reuters (20 November 2021). "Factbox: Monaco's Prince Albert to marry". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  52. Heroes: Facing the End - The Fight for Flight 93 Time cover story.
  53. Jennifer Glick: Jeremy's Heroes foundation commemorates brother Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine - CNN. 9 November 9, 2001
  54. A Friend, a Father, a Hero by Adrian Wojnarowski. Bergen (NJ) Record. September 14, 2001
  55. THE 456th FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON: General Curtis E. LeMay Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine US Air Force biography

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