As Kayla Harrison, the only American to win a gold medal in judo, prepared for the Rio Olympics at her coach’s dojo in Wakefield, Mass., in March, she spent most of the morning wrestling on the mat.

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 ...

Faisal Alketbi (L) of the United Arab Emirates competes against Zaid Sami of Jordan during the Ju-Jitsu Newaza Men's 94 kg Final Gold Medal contest at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug.

July 8, 1853 is a watershed moment in Japanese history, when Commodore Perry of the U.S. Navy took a small group of steam-powered warships into Edo (Tokyo) Bay. These iron sided war machines belched ...

Budapest sets the stage for the middleweights on day 4 of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships. At -63kg, Haruka KAJU made her World Championship debut, demonstrating a groundwork masterclass on her ...