The man who coached the very first U.S. Olympic team in judo in ... His parents encouraged him to take up judo as a way of teaching him a bit about Japanese culture. He enrolled in the engineering ...

Japan, the birthplace of judo, dominates the all-time Olympic medal table. Japan's 48 gold medals and 96 medals overall are far and away the most of any country. France (16 gold medals, 57 total ...

Despite winning two golds in the Olympics and having a 90% win rate ... trying to "understand the spiritual side of judo ...

Japan regularly dominates the Olympics judo medal table, but federation president Yasuhiro Yamashita told Agence France-Presse that the values of the sport are being lost as parents and coaches ...

Japanese judo heavyweight Tatsuru Saito will be driven by the memory of his famous father when he goes for Paris Olympic gold. Hitoshi Saito was a judo great who triumphed at consecutive Olympics ...

The International Judo Federation has decided to reintroduce the score of yuko for the first time since 2017 as part of rule changes announced Friday, made toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and ...

The Japanese juggernaut shows no sign of slowing down at the moment as Hashimoto has secured his semi-final place with ...

Oh and the French very excited here. It's silver medallist Sarah Leonie Cysique against bronze medallist Tsukasa Yoshida in ...

They give me energy so I can perform properly throughout the day,” said Mkheidze, 28, after France defeated Japan in the Olympic mixed team judo final on Aug. 3. Mkheidze took home the silver ...

Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner will return to competition in ... Surprise Olympic silver medalist Joan-Benjamin Gaba, one of the heroes of the team final against Japan, will also be ...

Growing up on a farm with Japanese immigrant parents ... He was head coach of the first United States Olympic judo team, which won bronze in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and trained four ...