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 ...

Traveling back to over 100 years before the first IBJJF World Championship or UFC, back to Kano Jigoro and his first Kodokan Academy. Kano had studied the many different styles of the Samurai art of ...

Young students practiced takedown moves and other judo and jujitsu exercises under the guidance of Sensei Eddie Gearhart Grant Park in Los Altos on Monday. The judo-jujitsu classes are available for ...

Ippon is defined as the highest score that a fighter can win in Japanese martial arts. Kendo, Judo, Karate or Jujitsu are part of the ippon-wazari contest. it basically means 'one point' but it is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Spidergirl, a ninja, and even Ghostface participated in a jujitsu class at Dento Teki Na Judo & Jujitsu Dojo in Travis Monday evening, Oct. 30. Students were encouraged to wear ...

I walked into SeaTown Sambo three years ago. Like most men who have spent too much time watching too many movies, I was confident in my ability to hold my own in an altercation if the situation called ...

With the Summer Olympics under way, the Games in 2016 seem a long way off. Not so for a young contingent at Jesup Judo and Jujitsu Academy, which produced three titlists recently at the 2008 USA Judo ...

Jefferson City became a temporary home for more than 200 competitors from 10 states Saturday afternoon. The Jefferson City Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, in partnership with the Jefferson ...

You can say Toni Pepia’s gold-medal performance in last weekend’s 2024 US Open Judo Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was 10 years in the making. In 2014, Pepia, who resides in Eltingville, ...

Johana Harewood-Pope, a student of judo at Santa Monica Judo & Jujitsu Kai (a highly decorated, decades-old martial arts program of the Santa Monica Family YMCA), took first place in the 27 kilogram ...