He has been accused of bullying the neighbours, turning off Europe’s gas supply and — as one outraged diplomat appalled by Russia’s heavy-handed treatment of the British Council put it — ”punching a ...

After 98 years, the phone call finally came. Last week, Sensei Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco became the first woman to be promoted to judo's highest level: 10th degree black belt. Only three people in ...

In many martial arts disciplines, students and instructors begin class with a formal bow in honor of their art and the people who practiced it. Last month, judo practitioners throughout the nation ...

Although she can no longer stand for very long, Sensei Keiko Fukuda, the highest-ranking woman in the world of judo, can still spot a misplaced thumb from across the room. At 98, she is still teaching ...