Advisory Board

Rank: 8 Dan

Twice Head Coach of U.S. Team at the World Judo Championships (Under 21) in France and Argentina. Head Coach of U.S. Team at the International High School Judo Championships in Japan. Head Coach of U.S. Team at numerous international judo tournaments in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. National USJI (now USA Judo) Junior Development Coordinator and Head Coach from 1985-1992. Program Director and coach at numerous U.S. national junior (ages 12-21) training camps at the U.S. Olympic Training Centers. 

Coach of 4 World Sambo Champions and numerous national and international sambo medal winners. Coach for the U.S. Team at the World Sambo Championships and Pan American Games. Winner of 2 U.S. national sambo championships. U.S. Team Coach at 4 Pan American Judo Championships. Director of Coach Education for USJI (now USA Judo) from 1985-1992. Coordinator and member of coaching staff at the first Pan American Coach Education Conference held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Graduate of the U.S. Olympic Committee Coach Education program. 

Author of over 20 published books on judo, sambo, jujitsu and related topics. Founder of the Welcome Mat Judo Club in Kansas City, Missouri in 1969. As a coach, personally developed over 300 national and international medal winners in judo, sambo and sport jujitsu including an Olympic team member, numerous Pan American champions in judo and sambo, and numerous athletes who represented the United States in World Championships in judo and sambo, as well as Pan American, World Cup and other international tournaments. 

Innovator of the Freestyle Judo contest rules. Along with John Saylor, founded the Judo Black Belt Association in 2004.