The Russian invasion of Ukraine has Japan’s judo authorities grappling with calls from the public to take Russian President Vladimir Putin to the mat and strip him of his high-ranking belt. Putin, 69, ...

This past weekend in Columbus, Ohio, former UFC women's champion Ronda Rousey was promoted to 6th degree black belt in judo alongside her mother, AnnMaria DeMars. The ceremony was held in part with ...

Putin is the first Russian to have been awarded the eighth dan, joining a handful of judo fighters in the world who have achieved such status. Russia's Alexander Mikhaylin, who has won three world ...

Sensei Keiko Fukuda has become the first woman to achieve a tenth-degree black belt in judo - at the age of 98. The highest rank in the martial art and combat sport, Fukuda joins just three other ...

Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo master. On Tuesday, he presented an instructional judo DVD that bears his name and shows him throwing an opponent to the mat. ST PETERSBURG: Vladimir Putin is ...

Ipswich Judo Club is celebrating after two of its most-talented athletes achieved their black belts. Eighteen-year-olds Anastasia Bobes and Ruth Patten recently achieved their 1st dan black belts ...

Judo black belt and Russian leader President Vladimir Putin hopes to go to the London Olympics to watch his favorite sport, a spokesman said on Monday. In a meeting with British Prime Minister David ...

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At Moscow's Shabolovka sports centre we are among Mr Putin's peers - black belts like the president himself, even if they are still at university. As muscular men invade the floor for the male ...