Karapetyan said he thought the opportunity to prepare at Kodokan, in this country with a rich judo heritage, might push athletes to do better than they perhaps would have in another city, in ...

The eighth is home to a fully-equipped gymnasium, where large windows allow sunlight to pour over the wooden spectator seats and the blue and red judo mats. The Kodokan boasts over 1,100 such mats.

Mitsuyo Maeda began training in Kodokan Judo in 1895 at Kano’s academy, quickly becoming one of the academies star pupils and a believer that the best way to promotion Judo was through combat ...

The Kodokan also hosts a large museum about the history of judo, a restaurant with pictures of champions on the wall, and a library with around 6,000 works ranging from scholarly tomes to judo manga.

The Kodokan also hosts a large museum about the history of judo, a restaurant with pictures of champions on the wall, and a library with around 6,000 works ranging from scholarly tomes to judo manga.

Judo was created by Jigoro Kano in 1882 when he founded Kodokan Judo. He brought the sport to all schools of Japan and became the first Asian member of the International Olympic Committee; the ...

He has trained at the Kodokan Judo Institute, considered the headquarters of judo in Tokyo, Japan, and although he had to decline an invite to the Olympic trials due to injury, he once competed ...

Kano’s Kodokan Judo represents a Japanese branch of Jujistu. Influences of Judo and Jujistu can be seen in many martial arts including Aikido, Hapkido and Sambo.

Keiko Fukuda has persevered in a sport that has not exactly been open to women. In August, she became the only woman to attain a 10th-degree black belt.

Jigoro Kano – the “Father of Judo” – features on today’s Google Doodle. Illustrated by Cynthia Yuan Cheng, the Doodle celebrates the life of the legendary Japanese judo pioneer on what ...