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About
Us
North Jersey Judo was established in October
2006 by Head Instructor Ramon Hernandez. His
goal was to evangelize as many people as
possible into the martial art and sport of
Olympic style Judo while also promoting the
positive benefits that Judo has to offer for
your mental and physical health not to mention
its approach to a positive and proactive life
style.
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Judo was founded in 1882 from three styles of
Jujitsu by Jigaro Kano, President of the Tokyo
Teachers Training College in Japan and a member
of the International Olympic Committee. Judo was
introduced as a spectator sport to the Olympic
Games in the summer 1964 and is the third most
played sport in the world today. |
Ramon Hernandez started his martial arts
training in September 1994 where he was
introduced to Judo, Jujitsu & Karate. Once
convinced Judo was the sport and martial art of
his choice, he enrolled at the Cranford Judo
Center in January 1997 under the guidance of
Yoshisada Yonezuka (US Olympic Head Coach
1992-Barcelona Summer Games & US Olympic Head
Coach 1988-Seoul Summer Games). During his time
with Sensei Yonezuka, Ramon earned his first
degree Judo Black Belt/Rank of Shodan within a
time span of 3 years and 8 months in August
2000. During that time, Ramon married his wife
Norma on July 16, 1999 and were awaiting the
arrival of their first child in December 2000.
After earning his first Black Belt, he continued
his training with Anthony Camal of Camal Judo.
Here he was able to earn his second degree Black
Belt/Rank of Nidan and get plenty of practical
teaching experience with children as young as 4
years old, teens and adults of all ages.
With 12 years in the martial arts and most of it
within Judo, Ramon had settled down in Pompton
Lakes, NJ with his wife and now 2 children,
Ramon Jr. and Gabriel. At this time, Ramon found
his new aspiration to start North Jersey Judo
with the idea to pass along Judo and his Judo
philosophy to both his sons and anyone
interested in a sport and a martial art for
life.
During his existence as Head Instructor, Ramon
has had the honor and pleasure of teaching Judo
to a number of children and adults with great
success in competition. This experience includes
North Jersey Judo students competing at the
local and regional level Judo tournaments with
plenty of trips to the medal stand. This also
includes himself as he continues to work on his
own Judo. As of 2010 Ramon Hernandez is rank in
the top 5 in the Masters Judo Division in the
Nation. Other successes that his students enjoy
have been weight loss, reduced stress and
getting into great mental and physical shape.
North Jersey Judo is now a chartered Judo dojo
in the Hudson Judo Yudanshakai (www.hudsonjudo.org)
and the United Stats Judo Federation (www.usjf.com).
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