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PORTRAIT
Ilias Iliadis: The Way to Become a Champion in Life

Even if he has retired from the world circuit for a few years, he is one of those champions nobody forgets. ...

On the Road to Tokyo 2020
A look at the Tokyo 2020 qualification phase so far

As countdown clock closes in on 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games we decided to look ...

VIDEO
TOP 5 IPPONS - Düsseldorf Grand Slam 2019

Watch the top 5 ippons from the Düsseldorf Grand Slam.

VIDEO
The Family Team from Guinea-Bissau (GBS)

Meet Taciana Cesar and Diogo Cesar, husband and wife, and the sole representatives of Guinea-Bissau on ...

Qualification System
Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020

For all judo athletes of the World Judo Tour, the Road to Tokyo started in 2018 in Hohhot on the occasion ...

The French Influence
From Martial Art to Olympic Sport - PART 5

On the road to Tokyo 2020, we publish on a regular basis a series of articles about the history of judo. ...

JFTW South Africa
Phase II - The Expansion

Over the past months the Judo for the World programme in South Africa has been developing tremendously ...

Düsseldorf Grand Slam - Day 3
Azerbaijan, Brazil, Cuba and unstoppable Japan clinch gold

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Technical Analysis Day 3 by Udo Quellmalz

For today’s Technical Analysis at the Düsseldorf Grand Slam, IJF Media talked to Udo Quellmalz, former ...

VIDEO
Behind The Scenes on the IJF World Judo Tour

Take a look behind the scenes at the Düsseldorf Grand Slam 2019.

Kids enjoy ‘Judo Fun World’ at Grand Slam Venue

Kids who were visiting the competitions at the Düsseldorf Grand Slam could not only enjoy watching the ...

Interview
Overcoming Adversity through Judo

It’s the essence of judo. If you’re thrown down, you get up. Again, and again.