October 2012 Blog Posts (22)

The second day of the World Judo Championship Teams, Salvador, Bahia 2012, men's competition, was put under the sign of spectacularity. All day long, the enthusiastic public of the Judo arena enjoyed flying ippons and incredibles turnarounds.

Present to…

JERUSALEM, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Veteran judoka Ariel Zeevi, the current European men's under-100 kgs judo champion and one of Israel's best-loved athletes, announced his retirement on Monday.

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The name of judo legend Elvis Gordon will live on at the Black Country school where he was caretaker until his death last year.…

Today was the last day of Competitoin at the Judo Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi 2012. The five last categories were concerned: Women's -78 and +78kg and the Men's -90, -100 and +100kg. 

-78kg Category: ROBERGE STILL EAGER TO TASTE SUCCESS

The website www.ijfbacknumber.com is now open and active. The new website is approved and officially accredited as a Back Number Supplier for all IJF events from now on. The price for the back number from this supplier is 2.80 Euro.

In the presence of, Mr. Wilfried Lemke, UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, who came to sign the cooperation agreement with the IJF President, Mr. Marius Vizer, (…

Today was the fist day of competition at the Judo Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi 2012. 5 categories were concerned: the women's -48, -52 and -57kg and the men's -60 and -66kg.

This year's Grand Prix is the first main IJF event since the London Olympic Games and it 'opens' a new Olympic cycle,…

'Hachidan' Putin Promoted to Judo Elite

© Photo Russian President’s press office

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti)…

Kayla Harrison is the first person from the United States to win an Olympic gold medal in any judo event -- ever. That's clearly an impressive feat, and one for which Harrison has been on a non-stop P.R. tour ever since, criss-crossing the country touting her achievement.

However, what's even…

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Havana, Cuba, Oct 4.- Cuban female judokas will assist to the Judo Team

World Championship to be held in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on Oct 27 and 28.

Ronaldo Veitía, Cuban female judo team head coach, said that their best winning option is Idalis Ortiz (78 kg), London 2012 Olympic Champion, who…

The president of the International Judo Federation (IJF) has called for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to introduce a new sponsorship category to financially benefit National Olympic…

The USIP (International Police Sport Union) recently held its judo world championship (from September 30 to October 1), in Kazan, Russia: a good opportunity to strengthen the cooperation between the IJF and the USIP after the signing, last February at the Judo Grand Slam, Paris 2012, of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.

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For the second year in a row, the IJF is organizing and promoting World Judo Day, which is a full day dedicated to the values of judo all over the globe. Many judoka across the planet will prepare a special event to celebrate the educational dimension of Judo.

The…