EJU Coaches Commission

The EJU recently formed the Coaches Commission. The coaches will attend annually in the EJU referee and coach seminar, to be held this year at 12/13th March in Italy and exchange information together with other federations coaches and referees.... weiterlesen

EJU remains one participant per country for Europeans

The European Judo Union Directing Committee does not yet adopt the new IJF rule regarding the two athletes per country. The notice is considered too short to make the adjustment for the European Championships, but will be actively considering it... weiterlesen

Anai takes revenge on Hwang at IJF Masters in Suwon

Last day of competition in Suwon for the Judo World Masters saw another beautiful sequence of ippons and “old” and “new” judoka crowned “masters of judo”.
If the Japanese woman were unbeatable on Saturday, first day of competition in... weiterlesen

Japan overpowers everyone at first IJF Masters

The Japanese women were super powerful winning all four gold medals at the first day of the IJF masters in Suwon, Korea.

In the women’s category U48kg, Japan took all four medals. Haruna Asami won the gold beating Kaori Kondo. The last time a... weiterlesen

First IJF Masters this weekend in Suwon

The best judoka of the world have an appointment this weekend as the first ever IJF Masters will take place in Suwon/KOR.
Only the 16th best qualified athletes in each of the 14 weight divisions were invited to join the event, which will share... weiterlesen

Georgian Irakli Tsirekidze retires at the age of 27

Georgian judoka Irakli Tsirekidze will retire at the Grand Slam of Paris next month at the age 27 years.
The World Champion of 2007 and 2008 Olympic Champion U90kg will take part in Tbilisi at the World Cup that will be held on the 30-31 of... weiterlesen

IJF allows two athletes per weight/nation in all World Championships

The International Judo Federation Technical Committee meeting held in Tokyo in the last days of December 2009 decided that starting in 2010, two athletes per weight category are allowed to represent a nation.
The suggestion was made by the IJF... weiterlesen

Olympic Heroes join 70 Years Anniversary of Dutch Federation

Anton Geesink, Willem Ruska and Mark Huizinga this afternoon received the first copies of the anniversary of 70 YEARS Dutch Judo Federation. This happened during the New Year reception of the Dutch federation. Along with League President Jos Hell... weiterlesen

Book of 50 Years Portuguese Judo Federation released

As part of the commemorations of the 50th Anniversary of the Portuguese Judo Federation, a book entitled “50 years of the Portuguese Judo Federation” was recently published by this federation on the 20th December 2009.
This book is a... weiterlesen