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Meet Giorgi Chanishvili

Meet Giorgi Chanishvili, the passionate and talented IJF announcer who brings our events to life!

Judo for Peace
Life and Judo Must Go On

The day after the Antalya Grand Slam 2023 and all the sporting positivity it represented, the IJF and ...

Interview
Julien Goes Around the World (12)

I turned 30 years old on 7th April and my mother decided to come to visit me for the occasion.

Interview
How Can I Go to the Earthquake Zone and What Can I Do?

A few days ago we published a first article about our recent visit to the areas affected by the earthquake ...

Judo for Refugees
The True Champions Found a New Family

On Thursday 13th April, at noon, an important meeting took place in the office of the IJF President.

Judo for Children
The Mont-Olivet School Launches Judo in Schools

For more than a century, the Ecole Mont-Olivet, in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, has been welcoming ...

Testimony
Rebuilding the Future: Where to start?

How to tell a catastrophic story? I could talk about what I saw, the destruction, the piles of rubble, ...

Antalya GS 2023
Black and White Emotion

Gabriela 'Gabi' Sabau is an IJF photographer, who has been covering tonnes of events all over the world ...

Gender Equality
Where There’s a Will, There’s a New Way

On Wednesday 29th March the IJF Gender Equality Commission organised its second round table on gender ...

Antalya GS 2023
Four Things to Look Out For in Antalya

The 2023 Antalya Grand Slam: 600 athletes, 83 countries!

Antalya GS 2023
The Final Pre-Event Meeting

Sitting round a coffee table in the hotel foyer, is an increasingly large group of the IJF team who will ...

Judo for the world
In the Name of Jita-Kyoei

While the best judoka on the planet competed in the Tbilisi Grand Slam 2023, another major event for ...