Judo is coming home at the Tokyo Olympics, and the Japanese team is under a world of pressure. Fortunately for the host nation, this powerhouse group of athletes is eager to rise to the momentousness ...

TOKYO (AP) — Although these Olympics have been plagued by unprecedented challenges and many public setbacks for the host nation, they are already the most successful in Japan's entire sporting history ...

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.

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 there.

The Odessa Boys and Girls Club Judo Team is celebrating 60 years. (Courtesy Photo) For six decades, Dale Lehman and his judo club have been a fixture of the Boys and Girls Club of the Permian Basin ...

To earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic judo team, Ronda Rousey had to fight a woman more than twice her age, Grace Jividen of Littleton, Colo., who is several weeks shy of her 40th birthday. "It was like ...

'Macho man' Vladimir Putin is at it again. State television showed a video of the Russian president Friday throwing members of the national judo team to the ground. After Putin and coach Ezio Gamba ...

Hatton was a member of the USA National Team and working toward a spot on the 2020 Olympic team Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand ...

Few Olympic sports in few countries have enjoyed the prestige that judo has earned in Japan, but recent events have shaken the sport to its core, Even Japanese Education Minister Hakuban Shimomura ...

Here’s what you need to know about judo at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for ...