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Why Judo?
Lara’s View

Lara is ten years old and lives in west London. She became a judoka some 18 months before the pandemic ...

JUDO FOR PEACE
From Johannesburg to Tokyo

The journey from Johannesburg to Tokyo is long, a 24 hour trip covering 13,527km.

Hope and Work

Siteny Randrianasolo-Niaiko was elected President of the African Judo Union on 18th May in Dakar, but ...

Olympic Judo, Day 8
What a Way to Conclude Our Time in Tokyo!

The long-awaited Tokyo Olympic Games has ended for the judo family.

breaking news
Incredible But True

Once again everything was written in advance, everything except the incredible but true story that the ...

Juan Carlos Barcos Receives His 8th Dan

During the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, former IJF Head Referee and today's IJF International Affairs Director, ...

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Germany Present Gifts to the IJF Refugee Team

The IJF Refugee Team have been prominent in the media and rightly so.

1+23

24 countries have won medals in the individual Olympic tournament, that is, one less than in Rio but ...

Olympic Stories
Allez Les Bleues

The French women’s team have been terrifying the opposition for a number of years, taking handfuls ...

Welcoming Judo Friends: Day 7

The individual competition has officially come to an end and the heavyweight categories brought heavyweight ...

Story
Head Up

Mixed zone, 11.40 am. Javad Mahjoub was a river of tears.

Tokyo 2020: Technical Analysis
Day 7: Seeding is King

We are so fortunate in judo, whether it’s by design or simply the natural flow, that we keep a huge ...