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IJF Academy
Coming Soon: the IJF Self Defence Programme

The IJF Academy has been extending its activities for more than a decade and the latest project has huge ...

Gender Equality
Promoting Equality in Judo: The Example of Benin

Benin, in West Africa, is home to an active judo federation that counts 30 clubs and 1200 judoka.

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (50): Ryoko Tani (JPN)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers thought-provoking words and ...

Athlete Stories
Noor Makes History for Pakistan

The junior world championships always attracts a diverse athlete population.

Paris OG 2024
Judo Celebrates Gender Equality at the Paris 2024 Games

There are only eight days left before the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, just eight short days. ...

Interview
Salima Souakri Encourages the Youth

In early June 2024, Salima Souakri, IJF Development Director and member of the IJF Executive Committee, ...

Equality in Sport
Ryoko Tani: the Importance of Judo for Women and For All

The movement towards gender equality has been a hot topic, one way or another, for centuries.

Athlete Stories
Margaux Pinot: I'm At Peace

In 2021 Margux Pinot, already a European champion, Paris Grand Slam medallist and world bronze medallist, ...

Gender Equality
Self-Defence for Women: Everything Is Possible!

On 23rd May, while the judo competition was unfolding at the Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi, the IJF was ...

Abu Dhabi Worlds 2024
Self-Defence and Competition Are Just Two of the Many Faces of Judo

The individual competition at the Abu Dhabi World Championships 2024 was rounded out in style on day ...

Interview
A Samurai in Abu Dhabi

Everyone remembers Shin Koyamada in The Last Samurai, an epic period action drama film directed and produced ...

Interview
Kate Corkery Sets the Example for Women in Judo

Among all the presidents of national federations and continental unions present in the Emirates for the ...