This series is meant to help MMA fans understand what the different grappling backgrounds actually mean, and was inspired by a question posed on Reddit. The series started with a look at American ...

In Louisville, Kentucky and the surrounding communities (from Bowling Green to Owen County to Lexington and Frankfort and the surrounding states) there is a tight-knit community of Judo and other ...

The Bridge is a technique present in just about every grappling art, going by many names including upa, bump, and buck. The particulars change from art to art but the goal is the same – use the hips ...

At ONE Fight Night 7 on Prime Video, Ayaka Miura will be competing under ONE Championship’s submission grappling ruleset for the first time, but she isn’t out of her depth. The Japanese judo ...

Is it true that Judo originated in Irish primary schoolyards where a couple of lads grabbed each other's geansaís and swung each other around until one or both ended up on the ground? No. Judo, ...

5 Time US National Judo Champion (including 2005 Most Outstanding Athlete- Masters) 2007 NAGA Grappling World Champion (Gi and No-Gi) 2008 Pan American Brazilian Jui Jitsu Champion (Blue Belt) ...

The Inland Empire Judo Classic Tournament will be Saturday at the Spokane Convention Center, W. 334 Spokane Falls Blvd. The event begins at 9:30 a.m., and there is no charge for admission. For more ...

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.