Olympic Judo

TOKYO — Japan has decided to fall in line with international standards in its country’s traditional sport of judo. The All Japan Judo Federation said after meetings on Thursday it will ad...  

Whether you are watching the Olympics or a MMA PPV, you probably have wished to see a cool Judo throw in a bout. Judo throws can be quite spectacular and that makes them a sight to behold on the part of spectators.Contributor: Andy JanisPublished: Mar 17, 2010  

Five members of the Vallejo Judo Club came away with medals from the San Jose Buddhist Invitational recently, which brought 718 competitors to the San Jose State University Sports Center.Silver medalists were Avel Mandap (boys lightweight, ages 7-9), Krystle Kong (girls  

Bushido Judo School, a nonprofit martial art instruction program, is open at 911-A S. Main St. in Burlington. Sensei Darian Stokes is the head instructor and a 4th-degree black belt. He offers Judo, Tae Kwon Do, full contact training (Jujitsu and...  

The Melfort Judo Club hosted a provincial Judo competition on March 6 at the Kerry Vickar Centre. Competitors from clubs all over the province came to compete The Melfort club only had four competitors in the competition, Ockert Strydom, Liam Strydom, Caleb Hoffman and Jared Henderson.[...]  

Two students from the Wilmslow based Bushido Ju-Jitsu academy have brought back gold from the national championships in the Midlands. Sara Harris and David Brough won gold at the British Ju-Jitsu Championships at Walsall Sports Centre, Birmingham.  

Members of the Portage Judo Club attended the Winnipeg Inner City Judo Tournament on Feb. 13 at Tec Voc High School. In the Girls Novice cateogry, Jessica Brownell of Portage placed second. In Juvenile Women, -41/-44 kg category Natasha Burton of Portage placed first.[...]  

A heartbroken plea has gone out for the return of precious medals belonging to Olympic Judo star Michelle Rogers. One of the most precious medals to go missing from the house she owned in Swinton was the gold medal she won at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002.  

Jose Bencosme considers himself to be privileged. He gets to coach the highest-ranked collegiate judo club team in the nation. "SJSU is one of the few universities that have a stable judo program," said assistant head coach Bencosme, who graduated from SJSU in May 2005 with a bachelor's degree in marketing.  

Say “martial arts” and most people think of flying Ninjas or big grunting men breaking bricks with their heads. Judo is not at all like that. Actually, on this Wednesday evening at Spokane Judo’s practice at East Central Community Center, giggling can be heard more than anything else.  

Armenian judoka, former European champion Armen Nazaryan (66kg) had successful performance in Judo 2010 World Cup due in Prague, Czech Republic, February 26-27. It took him 2 min. 54 sec. to ...  

Fiji’s first judo gold medalist at the South Pacific Games in 1979 and father of Fiji's golden boy, Nacanieli Qerewaqa, Viliame Takayawa Snr has died. Takayawa, a well known sports personality and administrator who introduced judo to Fiji in the ...  

Four Odessa Boys & Girls Club Judo Team members competed in ‘Lone Star Classic’ Judo Tournament Jan. 30 in Dallas. Three of the team members came home with the gold. Pictured are: Coach Dale Lehman; John Gonzalez, placed first in the age 13-14...  

A martial arts master and a second man have been convicted of beating up a Menlo Park man who had struck up a conversation with the judo expert about their shared passion, authorities said. Matthew Walker, 25, of Tacoma, Wash., who won his category in the...  

The Bahamas Judo Federation will hold a grappling tournament to aid the rebuilding of the Haitian Judo Training Centre, on February 27 at Xaviers Lower Hall between 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The training cent...