Ron Angus

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.

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

• 23 consecutive Senior National Judo Championships
• 11 times World Masters Champion
• Canadian Junior and Senior Judo Champion
• Canadian Judo Team Member
• British Judo Team Member
• World Kubota Champion
• Canadian National Jiu-jitsu Heavyweight Grand Champion
• Swedish Open Champion
• Ulster Game Champion
• 2 time Scottish Open Champion
• Ronin Monza Open Champion
• All England Champion (2 times)

World Judo Championships1989 Yugoslavia,

·Kano Cup

·Shiroki Cup

·1986 Commonwealth Games

·1988 Pan American Championships

·1988 Francophone Games

·Commonwealth Championships:

·1993 Ireland (3rd), 1995 Malta (3rd)

Angus has won national and international medals including:

·British Open2nd

·US Open2nd

·Scandinavian Open3rd

·European Team Championships5th

·Canada3rd

·1991 World Sambo Wrestling Championships3rd

·1992 World Games – Sambo Wrestling3rd

·1994 World Amateur Sumo Championships

·Angus was on the British judo team from 1979-1984.

During his Judo career Angus has trained under coaches and with world champions.

• Dave Starbrooke
• Wim Ruska
• Isao Okano
• Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki
• Yasuhiro Yamashita
• Neil Adams

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.

• 1996 Olympic Games
• 1995 Fukuoka Cup
• World Judo Championships1984, 1987 & 1995
• 1992 US Open
• 1990 Commonwealth Games
• N.C.C.P. Level 5 Coach

Angus is part of the Provincial N.C.C.P. Committee.

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

Angus 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 and strikes 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/

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