Judo is a form of jacket wrestling. There is no punching, kicking or breaking boards. The object is to score an ippon (full point) by either wrestling or throwing an opponent to their back ...

Judo ("gentle way") is a modern martial art, combat and Olympic sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the objective is to either ...

In Judo it is also known as a Shoulder Pin, and the sweep option has existed in Judo’s Newaza for at least a few decades and is an option when Obi-tori-sumi-gaeshi (gripping over the back at the ...

Young Kiyomi Watanabe, born of a Filipino mother from Mandaue and bred in Japan, and former champion Gilbert Ramirez took advantage of a two-month training under the best coaches of Japan to score ...

Judo, Penang, SUKMA, Sarawak, preparation"We expect a gold from Amir Daniel and another from the men's Ju No Kata category, but the others (if they win gold) are a bonus for the team. Like the last ...

Japan's Tomoko Fukumi walks away as China's Wu Shugen celebrates after their women's -48kg judo competition at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, November 16, 2010.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese judo has been in a state of decline in recent years but the country is pinning its hopes on an infusion of new blood at the London Olympics.Japan tops the Olympic ...