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, ...
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, ...
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 corner on the Coney Island Boardwalk may soon be co-named in memory of a pioneer for women’s sports — also known as the “mother of women’s judo.” Community Board 13 voted Tuesday to support an ...
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 ...
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