Henry Hank Kraft, born in Queens, NY attended Grover Cleveland High School

Grover Cleveland High School

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 and Pace College. In 1963 he received his 3rd Dan in Judo. At latest check he is a 6th Dan in Judo.

A New York City based Judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

 Instructor for almost 4 decades, Kraft picked up Judo after enrolling in a month long course at CUNY Queens College. He was drafted into the Army for the Korean War

Korean War

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, and later studied Judo at the Kodokan

Kodokan

, or the Kodokan Institute, is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. Literally, kō means "to lecture" or "to spread information," dō means "the way," and kan is "a public building or hall," together translating roughly as "a place for the study or promotion of the way." The Kodokan was...

. Kraft has trained over 55 national and international competitors who have ranked 1, 2, or 3 in their division. http://www.usja-judo.org/GrowingJudo/GrowingJudo2009_06.pdf He served as the alternative manager for the 1976 Summer Olympic games for Judo. http://books.google.com/books?id=6NcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67&dq=hank+kraft&hl=en&ei=imF8TdGVMO-80QGBnOTQAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=hank%20kraft&f=false . He worked with a Judo committee to get US Grand Champion and future Olympic Bronze Medalists Allen Coage

Allen Coage

Allen James Coage was an American professional wrestler with the WWF and Stampede Wrestling among many other companies, better known by his ring names Bad News Brown and Bad News Allen. He was also the 1976 Olympic bronze medal winner in judo, in the heavyweight division...

(who became wrestler Bad News Brown) a full scholarship to the Kodokan. http://books.google.com/books?id=p84DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=hank+kraft&hl=en&ei=imF8TdGVMO-80QGBnOTQAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=hank%20kraft&f=false He also trained American teams against a German Team for Judo. http://books.google.com/books?id=y9YDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=sensei+hank+kraft&source=bl&ots=H7-Ua27Nhe&sig=nvgu2yU9RFrf1yKl9sZR38mfsqc&hl=en&ei=smB8Tf3tHMaZ0QH7hbnxAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=sensei%20hank%20kraft&f=false
Kraft recently trained 2000 Olympic hopeful Alain Andrianov. Kraft as reported by the daily news said that Andrianov was a strong contender for a medal if not for citizenship issues.