2006 Ju Jitsu (Columbus, OH)
Maria Strimbu: gold medal - women's 62kg division
2006 Buckeye Open Judo Championships (Lodi, OH)
Alison Stanley : silver medal - women's middle weight division
Recent Promotions - April 2006
Congratulations to all of our members on
their recent promotions to green and brown belts!
2006 Collegiate Judo Nationals (Chicago, IL)
Toshiya Nishimura: fifth place - 66kg
2006 Ohio State Championships (Centerville, Ohio)
Toshiya Nishimura : gold medal - 66kg
2006 Bluffton Development Tournament (Columbus, OH)
Ryan Ficco : gold medal - men's middle weight division
Alison Stanley : gold medal - women's light weight division
2006 Arnold Classic (Columbus, OH)
Salamat : silver medal - black belt middle weight division
Sang Won "Andrew" Lee: bronze medal - black belt middle weight division
2005 Bowling Green Open (Bowling Green, OH)
Nick Sestito: silver medal - light weight division
2005 Arnold Classic Judo (Columbus, OH)
Philip Jones: gold medal - black belt men's heavy weight division
Roc Castricone: bronze medal - white belt men's division
2005 Ohio State Intramural Wrestling (Columbus, OH)
Ryan Ficco: gold medal 145 lb wt class
2005 Graito Hall Cage Fights (Newark, OH)
Roc Castricone: first place -Toughman Cage
2004 Flag City Open (Bluffton, OH)
Philip Jones: gold medal - black belt men's heavy weight division
Najette Kanoun: gold medal - brown belt women's middle weight division
Recent Promotions
Congratulations to John Sandora, Desmond Wong, Ben Siefker, and Dan Ladrach
to their promotion of Shodan!
2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, OH)
Najette Kanoun: gold medal
Chris Jason: bronze medal
2004 America's Cup (Indianapolis, IN)
Najette Kanoun: gold medal - brown belt light division
2004 Glass City Invitational (Toledo, OH)
Desmond Wong: gold medal - black belt division
Najette Kanoun: gold medal - novice women's division
Dustin Bahas: gold medal - novice light weight division
John Sandora: silver medal - black belt division
Dan Ladrach: silver medal - black belt division
Ben Siefker: silver medal - black belt division
Toshio Kurokawa: silver medal - black belt division
Josh Williams: silver medal - brown belt division
Hani Darwish: silver medal - novice middle weight division
Eric Wallace: bronze medal - novice division
2004 Akiya Memorial Tournament (Cleveland, OH)
Dan Ladrach: gold medal- 198 lb black belt division
Toshio Kurokawa: gold medal- 161 lb black belt division
Ben Siefker: silver medal- 145 lb black belt division
John Sandora: silver medal- 178 lb black belt division
Desmond Wong: silver medal- 161 black belt division
Darrell Starcher: bronze medal- 220 lb black belt division
2004 USJA Ohio State Championships (Bowling Green, OH)
Dan Ladrach: silver medal - black belt light-heavyweight division
Dustin Bahas: bronze medal - novice lightweight division
2004 Arnold Classic (Columbus, OH)
Toshio Kurokawa: silver medal - black belt lightweight division
Remu Ogaki: bronze medal - novice lightweight division
2004 Extreme Fighting Challenge (Columbus, OH)
Josh Williams: heavyweight champion
2004 USJF Ohio State Championships (Kidron, OH)
Ben Siefker: silver medal - 145 lb division
Desmond Wong: silver medal - 161 lb division
John Sandora: bronze medal - 198 lb divsion
2004 Midwest Collegiate and Indiana State Championship
Ben Siefker: gold medal - 145 lb division State Championship
Najette Kanoun: gold medal - State Championship
gold medal - Midwest Collegiate
2003 Great Lakes Championship (Ann Arbor, MI)
Ben Siefker: gold medal - brown lightweight division
2003 Black Swamp Championship (Bowling Green, OH)
Leonardo Carizzo: gold medal - black middleweight division
Desmond Wong: gold medal - brown middleweight division
Najette Kanoun: gold medal - women's green middleweight division
Sunil Hari: bronze medal - brown lightweight division
2003 Extreme Challenge 5 (Columbus, OH)
Josh Williams: first place - Toughman Cage
2003 Spirit of the Eagle Challenge (Blufton, OH)
Sunil Hari: silver medal - brown belt lightweight division
2003 Am-Can Championship (Buffalo, NY)
Nick Wolak:silver medal - Men's Masters 161 division
John Sandora: bronze medal - Brown Belt Men's Senior 198 division
2003 Midwest Championship (Illinois)
Phil Jones: silver medal - black belt heavyweight division
2003 Ohio State Senior Open (Dayton, OH)
Phil Jones: silver medal - black belt heavyweight division
2003 Arnold Martial Arts World Games (Columbus, OH)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - black belt super heavyweight division
silver medal - open division
Phil Jones: gold medal - black belt heavyweight division
Joshua Martin: gold medal - novice 198 lb division
Jonathan LaGuardia: gold medal - novice 160 lb division
Nathan McCain: gold medal - novice 190 lb division
Najette Kanoun: bronze medal - novice 119 lb women's division
Jeff Locklayer: silver medal - novice heavyweight division
Hani Darwish: gold medal - novice open division
John Sandora: silver medal - brown belt 198 lb division
2003 Michigan Open (East Lansing, MI)
Phil Jones: silver medal - black belt heavyweight division
2002 Flag City Open (Findlay, OH)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - black belt heavyweight division
gold medal - black belt Masters heavyweight division
Tournament Grand Champion
Ben Siefker: gold medal - black/brown 161 lb division
John Sandora: silver medal - black/brown 198 lb division
Josh Williams: bronze medal - green/white 220 lb division
John LaGuardia: bronze medal - green/white 161 lb division
2002 Red, White, and Blue Classic (Marion, IN)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - black belt heavyweight division
gold medal - black belt Masters heavyweight division
2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tournament (Cleveland, OH)
Phil Jones: gold medal, black belt division
Nathan McCain: gold medal, green belt division
Ben Siefker: silver medal, brown belt division
Hani Darwish: silver medal, green belt division
2002 Americas Cup
Jeff Locklayer: silver medal - Heavyweight division
Jaime Brewbaker: silver medal - Green belt heavyweight division
2002 Michigan State Fair (Detroit, MI)
Phil Jones: gold medal - Black belt heavyweight division
John Sandora: gold medal - Brown belt heavyweight division
Josh Williams: gold medal - Green belt heavyweight division
2002 Ohio Police and Fire Games
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - Grand Champion
gold medal - Heavyweight division
2002 Am-Can Tournament, Buffalo, NY
Nathan McCain: gold medal
2002 Akiya Memorial Tournament, Cleveland, OH
John Sandora: gold medal
Nathan McCain: silver medal
2002 State Tournament, Ohio
Phil Jones: gold medal - 220+ lb. division
Nick Wolak: bronze medal - 178 lb. and under division
Laura Davis: silver medal - 125 lb. and under division
Kim Blazer: silver medal - 150 lb. and under division
2001 America's Cup (Indianapolis, IN)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - heavyweight division
"Rock & Roll Capital of the World" Judo Tournament (Cleveland, OH)
Nick Wolak: silver medal - 178 lb. division
Chris Apfelstadt: gold medal - 178 lb. green belt division
Chris Prochak: bronze medal - 178 lb. green belt division
CONGRATULATIONS PHIL JONES!
Phil Jones of the Bahamas took gold medal at the Ironman
Natural Bodybuilding Competition in Detroit, Michigan on
August 4, 2001. It seems we dominate more than Judo!
2001 World Masters Championships (Scottsdale, AZ)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - open division
bronze medal - heavyweight division
2001 World Police and Fire Games (Indianapolis, IN)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - heavyweight division
2001 Akiya Memorial Tournament (Cleveland, OH)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - heavyweight division
Nick Wolak: gold medal
Ben Siefker: gold medal, silver medal, and Best Technique Award
John Sandora: bronze medal
John LaGuardia: bronze medal
2001 Senior Nationals (Orlando, FL)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - masters heavyweight division
Lori Edwards: silver medal - open division
2001 Am-Can Tournament (Buffalo, NY)
Lori Edwards: gold medal
Ben Siefker : silver medal
2001 State of Ohio Tournament
Phil Jones: gold medal, heavyweight division
Lori Edwards: gold medal, women's light heavyweight division
Nick Wolak: gold medal, 178 lb. division
Elena Tuchina : gold medal, women's middleweight division
Christine Lombardo : gold medal, women's lightweight division
Jason Tinch : silver medal, 190 lb. division
John LaGuardia : silver medal, 161 lb. division
Adam Cassel : bronze medal, 190 lb. division
2001 Pittsburgh Make-A-Wish Tournament
Nick Wolak: silver medal
John Sandora: silver medal
2001 Cumberland College Classic
Nick Wolak: silver medal
Elena Tuchina: silver medal
2000 National Ladder Tournament (Fort Worth, TX)
Virgil Goodwine: gold medal - heavyweight division