In kendo there is a grading system in which novices usually start from 6-kyu working up to 1-kyu. Following the kyu grades are the dan grades. The first dan grade is shodan (1-dan) which corresponds with a 1st degree black-belt in judo or karate, etc. The highest grade was previousl...
Shohei Ono is now an Olympic and double world champion at -73kg. But in 2013, he had none of those titles. This is him throwing France's Ugo Legrand for ippon in the 2013 World Championship final to become world champion for the first time. If I could choose only one picture to defi...
Ken shiki, or the pursuit of knowledge, is an important virtue of Judo practice and it is based on the foundation of thesensei'sexperience. Over the years I have seen how wonderful Judo is from the perspective of a kid and an adult, a beginner, an intermediate student, a tournament comp...
Indrek Pertelson, Estonia (ippon, 3:53) Results at judo world championships Adding to the enterprise, "Def Poetry Jam" is developing both a CD venture that will marry spoken word with music and a clothing line. You Can't Keep Simmons Down on the Phat Farm Soon after, he met Rick ...
I have the sneaking suspicion that the problem of not recognizing this dichotomy between ‘classical’ and ‘competitive’ Osotogari is twofold - first, my use of the term ‘classical’ really irritates many Judoka - who will never admit that perhaps we can do things better today in some res...