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Editorial
Our Collective Responsibility to Remain Human

What is truly at the core of our written judo values? Is it about respect? Is it about tolerance? We ...

Judo Values
Happy National Superhero Day!

In the United States of America it is National Superhero Day, first established by the Marvel dynasty ...

Judo in Schools
Burkina Faso Establishes Judo in Schools Programme

Burkina Faso in West Africa is not somewhere we hear about often.

Tbilisi GS 2023
Technical Analysis, Day 3: Ethics and Transition

The world's first ever non-Japanese Shidoin, for the benefit of all the judo family, continues to work ...

Editorial
A Sport of Opposition

We push so we can pull. We aim to trip people, to bring them down with efficiency, strength and skill ...

Jigoro Kano, Who Was He Really?
The Synthesis (5)

We now know where Jigoro Kano was from, what his roots were and in what social environment he grew up. ...

Jigoro Kano: Who Was He Really?
Perfecting the Practice (4)

Jigoro Kano was a bright young man, with excellent school and university results.

Jigoro Kano: Who was he really?
When Kano Discovers Martial Arts (3)

We learned in the previous two episodes, where Jigoro Kano was from and what his family roots were, roots ...

Growing Together
First IJF Global Media Session

It is accepted that the pace of our judo lives is fast, sometimes very fast, with the need to publish ...

Jigoro Kano: Who was he really?
A Boiling Cradle (2)

In the first article dedicated to Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo, we looked at his early childhood, ...

Athlete Stories
Mums in Portugal, on Judo and on Prioritising

Nekoda Davis (GBR), Hannah Martin (USA) and Moira De Villiers (NZL) have something in common, well, a ...

Jigoro Kano: Who was he really?
A Young Man (1)

What has not been said about the founder of judo, Jigoro Kano? What has not been explained about his ...