The Olympics is a pretty safe place to be, but in case there's no security around when something bad goes down ... there's a Latvian judo champ wandering the streets ready to spring into action. Our guy in London met Gasan Eldarov, a… full story ![]()
Keiko Fukuda, top-ranked woman in judo Ms. Fukuda began practicing judo at 21 under judo founder Jigoro Kano, who invited her to train with him because her grandfather was a renowned jujitsu master. "At first, all I could think of was how aggressive the maneuvers were, and how unusual it was to see women spreading their legs," Ms. Fukuda told The Chronicle in 2011. [...] her...
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Mr. Fukuda learned judo from its founder and went on to become the sport’s highest-ranked woman.
nytimes.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
Judo champion Teddy Riner towers above his opponents, and is ruthless in his "pursuit of ippon," but the man known as "Teddy Bear" also has a more sensitive side.
cnn.com (2 months and 16 days ago)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Keiko Fukuda, the Japanese-born granddaughter of a samurai who learned judo from its founder and became the highest-ranked woman in the martial art, has died at age 99 in San Francisco, her friend and caregiver said on Saturday. Fukuda passed away of natural causes at her home on February 9, said Shelley Fernandez, 82, who lived with Fukuda, helped...
yahoo.com (3 months and 3 days ago)

Latvia's Harmony Center party, predominantly backed by ethnic Russians, has picked up support in a new opinion poll published by the Latvian Facts bureau.
rian.ru (2 months and 19 days ago)

Kayla Harrison was 16 when she first told her mother about the years of sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her childhood judo coach.Last year, she became the first person from the United States to win an Olympic Gold medal in judo.Her story — from victim to survivor to world champion &m...
lancasteronline.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
(Reuters) - Japan has cut funding to its judo federation after an investigation into the alleged physical abuse of female athletes found evidence of serious misconduct by coaches.
reuters.com (2 months and 3 days ago)
More than 220 people have been rescued after two ice floes broke off from the Latvian coast and were blown into the Gulf of Riga, Latvian emergency services said Friday.
cnn.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
Edith Bosch, a judo world champion, is retiring later this month.
nytimes.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Bangkok, Thailand – (L to R) Riki Nakaya (JPN) and Wang Ki-Chun (KOR) during the Asian Judo Championships 2013, Men’s Team Competition Final at Bangkok Youth Centre, April 21, 2013. [...]
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