Texas A&M University Judo will host the 49th National Collegiate Judo Association Championships on March 13, 2010. The event will be held at the Texas A&M Student Recreation Center with the competition beginning at 9:00 am. 125-130 athletes from 25 universities and colleges are expected to compete at this championships.

Past USA Olympic Team members competed in previous NCJA Championships. Judo, an Olympic Sports since 1964, is a grappling sport that utilizes, throws (take downs), pins and submission techniques (strangles and armlocks). More information about judo can be found at http://judoinfo.com/, http://ijf.org/ and www.usjudo.org

Texas A&M hosted the championships in 1992 and 1998.

Collegiate teams that will attend the NCJA Championships.

Texas A&M U (TX)
Texas State U (TX)
UT Dallas (TX)
UT San Antonio (TX)
UT Austin (TX)
North Central Texas College(TX)
Tarrant Community College (TX)
Brookhaven College (TX)
Idaho State U (ID)
UL - Lafayette (LA)
Louisiana State University (LA)
Harvard University (MA)
Indiana U (IN)
Iowa State U (IA)
Des Moines Community College (IA)
West Point (NY)
Pace University (NY)
San Jose State U (CA)
Stanford (CA)
U of Colorado - Colorado Springs(CO)
Colorado State - Puebla (CO)
U of Oklahoma (OK)
University of Tennessee (TN)
Michigan State University (MI)
US Air Force Academy(CO)
Ball State University (IN)