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GP Portugal 2023
-52kg: Chelsie Giles Tops the Medal Podium as Expected

Chelsie Giles is a safe bet on the World Judo Tour and her place as world number one has not been usurped ...

GP Portugal 2023
-48kg: A Mistake Cost Costa and a Double for Kazakhstan

For several minutes, Catarina Costa (POR) remained prostrate on the edge of the tatami.

GP Portugal 2023
-60kg: Unknown but Amazing, Fukuda

Well established at third place in the world after his bronze medal at the Tokyo 2022 Grand Slam and ...

GP Portugal 2023
Let Us Open the Window

The World Judo Tour is a well-oiled machine which has been running smoothly for many years.

GP Portugal 2023
Newcomers Participation Record

The Portugal Grand Prix 2023 is the first event of the season.

GP Portugal 2023
Conditioning Can Be the Only Difference

On mat 1, right at the beginning of the day, Garcia (VEN) began so strongly against Kapelushnik (ISR), ...

GP Portugal 2023
And Now It Really Starts!

The official draw of a World Judo Tour event is always an important moment, above all for the athletes ...

Judo for Peace
Sport = Peace

Considering the current impasse of the Olympic Movement and the wider international sports movement, ...

Jigoro Kano: Who was he really?
A Boiling Cradle (2)

In the first article dedicated to Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo, we looked at his early childhood, ...

GP Portugal 2023
Grand Prix Portugal 2023: We Are Ready!

We’re on the last straight before the official launch of the new season of the World Judo Tour, since ...

Judo for Children
Happy New Chinese Year

With the Chinese New Year coming, there came a special training class that took place in China.

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IJF President Meets with Japanese Ambassador

The IJF President, Mr Marius Vizer, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan ...