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Interview
Uemura Sensei: Principles First

It could be said that the remit of the Kodokan President is to safeguard the essence of Jigoro Kano’s ...

Kata Worlds
Searching for Excellence

We are back in competition mode at the Tauron Arena in Krakow, with the World Championships Kata already ...

Kata Worlds
A Potted History of the Evolution of the Kata World Championships

Daniel De Angelis is the Director of the IJF Kata Commission and he laid out the beginnings of the event ...

Feature
Take a peak into an international judo training camp!

How often do you see Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi training with each other? How about Federer ...

Veteran Worlds
Effort Supersedes Most Things

Let’s begin from the premise that judo is hard. Let’s also accept that once it gets in your blood, ...

Veteran worlds: athlete stories
Charly Mo

Every person competing at the Tauron Arena in Krakow this week has a back story.

Veteran Worlds: Athlete Stories
Opportunity Versus Effort

On this super Saturday we shall introduce to you a judoka who travelled for 60 hours to reach Krakow, ...

Feature
Lasha Bekauri: Miracle From the Mountains

The words ‘Georgian Judo’ and ‘fighting spirit’ are nearly synonymous.

Cadet Worlds
India, Making History

Day 3 of the Cadet World Championships in Sarajevo was a very special day.

Cadet Worlds
USA Judo: Direction, Los Angeles

It’s all happened so fast: the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Games itself, the launch ...

Technical Focus
The Importance of Tokui-Waza

Mihael Zgank is familiar to most, a World medallist, an Olympian and an incredibly diligent student of ...

Athlete Stories
Ai Tsunoda Roustant, “Really Happy, Really Tired, Really Alive.”

At twenty years old, already Ai Tsunoda Roustant has spent a whole life in judo.