With a tear of his right calf muscle, Yasuhiro Yamashita’s lifelong dream was surely over. The Japanese heavyweight judoka had envisaged himself atop the Olympic podium ever since he was “deeply moved ...

Judo student take training seriously and have a ton of discipline. Sensei Brett Wolf is one of the founders of Judo Without Limits. "We started working with athletes with disabilities in 2009 and in ...

Taira Sakamoto, a senior at Samohi, had never been to Europe until last month, when she traveled to the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina with her dad to compete in the Cadets World Judo Championship.

Bellator fighter Rick Hawn became a seasoned competitor long ago. The Judo player has competed on national and international levels since he was a child. That's probably why the fighter is able to be ...

CLAREMONT >> In one swift motion, petite, 17-year-old Shadi Ebrahimi of Chino flips a young man twice her size over her shoulder and onto the padded ground with a thud. She smiles sheepishly and helps ...

You don’t always need to strike at opportunity to make an impact on your community. This is the gist of the work done by the Ore-Ida Judo Club ...

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