The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their home countries. Team competitions have also been held since 1994. The men's championships began in 1956, though the format and periodicity of the championships have changed over time. The last edition of the championships took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2024.
Robert William Smith was an American martial artist and writer, most noted for his prodigious output of books and articles about the Asian martial arts and their masters. Smith's writing was an important factor in the spread of Asian martial arts such as judo, baguazhang, xingyiquan, and tai chi in the postwar United States.
Throw Down is a 2004 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Johnnie To and starring Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, and Tony Leung Ka-fai. To dedicated the film to the late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and, in making it, had drawn upon elements of Kurosawa's debut feature, Sanshiro Sugata. Throw Down had its premiere at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.
Asian Judo Championships is the Judo Asian Championship organized by the Judo Union of Asia.
The 2008 East Asian Judo Championships was contested in seven weight classes, seven each for men and women.
The 2009 Asian Judo Championships were held at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan from 23 May to 24 May 2009.
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), first competed at the Asian Games in 1954 and continued participating at the games under various names. Due to political factors, the ROC delegation was refused to participate in the 1962 Asian Games by host Indonesian government. In 1973, the People's Republic of China (PRC) applied for participation in the Asian Games. The PRC's application was approved by the Asian Games Federation and the ROC was expelled.
East Asian Judo Championships is the Judo East Asian Championship organized by the Judo Union of Asia.
Wang Chin-Fang is a Taiwanese judoka, who competed for the light middleweight category at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is a two-time defending champion for her category at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia. She also won two medals each at the Asian Games and at the Asian Judo Championships.
Kim Kyong-Jin is a North Korean judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category. He won two medals, silver and bronze, for the 60 kg division at the Asian Judo Championships.
Liu Shu-yun is a Taiwanese judoka, who competed in the women's middleweight category. She captured two bronze medals in the 70-kg division at the Asian Games, and represented her nation Chinese Taipei at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Asia Pacific Deaf Games is a deaf multi-sport event established in 1984 which is held every 4 years in the Asia Pacific region. It is the successor to the "Far Eastern Deaf Football Championship" which was held in Taipei in 1983. The inaugural games was held in 1984 in Hong Kong. At that time, the games was known as the Asia Pacific Deaf Football Championship which was held biennially until 1988. In 1988, the games' governing body Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation was formed during the 3rd Championship in Melbourne, Australia with Ms. Wendy Home as its first administrator. The games changed its name to its present name, the Asia Pacific Deaf Games when the games was held in Seoul, South Korea in 1992 after Asia Pacific Deaf Sports Confederation passed a resolution to change the name of the games, which has since been held once every four years.
Judo was contested at the 2017 Summer Universiade at the Hsinchu County Stadium in Zhubei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan from 20 to 24 August 2017.
Taiwan competed under the designated name "Chinese Taipei" at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Saki Niizoe is a Japanese judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Yang Yung-wei is a Taiwanese Paiwan judoka. He is the current silver Olympic medalist in the extra lightweight event. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Lee Jeong-yun is a South Korean judoka.
Lin Chen-hao is a Taiwanese judoka. She competed in the women's 48 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Lee Kai-lin is a Taiwanese Paralympic judoka who competes at international judo competitions. She is a Paralympic silver medalist, three-time Asian Para Games medalist and a IBSA World Games champion. Lee was the first Taiwanese female judoka to win a medal at the Paralympics.
Maya Goshen is an Israeli judoka who competes for the Israel national judo team. She won a silver medal at the 2020 European U23 championship and a bronze at the mixed team event of the 2022 World Championships. Goshen will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the women's 70 kg on 31 July 2024, and in the mixed team event.
Takao Kawaguchi (JPN)
Yoon Gong-Hwa (KOR)
Chi (ROC)
Hardjasa (INA)
Geronimo Dyogi (PHI)
Kan (SIN)