Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, a Coney Island scrapper who will always be remembered as the Mother of Woman’s Judo, has died following a prolonged bout with leukemia. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, ...

DENVER -- Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, said she died ...

U.S. women’s judo bronze medal winner Marti Malloy, the second woman from Team USA ever to medal in judo, says it “feels really good” to hold her medal, and explains that for her, judo is a family ...

LONDON - It was over in little more than a minute, but it will go down as one of the most memorable moments of the London Games. A young Saudi judo fighter's decisive defeat on the mat Friday is being ...

STEVENS POINT – Stevens Point native Joey Hetzel isn’t afraid of dark alleyways or walking alone at night. That’s the confidence Hetzel said judo has given her since she started 10 years ago, and now ...

An elderly woman sits in the only chair allowed on the light green carpet of padded mats in the judo club. It's just a metal folding chair, but her students treat her like a queen on a throne. They ...

At just 5-foot-5, Nefeli Papadakis isn't a terribly imposing figure. But you probably wouldn't want to meet up with her in a dark alley. "Not if you're trying to kidnap me," Papadakis said with a ...

When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr.

Joan Williams doesn’t just study the gender double standard — she’s experienced it firsthand. In the preface of her new book, “What Works for Women at Work,” she writes of the years she spent being ...

Many good jobs are still perceived as needing masculine qualities for success. Women who adopt these qualities are seen as competent, but difficult to work with; meanwhile, those who stick with ...

Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, a Coney Island scrapper who will always be remembered as the Mother of Woman’s Judo, has died following a prolonged bout with leukemia. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, ...