Donna Judge

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Donna Judge (Shihan Donna Judge) is the 8th ranking Shuri-Ryu Karatedo fighter and the founder and senior instructor of Suncoast Karate school or Dojo. She is a former student of Hanshi Pachivas.

She has been a devoted participant of martial arts since 1974 and is a highly respected instructor of Karate, using traditional training in accordance with the methods of Okinawan Shuri-Ryu Karate-do.

The fact that she was instructed by Hanshi Pachivas enabled her to travel, meet and train with instructors such as the late Grandmaster Trias, Hanshi Robert Bowles, Kyoshi Ridgely Abele and Shihan Dale Benson.

Two black belt students trained by her teach Shuri Ryu Karate at two high schools in Sarasota, Florida as an accredited physical education class.

[edit] Titles

She won the following 11 titles:

Light Contact Women's Fighting Champion 1982, 1983, 1988 through to 1992
Team Semi Contact Fighting Champion 1987, 1988
Individual Semi-Contact Fighting Champion 1988, 1989

In 1987, Ms. Judge was honored by grandmaster Robert Trias and asked to become Team Captain for the women's USKA team. This team won the gold medal in the Japan Goodwill Karate Championships.

[edit] Awards

Inducted into The World Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Female Fighter of the Year (1992)
Appointed by Hanshi Bowles in 2001 as the Florida State Representative of the International Shuri Ryu Association
Certified International instructor by the International Shurite Yudanshakai
Recipient of Living Legends Sport Karate Award in Charlotte, North Carolina (10/18/2003)