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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.

Interview
“We Are Part of the Evolution”

Refereeing at an event such as the European Youth Olympic Festival is an honour, one not undertaken lightly ...

Video
Name That Teammate - Team Brazil

Name that teammate! Which teammate would you take with you to a deserted island? Featuring: Team Brazil

Interview
"I Like Everything From Israel"

It looked like a scene from a Mel Brooks film. We asking Charles Koshiro Chibana in English, our colleague ...

Interview
The Winning Formula

If we had to sum up Ilias Iliadis in one word, it could be passion.