International Judo Federation

International Judo Federation
SportJudo
CategorySports federation
JurisdictionInternational
AbbreviationIJF
Founded11 July 1951 (1951-07-11)
HeadquartersBudapest, Hungary
PresidentMarius Vizer
Official website
ijf.org

The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the international governing body for judo, founded in July 1951. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF.