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Judo for Children
3rd Jita Kyoei International Judo Tournament Concludes in Bhutan with a Message of Unity

The 3rd Jita Kyoei International Judo Tournament for Children concluded on a high note in Bhutan, leaving ...

Women's Day
Hedvig Karakas: I Love This Sport!

International Women’s Day is marked all over the world with stories of courage, of careers in different ...

Athlete Stories
Kim Polling: A life That Feels Unified

When high profile judoka change nationality there is always a great deal of speculation and probing.

Olympic Games 2024
150 Days To Go, Part Two: Why Promote the Biggest Sporting Event on Earth?

150 days to go! That’s all, just 150 days until we are revelling in the mastery and enormous joy the ...

Editorial
A Sport of Opposition

We push so we can pull. We aim to trip people, to bring them down with efficiency, strength and skill ...

Athlete Stories
Mums in Portugal, on Judo and on Prioritising

Nekoda Davis (GBR), Hannah Martin (USA) and Moira De Villiers (NZL) have something in common, well, a ...

Story
Judo Values Save Lives

When a 19 year old student, Giovanni Gottardi, suffered an unexpected heart attack while riding his scooter ...

Interview: Tina Trstenjak & Maria Portela
Friendship, Fights and Needing a Hug!

“How is everything, Tina? Are you looking forward to fighting?” “Yes, it’s been a long time!”

Interview
André Mariano dos Santos - “Without Jita Kyoei, We Don’t Have Judo”

He is ‘Mariano’ to his friends and colleagues, 49 years old and unable to live a life without judo, ...