Georgia’s Lasha Shavdatuashvili has managed to become Olympic champion, world champion and three-time Olympic medallist, he remains one of the […]
When Mark Huizinga was eighteen he sat high in the stands during the European Team Championships in Den Bosch. For […]
Hidehiko Yoshida peaked really early. His first international competition was the 1991 World Championships where he got bronze. Because he […]
If you want to understand when judo truly became a global sport, there is one name you cannot avoid. Anton […]
Ryoko Tani is among the best ever fighters in judo. Even as a lightweight, she was very small, standing at […]
Saeid Mollaei’s career is one of the most remarkable and complex stories in modern judo. A world champion, Olympic medallist […]
Rafał Kubacki stands among the greatest judoka in Polish history, a fighter whose achievements helped put Poland firmly on the […]
Mika Sugimoto was one of Japan’s leading heavyweight judoka in the early 2010s, known for her powerful style and consistency […]
Yoko Tanabe was one of the leading figures in women’s judo during the late 1980s and 1990s, becoming a symbol […]
Maki Tsukada is one of Japan’s most successful heavyweight judoka and is now preparing for a new challenge as a […]
by Oon Yeoh In the recent Paris Grand Slam, a player named David Lima of Brazil did a takedown commonly […]
There are techniques in judo that follow a clear textbook structure. Then there are techniques that live in the grey […]
There are rivalries, and then there was Hifumi Abe vs Joshiro Maruyama. For years, the -66kg division in Japan was […]
Tomoe-nage is an iconic judo technique that has recently been thrust into the limelight because of Natsumi Tsunoda, Japan’s Olympic […]
Yarden Gerbi (ISR) won the -63kg gold medal at the 2013 Rio World Championships in dramatic fashion. In both the […]
A surprise return for Fabio Basile. Just when it seemed quiet around Basile, the Italian Olympic champion is suddenly back […]
After an outstanding career that included Olympic gold in Tokyo, Nora Gjakova has embraced a new challenge: helping to build […]
What is going on in judo right now? One by one, big Olympic names are stepping away from the sport. […]
Japan’s Haruka Kaju continues to look almost unstoppable. With her victory at the 2026 Tbilisi Grand Slam, the U63kg world […]
Dutch judoka Guusje Steenhuis has decided to end her international career, closing the chapter on more than ten years at […]
