Women’s judo Olympic champion Kayla Harrison will do a judo demonstration and a question and answer session at 3 p.m. Nov. 25 as part of the annual “Battle in the Middle” youth and junior ...

Women first competed in Judo in 1988 when it was introduced as a demonstration sport and it became a medal event four years later at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Judo became particularly ...

Ami Kondo of Japan wins Judo bronze in the women’s 48kg, defeating Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg of Mongolia. The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro. Throughout, we ...

Keiko Fukuda, the Japanese-born granddaughter of a samurai who learned judo from its founder and became the highest-ranked woman in the martial art, has died at age 99 in San Francisco, her friend ...

Ryoko Tani regarded as the best female judoka ever . Burst onto judo scene at the age of 15. Won medals at five different Olympic Games. Pursued career in politics in 2010. CNN — ...

On Friday, the judo family celebrated International Women’s Day, a day to honor the remarkable contributions of women around the globe. It’s a call to action for gender equality, to challenge ...