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Referee Stories
Frank Doetsch: Time For a New Challenge

The IJF staff is diverse in heritage, in role and in experience.

Zagreb GP 2025
Barbara Matic: On the Other Side of the Tatami in Zagreb

The Paris Olympic Games are now long behind us but many stories remain from that time; not least of which ...

Interview
Julien Goes Around the World (34)

From Czechia to Austria and Beyond - Julien Brulard (FRA) has been travelling around the world for more ...

Interview
Karen Roberts: Always Seeking New Ways to Learn

Karen Roberts Castle (GBR) was junior world champion at 15 years old and became a senior world medallist ...

IBSA Judo
In Thailand, Discipline and Kindness is the Perfect Combination

At the IBSA Judo Asian Championships in Astana there is a great deal of unity to be found, an admirable ...

IBSA Judo
Measuring Success by Impact and Legacy in Kazakhstan

Rauan Satzhanov is the Secretary General of the Paralympic Judo Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. ...

World Judo Day 2025
Why is it Important to Celebrate Peace?

Peace is not simply the absence of war. Peace is an understanding, a feeling of security, of value and ...

Interview
Percival Dreams of Building a Better Future in Samoa

At the 135th IJF Academy course at the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo, Japan, Samoa’s Peniamina Percival ...

Athlete Stories
From an Illustrious History, China Now Has a New Heavyweight

Jinesinuer Ayiman is only 21 years old and has been on the World Judo Tour for less than a year but she ...

Athlete Stories
Mary Dee Vargas Ley: "The Only One Who Loses is the One Who Gives Up"

Including grand slams, grand prix, Masters and world championships, Chile’s Mary Dee Vargas Ley, -48 ...

IBSA
A Dream in Rio Has Come True

Georgia is a judo nation. The sport is deeply embedded in the country’s traditions and the same passion ...

IBSA
The Legacy is Real

Nearly a year has passed since the Paris 2024 Paralympics, yet the memories remain unforgettable.