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Clarisse returns in Tel Aviv
Sorry girls, I'm back!

Clarisse Agbegnenou is a name synonymous with dominance in the world of judo.

News
A New Kodokan Shidoin

The Kodokan Judo Institute, known around the world as the Kodokan, is both the building and the original ...

Interview
Julien Goes Around the World (10)

We didn't talk since 2022, so I hope that everyone is filled with new resolutions and goals.

Paris 2024
Paris 2024: a Sneak Peak

Following another hugely successful Paris Grand Slam in a sold-out Accor Arena, an IJF/EJU delegation ...

Grand Slam Paris 2023
Technical Analysis, Day 2: Respectful Professionalism

Paris really is different from any other event in the world, with its history, it’s glorious list of ...

Grand Slam Paris 2023
Technical Analysis, Day 1: Consistency of Intention

IJF Referee Supervisor Carlo Knoester and IJF Head Referee Director Florin Daniel Lascau have had to ...

Grand Slam Paris 2023
How Does Paris Make Us Feel?

It’s a simple question, isn’t it? The 2023 Paris Grand Slam is right in front of us, just two days ...

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 ...

Jerusalem Masters 2022
Rules for Judo and Rules for Life

Florin Daniel Lascau has now spent a year, a whole judo season, spearheading the strategy for refereeing, ...

Athlete Stories
Daria

Ukraine’s Daria Bilodid has been world champion 4 times so far.

Jerusalem Masters
The Promise of a Spectacular Close to 2022

The finale of the year on the World Judo Tour is bringing an almost full compliment of the judo family’s ...

Interview
His Name Is Ismoil Mahmadzoir

A question, just like this, to begin with: from Buenos Aires to Ottawa, from Johannesburg to Reykjavik, ...