This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Judo’s governing body has ...

The 2020 New Jersey Judo Open Championships was held Saturday at High Tech High School. 306 judoka competed ranging in age from 5- 59. The state competition has been going on for more than 40 years ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Just when Tokyo got a boost in its campaign to host the 2020 Olympics, a judo coach abuse scandal surfaced within the Japanese sporting culture and threatens to undermine the bid. Tokyo ...

Jim Hrbek, a 66-year old former Olympic coach, has trained some of the nation’s top judokas — international competitors, national and state champions — at his Universal Judo martial arts studio.

Judo is always a must-watch event at the Olympics, but this was particularly true in Tokyo. Japan is the sport's birthplace, and numerous Japanese judokas had the chance to win Olympic gold on their ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Japan is the home of judo, and the 19th-century martial art is sure to get more attention at home than any other sport at next year’s Tokyo Olympics. But it’s also drawing unwanted ...

Judo may seem like an individual sport. Truth is, it has always been a team sport. It can only be practiced or performed with partners – that is, as part of a team. Thus it is only natural that judo ...

A JUDO athlete set to compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has quit the Games after being drawn against an Israeli opponent. Fethi Nourine, of Algeria, was set to face Israeli competitor Tohar Butbul in ...

She’s her sport’s youngest ever winner and has never been defeated outside of her native Japan. But judo phenomenon Uta Abe is just getting started. Only gold will do for the 17-year-old, with both ...

TOKYO (AP) — Judo’s governing body has formally warned a coach who slapped a female athlete hard in the face twice to prepare her for an Olympic bout. German judoka Martyna Trajdos later defended ...