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The United States Judo Association (USJA) was founded in 1968 as an extension of the Armed Forces Judo Association (AFJA) when it broke off from the USJF to focus on a more Americanized structure. The USJA is mostly concentrated in California and Florida, but also popular in the Midwest and Southeast.
The IJF World Tour is a worldwide top-tier judo tour, organized by the International Judo Federation since 2009. [1]The IJF World Tour consists of the annual World Championships and World Masters, a series of Grand Slam and Grand Prix tournaments, the annual continental championships and open meets organized by the respective continental judo unions, as well as the annual World Juniors ...
The first World Team Judo Championships was held in 1994 as separate event and only for men's national teams. The first World Team Judo Championships for women's national team was held as separate event in 1997. [95] Since 1998, World Team Judo Championships for men's and women's national teams have been held at the same time and venue.
The Judo Grand Slam tournaments are international judo tournaments held by the International Judo Federation as part of the IJF World Tour. [1]After the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Masters, the Grand Slam tournaments are the highest-ranking worldwide judo tournaments, i.e. the tournaments in which the judoka can acquire the most ranking points.
As late as 1955, the JBBF was the only Judo federation in the United States. In 1967, it changed its name to the United States Judo Federation. [1] In 1969, a faction of the Armed Forces Judo Association became the United States Judo Association. [1] In 2007, USJF sanctioned competitions and tournaments in at least nine different states.
The Judo World Masters is an annual invite-only judo competition. [1] [2] After being open for only the top 16 ranked judoka in each weight class for its first eight installments, the tournament was expended to host the top 36 of each weight class in 2019.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the international governing body for judo, founded in July 1951. [1] Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF.
largest judo association in Australia Australia: Australian Kodokan Judo Association AKJA WJF - [6] Canada: Judo Canada: IJF PCJ 1956 Finland: Finnish Judo Federation IJF EJU [7] France: Fédération Française de Judo, Jujitsu et Disciplines Associées: FFJDA IJF EJU December 5, 1946: French Federation of Judo, Jujitsu and Related Disciplines ...