Blink and you'd miss it. In Tokyo's residential Bunkyo district squats a nondescript grey office block above a hardware store and within earshot of the squeals from the Tokyo Dome amusement park. Only ...

Throw! Choke! Slam and sweep! Kodokan Judo has a reputation as being one of the more violent forms of martial arts, but that hasn’t stopped the Waynesville Kodokan Judo Club. Easily adapted for the ...

The Kodokan Judo Institute, the birthplace of the sport, has announced the launch of its official YouTube channel which will offer fans a range of content. The first video posted on the platform was a ...

For judo lovers all over the world who make the pilgrimage to Tokyo’s Kodokan Judo Institute, it is an emotional experience to tread the hallowed mats — a unique chance to train at the sport’s mecca.

In a building in a busy neighborhood in central Tokyo, Olympians from around the world pay tribute to their sport inside its spiritual home. By Tariq Panja TOKYO — Edson Madeira was struggling to ...

In the late 1800s the great Kano Jigoro streamlined the overly complicated Japanese grappling art Jujitsu into the highly effective Kodokan Judo. Japan was now open to the world, freely trading goods ...

In an unassuming Tokyo tower block sits the headquarters of a sport at a spiritual crossroads. A stone’s throw from the Japanese capital’s space age domed baseball stadium, and in the shadow of a ...

The Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C. Aarik Long, The Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C. Jul. 5—A momentous occasion was recently held at the Waynesville's Recreation Center, the dojo of the Waynesville ...

In an unassuming Tokyo tower block sits the headquarters of a sport at a spiritual crossroads. A stone’s throw from the Japanese capital’s space age domed baseball stadium, and in the shadow of a ...