When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr.

TOKYO >> Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. But it’s also drawing unwanted scrutiny ...

In Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding communities (from Bowling Green to Owen County to Lexington and Frankfort and the surrounding states) there is a tight-knit community of Judo and other ...

JUDOs NPO recently donated 12 gently worn judogi or judo uniforms to the Fudoshin Judo Club. Mitsumoto Kenji Sensei of Tokai ...

GLENVILLE — Every leap year, as Nick Delpopolo put it, judo gets its "15 minutes of fame." Only as an Olympic sport does a judo player such as Delpopolo or Nick Vashkulat, both Burnt Hills High School ...

Three years ago the eyesight of one of Britain’s top judo talents was “perfect.” Except every three months, Elliot Stewart – the son of 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, Dennis Stewart – had to keep ...

With a tear of his right calf muscle, Yasuhiro Yamashita’s lifelong dream was surely over. The Japanese heavyweight judoka had envisaged himself atop the Olympic podium ever since he was “deeply moved ...

TOKYO — Yosh Uchida made a promise to Colton Brown in 2016, right after Brown competed in judo for the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics: Qualify for the 2020 Games in Tokyo and I’ll be ...