56+ min ago   (325+ words) “Judo never really left me,” she explained. “I grew up as what I would describe as a special child and judo became a kind of safe space for me. It gave me a sense of belonging and community.” With support…...

19+ hour, 6+ min ago   (560+ words) Johannes Daxbacher, Head of the IJF Police Commission and co-founder of the Judo for Ethiopians programme, was recently invited to take part in Tagesanbruch, the daily news podcast produced by t-online, one of Germany’s leading news platforms. Published on 15th August…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (32+ words) IJF Guayaquil World Cadet Mixed Team Medallists, in Pictures Congratulations to all the medallists and their coaches for the inccredible work done in Guayaquil....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (247+ words) IJF The Ecuadorian Adventure Has Ended With a Spectacular Cadet Mixed Team Final Before the WJT moves on to Lausanne for the inaugural Ecole Mont-Olivet Lausanne Grand Slam, Switzerland, we must reflect on some of the great moments of this…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (867+ words) Russia knocked Georgia out, Canada knocked the hosts out and Mongolia defeated Turkiye, all in the first round. The remaining quarter-finals were lined up and ready but with no result predicted reliably in advance. The departure of Japan had already…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (341+ words) The Uzbek team was seeded fourth and had a bye in the first round of the team event. In the quarter-final they drew Russia, an outstanding team including several world medallists, even world champions, from this 2026 flagship individual event. It…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (105+ words) IJF Diyora Keldiyorova, an Uzbek girl expected to marry by twenty and spend her life the traditional Uzbek way, followed her own path and with incredible support from a team dedicated to her success and to changing the world, she…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (226+ words) IJF The Individual Medals are Decided - Make Way for the Mixed Teams! Of course, there is still a lot of work to be done for these cadets to refine their skills, continuing on the lifelong path of judo education, but…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (178+ words) The perennial mission to provide high-level education opportunities around the world, to enable referees and coaches to connect with high performance judo and also simply embrace continuous learning, was more than visible in Lima. More than 80 referees, coaches and athletes…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (347+ words) This year's event brings together 457 athletes from 59 nations, all competing for international honours on the tatami. Yet there is something noticeable about this championship that extends beyond the potential of the competitors: the organisation team includes numerous Olympic, world and…...