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• “Kaminaga was a fine judoka but he'd been defeated by a man I can only describe as a judo genius," said Jim Bregman, an American who won a bronze medal in judo at the same Olympiad.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Anton Geesink, Judo Champion

• “I got to do some training under him and undefeated judoka Gokor Chivichyan at Hyastan MMA Academy in North Hollywood.”

  Under Siege

• “Most judoka rather explicitly do not believe in chi, which is at any rate the spelling more commonly associated with the Chinese martial arts.”

  Nick Mamatas' Journal

• “In 1996 Arad lost to the Korean judoka Sung Sook Jung in a fight for the bronze medal.”

  Sport: Yishuv to the Present.

• “Was older and senior to me he was also a good judoka.”

  Eastman War | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles

• “Then a very young judoka called Trevor Jones joined the Aikido section, he was a most talented student with immense natural ability, he was soon promoted to junior assistant to Sensei K Williams and Trevor and I shared the dojo responsibilities together and we became very good friends.”

  Eastman War | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles

• “Because the Iraqi government for some reason disbanded their Olympic Committee, which is a no no, the IOC has banned Dana and the other first-time Olympians—two rowers, a disc thrower, and a judoka—from competing in Beijing.”

  A Living Casualty of War

• “Vladimir Putin ITAR-TASS/AFP/Newscom While better known for his iron grip on Russian politics, Mr. Putin is a legitimately accomplished judoka.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Vote for Me

• “Spurred by the growing popularity of judo, especially in European countries, a new generation of non-Japanese judoka are coming of age -- and they're changing the nature of the game.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Judo power shift

• “Japanese judoka have stuck to the standard victory-by-ippon strategy and are finding it hard to crack this new style of judo.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Judo power shift

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