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IJF Executive Committee
Making Gender Equity the Norm’

At the IJF Congress, on 3rd June 2021, new members of the IJF Executive Committee were announced.

Category Breakdown -66kg

The -66kg category has not been owned for so long that, in the end, we are a bit lost.

Interview
Italy: Will the Work Pay Off? Tokyo Will be the Answer

With eight athletes qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Games, Italy has entered the big leagues.

Category Breakdown -52kg

In 2016 Majlinda Kelmendi proved that women can do better than men.

Category Breakdown -60kg

When we talk about –60kg we have to look at the largest country in the world.

Category Breakdown -48kg

For years -48kg has been the private hunting ground of the Japanese, a kind of garden closed to others. ...

Tokyo 2020
Kodokan: An Institution, A Legendary Place and a Training Venue

While the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will take place in the legendary Nippon Budokan stadium, built for ...

Considering Tokyo
What do the Olympic Games and Olympic Values Mean to You?

“Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, ...

Judo culture
Tokyo 1964: The First Chapter

Soon the whole judo family will be united in Japan for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Tokyo 2020
USA Judo Announced Nominations for Tokyo 2020

On 5th July USA Judo announced its athlete and staff nominations for the Tokyo 2020 United States Olympic ...

Interview
Lasha Shavdatuashvili: It’s a Question of Passion and Hard Work

Since Lasha Shavdatuashvili won the world title in Budapest a few weeks ago, we already had the chance ...

VIDEO
Think Fast: Toth vs Gercsak

Would you be able to think faster than Krisztian Toth and Szabina Gercsak?