Throw! Choke! Slam and sweep! Kodokan Judo has a reputation as being one of the more violent forms of martial arts, but that hasn’t stopped the Waynesville Kodokan Judo Club. Easily adapted for the ...

In a building in a busy neighborhood in central Tokyo, Olympians from around the world pay tribute to their sport inside its spiritual home. By Tariq Panja TOKYO — Edson Madeira was struggling to ...

For judo lovers all over the world who make the pilgrimage to Tokyo's Kodokan, it's an emotional experience to tread the hallowed mats -- a unique chance to train at the sport's Mecca. It would be ...

Blink and you'd miss it. In Tokyo's residential Bunkyo district squats a nondescript grey office block above a hardware store and within earshot of the squeals from the Tokyo Dome amusement park. Only ...

Joseph Cannizzo III of Great Kills shows off his judo gold medal. (Courtesy of Joseph Cannizzo III) Sometimes teachers can learn a lot from their students. Such is the case with judo sensei Joseph ...

For two judokas at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games the pandemic was the push they needed to make the match of a lifetime. USA's Ben Goodrich and Sweden's Nicolina Pernheim met during a competition at ...