The Kodokan is an eight-storey training mecca for aspiring and elite-level judokas willing to eat, sleep and breathe the sport. While not exactly modern, every inch of the building is pristine.

To compete at the Olympics in judo’s spiritual home, then, is adding another layer of excitement — as well as solemnity — for the judokas and their trainers who have gathered this month from ...

The Kodokan also hosts a large museum about the history of judo, a restaurant with pictures of champions on the wall, and a library with around 6,000 works ranging from scholarly tomes to judo manga.

The Kodokan also hosts a large museum about the history of judo, a restaurant with pictures of champions on the wall, and a library with around 6,000 works ranging from scholarly tomes to judo manga.

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 ...

In 1884, the Kodokan held its first tournament. Called the "Red and White Contests," it was organized by Kano who had both experience in Jujitsu matches and studied Western wrestling.

For judo lovers all over the world who make the pilgrimage to Tokyo's Kodokan, it's an emotional experience to tread the hallowed mats -- a unique chance to train at the sport's Mecca. It would be ...

Jul. 5—A momentous occasion was recently held at the Waynesville's Recreation Center, the dojo of the Waynesville Kodokan Judo Club. Judokas (judo students), their families, and instructors ...