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IJF Academy
The IJF Academy Visits the Kodokan for the Third Time

A week ago, the IJF Academy was in China for the first time in its history.

IJF STATEMENT - Yasuhiro Yamashita - 25/09/2024

The International Judo Federation (IJF) strongly refute the false and misleading article published by ...

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (45): Takehide Nakatani (JPN)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers thought-provoking words and ...

Antalya GS 2024
The Abes’ Legend Status is Written in Golden Letters

The first day of competition at the Antalya Grand Slam 2024 has just ended with the indisputable victories ...

What a Year that Was!

After the second day of the Tokyo Grand Slam, the curtain fell on twelve months of competition on the ...

Tokyo GS
+100kg: Bashaev Activates Beast Mode

With 6 of the world’s top 10 athletes in the +100kg category present at the Tokyo Grand Slam 2023, ...

Tokyo GS
-48kg: Tsunoda Knows No Equal

Japan’s Natsumi Tsunoda is the current and 3-time consecutive world champion at -48kg, and her recent ...

Tokyo GS
-63kg: Takaichi Takes Third Tokyo Title

Japan took a clean sweep of the medals in the -63kg category at their home grand slam in 2022, and with ...

Tokyo GS
-60kg: Nagayama’s Time To Shine

Though Ryuju Nagayama was pipped at the post by Naohisa Takato to become the Japanese athlete selected ...

Tokyo GS
-78kg: Aguiar’s Experience Betters Lanir’s Youth

Despite a 4-strong Japanese team featuring former world champions and the current Olympic champion, the ...

Tokyo GS
-66kg: The Return of the King

In our preview for the Tokyo Grand Slam 2023, we highlighted the return of Hifumi Abe and his sister ...

Tokyo GS
-52kg: Welcome Back to the Abe Show

Having not lost a match on the IJF World Tour since the Osaka Grand Slam 2019, where she was beaten in ...