Tina Takahashi is a judoka, coach, and author who won Canada's first ever gold medal in international Judo at the World University Games in 1984, and was Canada's first women's Olympic Judo coach in 1988, coaching Canada's first women's Judo Olympian Sandra Greaves. She was the first Canadian woman to achieve the rank of roku-dan, and the first women's Sport Canada carded athlete. Takahashi was Canadian champion 9 times, has taught Judo for more than 30 years, and was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 1998. Also in 2016 she was inducted into the Ottawa sports hall of fame. In 2008, she was named as Chair of the National Grading Board by Judo Canada. Takahashi is the daughter of Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the sister of Olympians Phil Takahashi and Ray Takahashi. In 2005, she co-authored a book titled Mastering Judo with her parents and three siblings.
Int’l Achievement Award, Sport Federation of Canada - 1980
Ontario Distinguished Performance Achievement Award - ’76-‘84
Judo Canada CAREER ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
COACHING: ’88 OLYMPICS, ’86 WORLDS, ’87 WORLDS COMPETITOR: ’80 WORLDS, ’82 WORLDS, ’84 WORLDS CONTRIBUTION TO SPORT: Chair National Grading Board ORIGINAL SENSEI: RENEE HOCK ’93 & ’95 WORLDS Promoted to Rokudan in 2003 Judo practitioner for over 50 years, teaching/coaching for 40 years.
* Coached Women’s National team at over 20 international tournaments throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, North, South and Central America
* Participated in many national and international training camps and clinics throughout the world. NCCP level 3 certified
* Judo Ontario Provincial Coach at several National Championships
* Coached Ontario Winter Games for the East Region
* Coached Women’s National Team in Ottawa ‘85-‘88, and at the Seoul Olympics. Judo Canada National Team Resource Coach until mid 1990s. Tina's three sons who are all National judo medalists. , Torin, Liam Macfadyen
* Taught judo to children, teens and adults recreationally and in schools for 40 years.
* Taught judo to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his brothers and all the children of former Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney
Women’s National Judo Team Representative mid ‘80s
Assistant Regional Director of East Region early ‘90s
Provincial "A" referee
East Region Tournament Organizer
Kata (Pre-arranged forms/patterns of movement)
1st place inNage no Kata CNE Int’l 1989, medaled in Ju-no- kata, Katame-no-kata
Course conductor kata, gokyo and competitive clinics in Ontario and Quebec
Judge Pan Ams and several Nationals
Chair for the National Grading Board
Organizer of kata judging seminars in 2008 with Kuniko Takeuchi Sensei, Chairperson Pan Am Kata Committee
Athlete Development (National and International Judo Champions)
Original sensei, coached many athletes from children to national and international champions. i.e. Renee Hock, Tony Walby, Evan O’Leary, Karen Hayde, Linda Konkol, Julie Leblanc Michael and Kristina Kiss Dave Shapiro, Torin Macfadyen, Sean Macfadyen Stewart Tanaka, Thomas Filter, Alicia Rimad
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Tina Takahashi Martial Arts and Fitness
Tina Takahashi Martial Arts and Fitness offers courses in , , , , , and traditional . With decades of experience under their belt, the school is operated by Tina Takahashi and her spouse, Sean MacFadyen.
