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PROFESSOR WILLY CAHILL
Judo/Jujitsu
Photo compliments Danzan Ryu JuJutsu Home Page
Professor Willy Cahill is one of the founders
and president of Jujitsu America. He holds a 10th Dan in Jujitsu
and a 7th Dan in Judo. Cahill's Judo Academy celebrated their 50th
anniversary in September of 1998; the San Bruno location was opened
in 1963.
Besides running his own dojo, he coached the U.S.
Olympic Judo Teams in 1984 and 1988, the World Team 5 times, the
Pan American Team twice and the Goodwill Games twice. Since 1963
Cahill's Judo Academy has produced over 1,000 national and international
medal winners. He was the judo coach at both San Francisco State
University and Stanford University. Prof. Cahill was head coach
of the Paralympic Judo Team that traveled to Sydney, Australia
in November, 2000 and brought back the first Gold Medal ever won
in Paralympic or Olympic judo competition, as well as leading the
U.S. team to become the top medal winners at the Paralympic Games.
In 1997, Prof. Cahill started The World of Martial
Arts Supplies, a company dealing with martial arts supplies ad
well as nutritional products, with the majority of his business
online through his own website (Dawave).
He has a set of three instructional videos that demonstrate the
sport.
Prof. Willy Cahill has received numerous awards,
including being named to Black Belt Magazine's Black Belt Hall
of Fame as Judo Coach of the Year, Jujitsu America's Instructor
of the Year in 1979, in 1981 to Jujitsu America's Black Belt Hall
of Fame, and was the 1997 recipient of Jujitsu America's Wally
Jay Award.
Cahill's Studio
635 San Mateo Avenue
San Bruno, CA 94066
650-589-0724
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