Judo News

GOOLE Judo Club's Connor Potts gained a silver medal in a competition at the weekend.

Swedish wunderkind Joel Mankowitz arrived in Israel this week for the Maccabiah Games, in which he will compete as a judoka against boys two and three years older than him.

There were some great results for the local judo team coming out of the Canada Youth National Championships this past weekend in Calgary.

A three-way tiebreaker, with a Canadian judo title going to the winner. It's no wonder Kolton Ferris felt like he was being crushed under the pressure of the moment.

Multi-tasking: gymnasts at the International Judo Federation Grand Slam judo tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, use the mats for something other than fighting Picture: REUTERS http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/picturegalleries/5759318/The-world-of-sport-in-pictures.html

POLICE prefer to use "verbal judo" to solve many aggressive incidents rather than using significant force such as Tasers, a parliamentary committee has been told.

Date : Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:30:19 +0500 BAHA'I DISQUALIFIED FROM NATIONAL YOUTH JUDO TEAM Iran Press Watch July 1st, 2009 The Persian page of Baha'i World News Service reported the following news on June 25, 2009.

CHUJO Karate Association Coaches have completed an intensive training seminar with martial arts legend Rick Young.

Shea Bennett, watches as his sister Brittney takes down Roy Millar using a shoulder technique called the seionage.

HOLLY FEAR has become the first Ronindo Budo Kai student to win a West of England Judo Championship.

For a long time, I believed that it was impossible to make a good, relatively realistic mixed martial arts video game.

Dalton native and Pittsfield resident Harry Chandler Jr. executes a throw during the New York Athletic Club Open Judo Championship in March.

When Sarah Clark came off the mat after defeat in the opening round of the Olympic judo tournament, it was almost impossible to measure her despair.

MEMBERS of Skegness Judo Kwai Club had cause for a double celebration at the Junior Area Judo Championships at Gainsborough recently.

Let's face it: Joe Stevenson had been having some problems lately, having lost three of his last four fights to BJ Penn , Kenny Florian, and Diego Sanchez.

A bout between Dong Hyun Kim and T.J. Grant , who replaces Canadian Jonathan Goulet, has been added to UFC 100 and completes the July 11 fight card.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Seven sports hoping to be included in the 2016 Olympics made their pitch to the International Olympic Committee yesterday.

Once taught to Soviet secret policemen, before being outlawed by the communists, judo is desperate for a new Russian revolution.

"Earlier, I used to hesitate or feel uncomfortable in asking men who misbehaved with me in the bus.

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