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Ron Angus (born 16 November 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario) is an author, judo coach, and a public speaker on physical fitness. 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 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 point ranked third in the world.
Contents
- Competition history
- Representing Canada
- Other awards
- Training
- Coaching highlights
- Authorship
- Judo Jiu jitsu
- Publications
- References
Angus has acted as tournament director for the Ontario International Judo Championships, and ran the Full Circle Judo Club.
Competition history
Representing Canada
World Judo Championships 1989 Yugoslavia,
Kano Cup
Shiroki Cup
1986 Commonwealth Games
1988 Pan American Championships
1988 Francophone Games
Commonwealth Championships: 1993 Ireland (3rd), 1995 Malta (3rd)
Other awards
Angus has won national and international medals including:
British Open 2nd
US Open 2nd
Scandinavian Open 3rd
European Team Championships 5th
Canada 3rd
1991 World Sambo Wrestling Championships 3rd
1992 World Games – Sambo Wrestling 3rd
1994 World Amateur Sumo Championships
Angus was on the British judo team from 1979-1984.
Training
During his Judo career Angus has trained under coaches and with world champions.
Angus has also competed in or trained in Great Britain, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Hungry, Malta, USA, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Finland, Yugoslavia, Italy, Argentina, Denmark, Madagascar, Morocco, Austria, New Zealand and France.
Coaching highlights
Angus is part of the Provincial N.C.C.P. Committee.
Authorship
Angus has authored Competitive Judo for Human Kinetics' Judo series. ISBN 0-7360-5744-7.
Judo Jiu-jitsu
Angus is the creator of Judo Ontario's Judo Jiu-jitsu programme, which has as its aim making Judo more popular through:
- Teaching Judo's use for combat and self-defence, including holds and strikes not permitted in sport Judo tourneys
- Reviving early Judo competition rules that minimize stops and penalties and maximize the athletes' freedom to enjoy the sport
- http://www.fullcirclejudoclub.ca/