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Baku Grand Slam 2022
Colombia’s New Generation

Coach Baudilio Hernandez is a stalwart of the national team in Colombia.

World Judo Day 2022
Inclusion: Mongolia’s Women Leading the Way

Erdenet-Od Khishigbat has a familiar face, one we have seen around us in judo for decades.

Coach Stories
The Remedy: Spittka and Iliadis

Modern judo, at the elite end of the spectrum, houses a number of countries as it’s furniture.

Senior Worlds 2022
Technical Analysis, Day 7: Saving Us From Chaos!

Rok Draksic is a character known and loved in the international judo scene.

Senior Worlds 2022
The Communication of Progression

Matteo Marconcini of Italy won a silver medal at the 2017 Budapest World Championships having just missed ...

Interview
A Man Of His Word

Neither athletes nor coaches like to give interviews in the middle of a tournament.

Senior Worlds 2022
Eteri

Being the one and only Georgian woman pushing at the WJT podium since her debut in Tiblisi in 2018, is ...

Interview
Education at Home and Away

Li-Ying Chew is 35, a judoka from Malaysia, a country with very little international representation, ...

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 ...