Ron Angus is an author

Author

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, 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...

 coach

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, and a public speaker on physical fitness

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. He is a Rokkudan 6th degree black belt in judo and has taught and studied the sport in 15 countries. He lives in Burlington, Ontario

Burlington, Ontario

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 and is married to Tracy Angus, also an international judo competitor and coach, having represented Canada over a 22-year period. He has also competed in sombo in which he was at one pint ranked third in the world.

Angus has acted as tournament director for the Ontario International Judo Championships, and ran the Full Circle Judo Club.

Competition history

• 23 consecutive Senior National 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...
  
   Championships
• 10 times World Masters Champion
• Canadian Junior and Senior Judo Champion
• Canadian Judo Team Member
• British Judo Team Member
• 9 World Kubota Champion
• 7 Canadian National Jiu-jitsu
  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
  
   Heavyweight Grand Champion
• Swedish Open Champion
• Ulster
  Ulster
  Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial...
  
   Game Champion
• Scottish Open Champion
• Ronin Monza Open Champion
• All England
  England
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   Champion (2 times)

Represented Canada

World 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...

 Championships 1989 Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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Kano Cup

Shiroki Cup

1986 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

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1988 Pan American Championships

1988 Francophone Games

Commonwealth

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 Championships: 1993 Ireland (3rd), 1995 Malta (3rd)

Other awards

Ron has won numerous national and international medals including:

British Open 2nd

US Open 2nd

Scandinavian Open 3rd

European Team Championships 5th

Canada 3rd

1991 World Sambo

Sambo (martial art)

Sambo is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word "SAMBO" is an acronym for SAMooborona Bez Oruzhiya, which literally translates as "self-defense without weapons". Sambo is relatively modern since its development began in the early 1920s by the Soviet Red Army to improve their hand to hand...

 Wrestling Championships 3rd

1992 World Games – Sambo Wrestling 3rd

1994 World Amateur Sumo

Sumo

is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally...

 Championships
Ron was on the British judo team from 1979-1984.

Trained under

During his Judo career Ron has trained under many great coaches and with many world champions.

• Dave Starbrooke
• Wim Ruska
  Wim Ruska
  Willem Ruska is a retired judoka from the Netherlands.During his career in the 1960s and 1970s he won seven European titles, five in the +93kg category and two in the open category . He furthermore won two world titles and two Olympic titles...
  
  
• Isao Okano
  Isao Okano
  is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division. He was born in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan.-Biography:He entered the 1964 Summer Olympics while studying at Chuo University's law school, and won the gold medal in the middleweight division...
  
  
• Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki
  Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki
  is a Japanese judoka. He won the silver medal of world championships in 1975 and gold medal in 1981.Kashiwazaki is from Kuji, Iwate. He began judo at the age of a 5th grader. After graduation from Tokai University, he belonged to Ibaraki Prefectural Taga high school and Tokai University.Kashiwazaki...
  
  
• Yasuhiro Yamashita
  Yasuhiro Yamashita
  is one of the most successful judo competitors of all time. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the...
  
  
• Neil Adams

Ron has also competed in or trained in Great Britain, Australia, Japan, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Hungry, Malta, USA, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland, Yugoslavia, Italy, Argentina, Denmark, Madagascar, Morocco, Austria, New Zealand and France.

Coaching highlights

• 1996 Olympic Games
  Olympic Games
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• 1995 Fukuoka Cup
• World Judo Championships
  World Judo Championships
  The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...
  
    1984, 1987 & 1995
• 1992 US Open
• 1990 Commonwealth Games
  Commonwealth Games
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• N.C.C.P. Level 3 Coach

Ron is presently part of the Provincial N.C.C.P. Committee.

Authorship

Ron has authored "Competitive Judo" for Human Kinetics' Judo series. ISBN 0-7360-5744-7.

Judo Jiu-jitsu

Ron is the creator of Judo Ontario's Judo Jiu-jitsu programme, which has as its aim making Judo more popular through:

1. Teaching Judo's use for combat and self-defence, including holds
   Grappling hold
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    and strike
   Strike (attack)
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   s not permitted in sport Judo tourneys
2. Reviving early Judo competition rules that minimize stops and penalties and maximize the athletes' freedom to enjoy the sport
3. http://www.fullcirclejudoclub.ca/

Publications

• Competitive Judo: Winning training and tactics (2006), Human Kinetics, ISBN 0-7360-5744-7