AJJIF LEGENDS

AJJIF JUDO LEGEND


O-SENSEI PHILIP S. PORTER
( 1925 - 2011 )

O-Sensei Philip Porter is a Great American Martial Arts Master of Judo, "The Father of American Judo" and founder of United States Martial Arts Association (USMA). Porter has studied, refereed, taught, and competed for 65 years. O-Sensei Philip S. Porter began his Martial Arts career as a boxer in 1943 and started Judo, JuJitsu, and Karate training in 1951 with his first teacher Sensei Walter Todd (the first American to be awarded a black belt in Shotokan Karate) Porter also studied Judo under Great Kodokan Judo Teachers: Sumiyuki Kotani, Tadao Otaki and Sadaki Nakabayashi. O-Sensei Philip Porter started competing in Judo in 1951, and is still active in masters competition.
He has produced over 1,000 national and international medalists in Judo over the past 50 years. Porter created the large numbers of Judo and the Martial Arts books ("Judo From The Beginning", "Championship Judo Drill Training", "The Basic JuJitsu Manual"), magazine articles, videos and DVDs: ("The 65 Throws of Kodokan Judo", "The Secrets Of Winning In Judo", "The Counters of Judo", "Judo Grappling Techniques"). O-Sensei Alexey Kunin has been training directly under O-Sensei Philip Porter.

"We may not see the goal clearly, but in Judo we have a way. I believe we should always remember that practice, practice, practice, is the remover of doubt and uncertainty. Not for a week, a month, or a year, but for as long as the body draws breath. Dr. Kano gave us the secret of Judo in three words: "Never Miss Practice."
- O-Sensei Philip Porter

O-Sensei Philip Porter passed away on  07 August, 2011.
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