The 2024 Olympics will continue the tradition of including combat sports, but there is one sport that has been put on the chopping block this time around. A competitor wins a judo match by throwing ...

TOKYO >> Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. But it’s also drawing unwanted scrutiny ...

When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr.

Holding techniques include applying pressure to an opponent’s neck or manipulating the elbow joint, but thrusts and strikes – common in martial arts like karate – are only permitted in pre-arranged ...

GLENVILLE — Every leap year, as Nick Delpopolo put it, judo gets its "15 minutes of fame." Only as an Olympic sport does a judo player such as Delpopolo or Nick Vashkulat, both Burnt Hills High School ...

In Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding communities (from Bowling Green to Owen County to Lexington and Frankfort and the surrounding states) there is a tight-knit community of Judo and other ...

Three years ago the eyesight of one of Britain’s top judo talents was “perfect.” Except every three months, Elliot Stewart – the son of 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, Dennis Stewart – had to keep ...

DOUGLAS, Wyo. (AP) — The stakes were clear to the two dozen police officers who gathered for a workshop with an ambitious and increasingly urgent mission — recalibrating the way police interact with ...

Based on their enthusiasm for the sport, Leinaala Patricio and Caese Calaro are trailblazers in Maui Interscholastic League judo. Based on their results, Patricio and Calaro are The Maui News MIL ...

TOKYO — Yosh Uchida made a promise to Colton Brown in 2016, right after Brown competed in judo for the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics: Qualify for the 2020 Games in Tokyo and I’ll be ...