Success for Adaptive Judo in London

The last week has been incredibly busy and not just because of the World Championships Veterans and Kata ...

IJF Kata Judge Dennis Penfold Has Passed Away

Dennis Penfold, 8th dan, who was a kata judge for the European Judo Union and the International Judo ...

Julien Goes Around the World (23)

At the end of August, we left Julien with his head full of stars after his experience as a coach during ...

Natalie Powell (GBR) Says Goodbye to the World Judo Tour

Natalie Powell (GBR) has been on the World Judo Tour since 2012; a dozen years of the highest level of ...

Stefan Newbury: Development and Excellence Are For Everyone

Development and excellence are for everyone, at different stages and in different ways but they are absolutely ...

Craig Fallon's Legacy

In 2005 Craig Fallon (GBR) stunned the world when he won the -60 kg world championship title. He was ...

Emma Reid: This Year Has Snowballed!

Emma Reid’s medal-winning performance at the Abu Dhabi World Championships 2024 will be remembered ...

Safarov and Orujov Travel to Both Teach and Learn

For the last week Rustam Orujov and Orkhan Safarov have been touring the UK delivering technical seminars ...

Judo Keeping Youngsters Focused at School

Tayside Judo in Scotland, in collaboration with Perth & Kinross Active Schools, has launched a comprehensive ...

Judo Girls Rock!

8th March marked International Women’s Day (IWD) and was a chance to reflect on and celebrate the achievements ...

Watch This Space!

The state of the planet and the consequences of global warming on our lives are subjects that greatly ...

Neil Eckersley Has an Important Message to Deliver

Double Olympian and Olympic bronze medallist (LA 1984) Neil Eckersley (GBR) has become a renowned artist. ...

We Are Olympians

Neil Eckersley is a retired judoka from Great Britain who represented his country at the 1984 Summer ...

New Junior Cup Makes a Splash on the Calendar

Eighteen nations arrived in central England over the weekend to compete at Great Britain’s first European ...

Michael Leigh: A 9th Dan at 90

Michael (Mick) Leigh is 90 years old today, a party is deserved! Maybe some of the global judo community ...

Day 5: The Medals Don't Lie

We have reached the halfway point in Doha with 4 days of individual competition behind us and 3 still ...

Tributes to Juergen Klinger

Tributes have been paid to Juergen Klinger, the long-serving and recently retired Head of Judo at the ...

British Judo

In November 2013 British Judo took the bold decision to move their national training centre from the ...

Adaptation is the Only Way

In the northern hemisphere, at least, a dip in temperatures and the normal passing of winter means an ...

Saving Our Teens

Now inside the third calendar year of this pandemic, we are beginning to absorb an understanding of its ...

Chelsie Giles: Throw, Win, Smile

Great Britain’s Chelsie Giles has been on a steady incline for the last couple of years. She is quietly ...

CWC - Ashley McKenzie

This Monday, Ashley McKenzie sits down for a Coffee with Celine! Learn more about this British TV star ...

Judo mourns the passing of Kim Akker and Tony Macconnell

The judo world mourning the loss of former Dutch champion Kim Akker and legendary British judoka Tony ...

5 Must-See Preliminary Round Clashes

The stars of the IJF World Judo Tour are out in force at the Ekaterinburg Grand Slam this week but joining ...

Gregg Varey: British champion, IJF TV Director and Grand Prix competitor

British champion Gregg Varey resumed his day job in Morocco, two weeks removed from being behind the ...

Lights, camera, action…. for British champion Gregg VAREY

“I felt more pressure directing than I did fighting,” British champion Gregg VAREY conceded as he ...

From Martial Art to Olympic Sport - PART 4

British judo holds a special place in the history of world judo and can be related to the expansion of ...

Stan Cantrill – The Fighting Grandfather

Welsh judoka Stan Cantrill, 73, is among the 1,000-plus judoka in Cancun, Mexico, for the 10th edition ...

5 key takeaways from the European Championships

5 key takeaways from the three-day Euro's in Israel

George Kerr

#JudoDüsseldorf2018 Predictions: Ole Bischof v Sheldon Franco-Rooks

The IJF World Judo Tour has arrived in Germany for the third event of the season and the first ever Düsseldorf ...

World no 1 Powell nominated for BBC Wales SPOTY

Wales’ world number one Natalie Powell has been nominated for the BBC Wales Sports Personality of The ...

Judo mourns the passing of 26-year-old Welsh international Jamie MacDonald

The judo family is mourning the passing of Welsh international Jamie MacDonald – who represented Wales ...

IBSA VI European Judo Championships Results

The IBSA VI Judo European Championships were successfully held in Walsall, England over the weekend. ...

Watch the IBSA VI European Judo Championships

The British Judo Association is hosting the IBSA VI European Judo Championships in Walsall, England, ...

Baku Grand Slam 2017, Azerbaijan – DAY TWO

All change on day two as all nine gold medals have now been won by different countries at #JudoBaku2017

COMPETITION: Win a copy of Neil Adams' new book

To mark #WorldBookDay the IJF is running a competition on Twitter to win a copy of IJF Hall of Famer ...

13 Paris debutants to look out for at #JudoParis2017

Every judoka remembers their first Paris tournament. Whatever the latest batch of newcomers go on to ...

25 champions look ahead to #JudoParis2017 with 25 days to go

1. Majlinda KELMENDI (KOS) -52kg Rio 2016 Olympic champion For me the Paris Grand Slam is the most beautiful ...