"It was a big celebration for judo. The biggest leader in the world - Mr. Vladimir Putin – as well as the British Prime Minister David Cameron, were with us for more than three hours. It was one ...

One of Japan's most distinguished judo personalities harshly criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine by President Vladimir Putin, a personal friend of the Japanese judoka whom he described as a ...

MOSCOW, December 13 /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is looking forward to his Japanese trip because of his great interest in that country and judo, which he described as his ...

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.

President Putin is a judoka and these actions are against the spirit and purpose of judo. This cannot be tolerated.” He continued, “The purpose of judo is to learn the spirit of Jita-kyoei and ...

Perhaps his favorite pastime is judo, in which he has been training since he was 11 and holds a black belt. Putin even made an instructional DVD called "Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin." ...

ST. PETERSBURG, August 9 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin bade the last farewells to his judo coach, Honorary Coach of Russia Anatoly Rakhlin, who died after a long heavy disease at ...

The Russian president joined a training session with the national judo team in Sochi, Russia, during which he took part in some light sparring. It's not the first time Putin has done judo for the ...

Billionaire gas pipe baron Arkady Rotenberg, 73, a former judo partner and 'close associate' of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, had been hit with personal sanctions by the UK government even before ...

Russia Against the West and with the Rest, examines the exploits and motivations of the longtime Russian leader.

Japan, the birthplace of judo, dominates the all-time Olympic medal table. Japan's 48 gold medals and 96 medals overall are far and away the most of any country. France (16 gold medals, 57 total ...