RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Judo translates as "the gentle way." But after nearly a week of competition at the Rio Olympics, the meaning of the Japanese martial art seems almost paradoxical; many of ...

Pacific Judo Academy Sensei Bob Harder watches as 6-year-old Elias Newton, left, and 8-year-old Sipriano Barrera test their judo techniques at practice last Thursday. A well-respected judo ...

Why would a policeman, with access to firearms and billy clubs, need to learn judo? And why would a 6-foot, 197-pound woman feel she needs to learn the martial art – which is, after all, a me… ...

Author Des Bieler, top, tries to contain Nicholas Dudek as Bieler tries out judo for the first time at the Kennedy Recreation Center in Washington. (John McDonnell/Washington Post) UFC champion ...