Each year the South Africa Judo Open attracts judoka from not only the host nation but also several neighboring countries and this year the Namibia Judo in Schools project took the courageous decision to join in, managing travel, organization and funding issues that would make the most baulk. Stompie Matthyser is one of IJF’s network …
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When you want to learn you have to take things seriously and talk to the best. The Azerbaijan Judo Federation has understood this and has got down to work in the most literal sense. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Association. Its leaders want to celebrate it and promote judo in the country …
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the IJF has been focusing on the security of participants at all IJF events. Thus, a strict protocol was implemented that allowed World Judo Tour events to take place in the safest conditions possible. This protocol is adapted regularly, to follow the evolution of the pandemic itself as …
We feel a bit guilty for putting our colleagues to work before the holidays. While most prepare special lunches and dinners, we ask them to look back one more time before the year is out. They are our photographers and they keep the memory of judo, in its most difficult year, in their cameras. This …
With the launch of the new Olympic qualification cycle the International Judo Federation is offering valuable information on the current rules of doping control, medications and supplements, and therapeutic use exemptions, along with the principles of clean sport and guidelines to show how everyone can contribute to clean judo. Knowing and applying the anti-doping rules …
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There is a lot of talk about judo and there is more and more about artificial intelligence, but talking about artificial intelligence in judo is something that still remains to be done. Judo is education and artificial intelligence is the world of today and above all, of tomorrow. If we start from these two premises, …
Zoltan Pentek is a big fan of judo, competing until recently and also coaching for many years, he is now a key member of the Erasmus SchoolJudo.EU team in Hungary and has just launched the Hungarian arm of the program in his existing school classes. Zoltan’s first lesson working within the remit of the Entertrainer, …
On the 30th of May 2022 Maruyama Norio, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of South Africa, handed over the Judo for Hope Center in Alexandra, to Judo South Africa. The Japanese government funded the project through the Grant Assistance for Cultural Grassroots Projects. The idea of opening a Judo for Hope dojo in one …
If we had to sum up Ilias Iliadis in one word, it could be passion. If we did the same with Marko Spittka, the word would be wisdom. If we were to broaden the rules of the game and combine both, we would get humour, vehemence, experience, work and success. Okay, imagine if these two …
The world of sport and judo in particular has suffered enough from the absence of spectators during the global pandemic, that we rejoice as soon as the stands fill up again, even if only with a few spectators. In Mongolia they were much more than a few. We often rightly praise the quality of the …
