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Judell Du Long (alternately known as "Judell Dulong"} is widely considered to be the foremother of female submission wrestling. Her company [[California Amazon]] has changed the female wrestling subculture by introducing real competitive matches to the genre, and by making it available to the masses. Judell's venture brought the attention of many to what until then was considered a closet industry. Judell later established wrestling organizations in both Montana and Washington featuring a new roster of wrestlers for each organization.  
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (alternately known as "Judell Dulong") is widely considered to be the foremother of female submission wrestling. Her company [[California Amazon]] has changed the female wrestling subculture by introducing real competitive matches to the genre, and by making it available to the masses. Judell's venture brought the attention of many to what until then was considered a closet industry. Judell later established wrestling organizations in both Montana and Washington featuring a new roster of wrestlers for each organization.  
  
 
== Background ==
 
== Background ==
  
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Judell Du Long (b. Judell Ann Metz) was born on August 16, 1938, to the Metz family, in Missoula, MT. Her grandparents immigrated to United States from Germany in 1860s. She grew up with 4 older brothers in Polson, Montana until she got married to Jack Du Long in 1960 and moved to San Diego, California. Her introduction to wrestling took place in 1960s as she trained under [[Mildred Burke]] for some time. She had two matches while training with Mildred, one mixed and one versus another female wrestler. One of her earliest matches was against [[Linda Schultz]] in 1964 with Judell winning 3-0 on falls in a match fought on the Schultz family garage. Judell also had an early encounter with 1970s bikini wrestling icon [[Sheri Whitlow]] though the two women never had a competitive match together.  
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Judell Du Long (b. Judell Ann Metz) was born on August 16, 1938, to the Metz family, in Missoula, MT. Her grandparents immigrated to United States from Germany in 1860s. She grew up with 4 older brothers in Polson, Montana until she got married to Jack Du Long in 1960 and moved to San Diego, California. Her introduction to wrestling took place in 1960s as she trained under [[Mildred Burke]] for some time. She had two matches while training with Mildred, one mixed and one versus another female wrestler. One of her memorable matches was against [[Linda Schultz]] in 1974, with Judell winning 5-0 on falls in a match fought on the Schultz family garage. Judell also had an early encounter with 1970s bikini wrestling icon [[Sheri Whitlow]] though the two women never had a competitive match together.  
  
 
Judell amassed an impressive Win/Loss record of her career with [[Helen Lustgarten]] being the only wrestler to defeat Judell in a match. This was a match with the women wrestling to a pin finish with Helen eventually pinning Judell 70 minutes in their match. Judell maintained that she never lost a match with submission rules.  
 
Judell amassed an impressive Win/Loss record of her career with [[Helen Lustgarten]] being the only wrestler to defeat Judell in a match. This was a match with the women wrestling to a pin finish with Helen eventually pinning Judell 70 minutes in their match. Judell maintained that she never lost a match with submission rules.  
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There was also JudellDulongTV.com, which existed in the mid 2000s. This website specialized more in downloadable videos and photos with a membership option to get access to the full archive.  
 
There was also JudellDulongTV.com, which existed in the mid 2000s. This website specialized more in downloadable videos and photos with a membership option to get access to the full archive.  
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== Competitive Female Wrestling Record ==
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A list of {{PAGENAME}}'s competitive F/F wrestling matches. This list is not complete.
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| Judell Du Long
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| Judell Du Long vs Linda Schultz
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| class="opponent" | [[Linda Schultz]]
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| class="won" | 5-0
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| Linda gave Judell a hard match but was outclassed and out-muscled in the end
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| [https://noodlemagazine.com/watch/146426140_170494468 Link to match]
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== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 21:37, 1 February 2023

Judell Du Long

Judell Du Long
Born Judell Ann Metz
16/08/1938
United States
Died 04/07/2017
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Weight 135 lb (61.2 kg; 9.6 st)
Wrestles for California Amazon
Years active 1960s - 1980s
Assumed Competitive Female Wrestling Record
Wins 29
Losses 1
Draws 0
Assumed Competitive Mixed Wrestling Record
Wins 0
Losses 0
Draws 0
Other information

Judell Du Long (alternately known as "Judell Dulong") is widely considered to be the foremother of female submission wrestling. Her company California Amazon has changed the female wrestling subculture by introducing real competitive matches to the genre, and by making it available to the masses. Judell's venture brought the attention of many to what until then was considered a closet industry. Judell later established wrestling organizations in both Montana and Washington featuring a new roster of wrestlers for each organization.

Background

Judell Du Long (b. Judell Ann Metz) was born on August 16, 1938, to the Metz family, in Missoula, MT. Her grandparents immigrated to United States from Germany in 1860s. She grew up with 4 older brothers in Polson, Montana until she got married to Jack Du Long in 1960 and moved to San Diego, California. Her introduction to wrestling took place in 1960s as she trained under Mildred Burke for some time. She had two matches while training with Mildred, one mixed and one versus another female wrestler. One of her memorable matches was against Linda Schultz in 1974, with Judell winning 5-0 on falls in a match fought on the Schultz family garage. Judell also had an early encounter with 1970s bikini wrestling icon Sheri Whitlow though the two women never had a competitive match together.

Judell amassed an impressive Win/Loss record of her career with Helen Lustgarten being the only wrestler to defeat Judell in a match. This was a match with the women wrestling to a pin finish with Helen eventually pinning Judell 70 minutes in their match. Judell maintained that she never lost a match with submission rules.

Judell Dulong passed away on July 4, 2017.

California Amazon

Judell founded California Amazon in 1973. During its existence California Amazon filmed / photographed and released close to 700 submission wrestling matches, the first half of which were shot on Super 8 films with a switch to VHS and Beta in 1981. There were also a number of boxing matches released by California Amazon.

The earliest California Amazon videos were from 1974 with the latest videos released in 1985.

Montana

Judell back to Montana in 1984 where she established a new version of her Camp Amazon in the Molson area. This version of the Camp released several dozen videos featuring such wrestlers as Stella Peterson and Nancy Ewing.

Washington Women's Wrestling

In the early 1990s, she founded Washington Women's Wrestling (WWW) in Lynden, Washington. This organization featured various wrestlers from the northwestern U.S. and released more than 70 videos between 1992 and 1998. Wrestlers on the roster included Jeanne Hunter, Luraina Undershute, Sophie Knight, Alix Enchaines Chamille and Sonia Juskoviac. Most of the videos were competitive submission wrestling with a few boxing videos as well. Many of the matches were filmed at a Legion Hall in the town of Ferndale.

WWW also enjoyed relationships with other organizations such as TPC in Europe and Woman's World in Florida. These partnerships would help set up matches and distribute videos. WWW talented ended up battling wrestlers including Monica and Klaudia S through these partnerships.

Judell.com and JudellDulong.TV

Many of the videos from Judell's wrestling organizations were eventually featured for sales on websites. Judell.com was the first website from the late 1990s and into 2000.

Judell.com featured an introductory message from Judell for her male and female fans.

My name is Judell and I have been involved with amateur women's wrestling and boxing for almost half of my life. My entire family has always supported and helped me with my enjoyment and promotion of the sport. My desire here is to offer you the kind of material that any woman would be proud to participate in. We want this to be a site you can enjoy with your wife, sister, girlfriend and even your mother. The women who I have trained and those who I have faced on the mat over the years have always been normal healthy athletic women.

There was also JudellDulongTV.com, which existed in the mid 2000s. This website specialized more in downloadable videos and photos with a membership option to get access to the full archive.


Competitive Female Wrestling Record

A list of Judell Du Long's competitive F/F wrestling matches. This list is not complete.

Date Producer Video Title Opponent Result Rules Clothes Comments Links
1974 Judell Du Long Judell Du Long vs Linda Schultz Linda Schultz 5-0 Submissions only Bikini Linda gave Judell a hard match but was outclassed and out-muscled in the end Link to match


Gallery

Relevant links

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