September 2012 Blog Posts (14)

                             France's men and women celebrate their gold medals during the podium ceremony for the

                                                            team…

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 September 8, 2012 - A USA Judo team of young stars put three on the podium for a gold and two silver medals at a super competitive Pan American Junior Championships in Cali, Columbia yesterday.

Mackenzie Williams,  70+…

"Growing Judo for Coaches"

In the past three months, we have had three series of clinics to become certified national coaches. The class was run by Mark Lonsdale, a USJF, USJA & USA JUDO certified National Judo Coach and former international competitor. These 3 classes were the most organized and informative classes that I have ever attended. Mark brought a whole new outlook to coaching and the approach to teaching a technique that we all have…

                              London 2012 Olympics: Ole Bischof won a silver medal in the under 81kg weight category

The judo Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 Ole Bischof ended at the age of 33, his career.A return as manager he can imagine…

Monday, Sep. 10, 2012

John Dickens • Published 10 Sep 2012 07:00

A FORMER cage fighter who turned his life around after discovering the teachings of judo hopes to inspire unruly teens to stay out of trouble.

Charlie Knight was lured into the…

The Wolverine has just gotten a new cast member in the form of Olympic judo silver medalist Naoya Ogawa.…

TOKYO, Sept 5 | Wed Sep 5, 2012 4:36am EDT

(Reuters) - Double Olympic gold medallist Ryoko Tani has slammed Japan's "sloppy technique and weak hearts" for their stunning failure on the judo mats at the London Games.

The 36-year-old Tani,…

Japan's Masaki Kento won the men's +100kg category by first throwing Wang Song CHN for waza ari and then holding his Chinese opponent for waza ari awasette ippon all within the first minute of the Paralympic heavyweight final.…

                            CORRECTING THE REPORTING

By Steve Scott …

At the second day of the Paralympic Games in London the Ukraine won its third gold medal. What didn’t succeed at the Olympic Games, is compensated by the Ukrainian paralympians.



First up, 18-year-old Solovey won the -73kg by ippon against Uzbekistan's Sharif Khalilov, before Kosinov overcame Jose Effron of Argentina in the final match of the…