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UNITED STATES JU-JITSU LEADER BIOGRAPHIES..!!

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UNITED STATES JU-JITSU LEADERS:

(listed alphabetically)

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Alexander Velaquez
Andrew Yiannakis, Chairman - Traditional Jujutsu Committee
Antonio M. la Salandra
Ben Bergwerf
Bruce R. Bethers, USJJF President & CEO
​Brian D. Walsh, 
Chairman - USA Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ - Grappling Committee)

Bruce G. Butler
Billy L. Sharp
Bo Kimly
Billy R. Hames
Carl D. Wilcox
Charles A. Voerster
Christopher A Jarrett
Clif Norgaard
Cliff T. King
David H. Chance
David E. Parritt
David S. Ames
Delva R. Mandrell
Dionisio de la Torre, Jr.
Earl DelValle
Edward E. Wilkes
Ernie C. Hewitt
Fernando Yamasaki, Sr. Technical Adviser - Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Frank Fuller
Gabriel Garcia Munoz
Gary S. Friederich
Gene LeBell
Gene Twombly
George A. Hamm

George E. Anderson, USJJF Founder

Gokor Chivichyan
Guillermo (William) Cortes
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Humberto Becerra

James R. Webb

Jeffrey Ellis
Jeff Rhodes
Jeffrey A. Cook
Jim Harrison
John F. Chatwood, USJJF General Secretary
John J. Connolly
John Newton
Johnny Linebarger
Jorge Rafael Delgado, State Director - USJJ & TKJ of Florida
​Jose A. Caracena

L. Michael Dillard
Larry Overholt
Lawrence A. Emmons
Michael A. Talkington
Michael Dunphy
Michael Knight
Mike Frazier
Mikel LaChapelle
​Mohammed A Malek
Nadeem Ansari
Neil Ohlenkamp
Oren Gorgov
Pamela J. Hickey
Patrick M. Hickey, Chairman - Technical & Coaching Committees
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Rafael Jovet-Ramos
Richard G. Dunn
Richard M. McPeek
Robert Boggs

Robert J. Saal
Robert M. Carver
Roger A. Jarrett, USJJF Vice President
Ronald K. Bennett
T. R. McClanahan
Terry L. Bryan
Thomas C. LaPuppet
Tom Reiff
Tony Lopez
Toshiaki Takikawa
Troy J. Price
W. Dieter Reitzig                                                                    
Willy "Clipper" Cahill
William Cooley
William S. Sharp
Yoshito Vincent Tamura
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George E. Anderson - USJJF Founder, 1931-2009

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