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Yvonne Bönisch Moves to Austria

Her record is eloquent: Olympic champion in 2004 in Athens, twice silver medalist at the world championships ...

VIDEO
First Women's World Championships: The Trailer

On Novermber 28th, we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the First Women's World Championships in New ...

Interview
Kerrye Katz

As Australia is in the Antipodes, this time, we will do things the other way around and we will start ...

News
The IJF Mourns the Passing of Simeon Tsenev of Bulgaria

Today it is our sad duty to mark the passing of a man devoted to judo and sport.

News
Update from IJF President Marius Vizer on Doha Masters

1980 Women's World Championship
Celebrations Take Shape

The celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the first Women's World Championships, which took place ...

UTS World Virtual Youth Festival
Congratulations!

We would like to warmly congratulate the UTS World Virtual Youth Festival for the wonderful organization ...

New York, 1980: Interview
Margherita De Cal: An Ordinary Trailblazer

All the interviews talk in the present tense because when these trailblazers take themselves back, for ...

UTS World Virtual Youth Festival
IJF President Delivers a Message of Peace and Hope

“Humanity can only progress if people of this world live in harmony and cooperation."

Story
The Beginning of Everything

The beginning of something new, something great. The beginning of a new era.

IJF Celebrates #WorldChildrensDay

On the 14th of December 1954, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that countries celebrate ...

New challenges
JudoFit Kids golden League: Play, Win, Print, Share

Today is Thursday and what happens on Thursday? We publish the two new challenges on the JudoFit Kids ...