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Para judo at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games finished on 21 October. Kazakhstan won five of the 16 gold medals, with Uzbekistan second and China third; 123 athletes from 17 nations competed.
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Young judoka with Down syndrome stepped onto the competition tatami at the Baku 2026 World Championships for an adaptive judo demonstration, part of an Azerbaijan Judo Federation project launched in 2024.
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The 2026 IBSA Judo World Championships finished in Tbilisi on 27 September with 290 athletes from 44 nations. Seto Yujiro finished runner-up at J2 -70 kg, Ogawa Kazusa took third and five Japanese judoka in all finished in the top eight.
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The Special Olympics Judo Open in Sarajevo closed with 113 participants from 18 nations taking part across all five Special Olympics ability levels. The shiai competition was held on 25 September and every participant received a medal; eight Special Olympics pairs performed kata on the first day of the World Kata Championships.
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Members of the IJF Inclusion Commission visited Australia with Judo Australia and the Australian Adaptive Working Group, taking five ability levels, inclusive coaching methods and adapted Nage-no-kata into the country's coaching and club system.
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Thirty-one women from 15 countries gathered in Istanbul for the second IJF Academy All Women Practical Sessi…
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Olympic champion Yasuhiro Yamashita, living with a spinal cord injury after a 2023 accident, tells the judo world his mission: building a society that accepts and supports people with disabilities.
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Adapted judo took place inside the Lausanne Grand Slam environment on 28 August, followed by the first Deaf Judo Masters Top 18 with 14 nations. The opening ceremony saw Joshiro Maruyama and Petra Orešković perform adapted nage-no-kata together.
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The first edition of the IJF Sakura Judo women's leadership programme has concluded in Lima, Peru, after three days of activities from 5 to 7 August 2026.
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The official IBSA event window for the 2026 Judo European Championship runs from 10 to 17 August in Heidelberg, Germany, featuring J1 and J2 competition classes.
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Brazil finished first at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix São Paulo with six gold medals, while Japan’s Kazusa Ogawa won the women’s J2 -70 kg title.
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The IBSA Judo Grand Prix São Paulo runs from 11 to 13 July in Brazil and marks the first ranking opportunity on the road to the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.
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A series of IJF features from São Paulo explores how para judo expresses trust, touch, movement and the core values of judo.
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The 6th All Japan ID Judo Championships (30 Aug, Hachioji) drew a record 76 athletes split into 25 leagues by ability and safety assessment, supporting meaningful competition for judoka with intellectual disabilities.
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On 7 June, the historic Friuli Mosaic School hosted "The Mosaic of Movement," welcoming 6- to 17-year-olds for judo and other activities. Organisers used t...
