James Hrbek
Judo Profile
3700 Forsyth Park
Phone: 210-658-6060 (H)
Schertz, TX 78154
518-339-8248 (C)
Current
Information
Rank
7th Degree Black Belt (August, 2006)
Positions
Chairman - Junior Development - USA Judo 2002-Present
USA Judo National Coaching Staff
Head Instructor, Universal Judo
Universal City, TX
Certifications
USA Judo International Level Coach
US Judo Association Master Coach
US Judo Association Senior Rank Examiner
Previous Administrative Positions
Member USJI
National Coaching Staff 1983-present
Chairman, Coaching and Training Committee of USJudo, Inc (1983-1992
and 1996-1997)
Co-ordinator for Women's Judo, USJudo, Inc (1986- 1992)
Chairman, Women's Selection Committee, USJudo, Inc (1986-1992)
Member, USJudo Inc Development Committee (1986- 1992)
Member USJudo, Inc Junior Committee (1988-1992)
Member USJudo Association Board of Directors (1980- 1984 approx.)
First President/ Founder of New York State Judo, Inc (1980-1982 approx.)
Honors and Awards
1986 United
States Judo Association Coach of the Year
1986 Southland "Olympia" Award - first Coach recipient in any sport
2005 United States Olympic Committee - National Judo Coach of the Year
Previous Appointed Coaching Positions
1981
Coach, USJudo,Inc Team to British Open (London, England)
1983
Coach, USJudo,Inc Team to Women's Dutch Open, (The Hague, Netherlands)
1984
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Austrian Open, (Leonding, Austria)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Women's French Open, (Paris, France)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Women's World Championships (Vienna, Austria)
1985
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pan American Judo Union Championship
(Havana, Cuba) Coach, USJudo, Inc Jr (20 and under) Men's Team to Jr.
Pan American Championships (Mexico City, Mexico) Coach, USJudo, Inc
Women's Team to North American Confederation Team Championship (Colorado
Springs, CO) Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Fukuoka International Women's
Championship (Fukuoka, Japan)
1986
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to First Soviet Women's Invitational (Moscow,
USSR)
Coach,
USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Austrian Open (Leonding, Austria)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Women's Dutch Open (Bunnik, Netherlands)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Women's World Championships (Maastricht,
Netherlands)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to North American Confederation Team
Championships, (Colorado Springs, CO)
1987
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Women's Polish Open (Kielce, Poland)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women'sTeam to West German Open (Essen, West Germany)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pan American Games (Indianapolis,
IN)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pacific Rim Championship (Colorado
Springs, CO)
Coach Staff, USJudo, Inc Men's & Women's Team to World Championships
(Essen, West Germany)
1987
Coach USJudo, Inc Women's Team to European Judo Union Training Camp
(Aix-en-Provence, France)
1988
Coach, USJudo Inc Team to Soviet Women's Invitational (Kaunas, USSR)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Women's Dutch Open (Bunnik, Netherlands)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to British Open (London, England)
Coach, USJudo Inc Men & Women Team to Austrian Open (Leonding, Austria)
Coach
Staff (USJudo, Inc funded)-Men & Women- Olympic Games (Seoul, South
Korea)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Fukuoka International Women's Championship
(Fukuoka, Japan)
1989
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pacific Rim Championships (Beijing,
People's Republic of China)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to European Judo Union Training Camp
(Sophia Antipoles, France)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to World Championships (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
1990
Coach USJudo, Inc Men's and Women's Team to Paris International (Paris,
France)
Coach USJudo, Inc Team to Soviet Women's Invitational (Kiev, USSR)
Coach USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pan American Judo Union Championship
(Caracas, Venezuela)
1991
Coach USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pacific Rim Championship (Honolulu,
HI)
Coach USJudo, Inc Women's Team to World Championships (Barcelona, Spain)
1992
Coach USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Paris International (Paris, France)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to West German Open (Munich, West Germany)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Dutch Open (s'Gravenhage, Netherlands)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Pan American Judo Union Championships
(Ontario, Canada)
Coach,
USJudo, Inc Women's Team to Olympic Games (Barcelona, Spain)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Canada Cup (Montreal, Canada)
1997
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Paris International (Paris France)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to Hungarian Open (Budapest, Hungary)
2000
Coach,
USJudo, Inc Team to RendezVous Canada (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
2001 Coach,
USJudo, Inc Team to Benito Juarez Tournament (Mexico City, Mexico)
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to RendezVous Canada (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
2002
Coach - Sr British Open (London, England)
Coach Jr Pan American Championships (Brasilia, Brazil)
Coach USJudo, Inc Team to RendezVous Canada (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Coach - Jr World Championships Jeju Island, Korea
2003
Coach, USJudo, Inc Team to RendezVous Canada (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
2004
Coach - Tokyo International Juvenile Judo Championship (Tokyo, Japan)
Coach - Belgian Ladies' Open (Arlon, Belgium)
Coach
- Jr Pan American Championships (Carolina, Puerto Rico)
Coach - Junior World Championships (Budapest, Hungary)
Team Leader - Juvenile Pan American Championships (Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic)
2005
Head Coach - USA Judo Training Tour - China Liaoning, Peoples' Republic
of China
Coach - US Team - RendezVous International Championship - Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Coordinator - USJA Team for Ocean State Invitational - Providence, RI
2006
Belgian Ladies' Open Arlon, Belgium
Head Coach - USA Judo Training Tour - China Liaoning, Peoples' Republic
of China
Staff - Junior World Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2007
Belgian Ladies' Open Arlon, Belgium
Cuba - Rodriguez & Judoguis Dorados Havana, Cuba
Personal
Coaching Record
Universal Judo (formerly "Judo America" Schenectady, NY) (Formerly Guilderland
Judo Club, Guilderland, NY)
Coach Hrbek's athletes have earned more than 450 National/International places garnered by over 30 different individuals at 251 events to include the Olympic Games, World Championships (Men), World Championships (Women), Jr. World Championships, Pan American Games, Paris International, Fukuoka Women's Championship, Kano Cup, Sung Gook(Korea), German Open, Guido Sieni (Italy), Soviet Women's Championship, Tblissi Open (USSR Men), Pacific Rim, Austrian Open, Polish Open, Hungarian Open, Dutch Open, Cuba, Irish Open and Czech Open in addition to other domestic National and International events
