It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue. She ...

A young woman recently approached Jim Nieto and told him matter-of-factly that she wanted to compete in the Olympics. He wasn't entirely sure how to react. The longtime Santa Monica judo coach didn't ...

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 ...

Dean Markovics has a bad pun for how he and his wife of nearly 14 years met through a mutual love of judo. “Our friends say that my wife and I fell for each other,” Markovics said, with a sheepish ...