Motto: "Judo more than sport" used at Social Inclusion Seminar

The General Secretary of the Portuguese Judo Federation, Jose Manuel Costa Oliveira, opened the Social Inclusion Seminar, introducing the present people and addressing the importance of judo. Judo is more than a sport, much more than sport.... Read more

Portuguese Olympic Committee: Social inclusion extra important in this time of crisis

President of the Portuguese Olympic Committee Jose Vicent Moura welcomed all present delegates at the Social Inclusion Seminar and all participants and thanked the Portuguese Judo Federation for the organization. “The relevance of social... Read more

Social Inclusion Seminar: the winner is judo

At the last day of the Social Inclusion Seminar in Lisbon a debate was held with other sports federations such as the Syndicate for Professional Footballers, the Portuguese Rugby Federation and the Portuguese Federation of Sports for Disabled... Read more

Two European victories at second day in Qingdao

Marius Paskevicius has won the Grand Prix of Qingdao. The tall judoka from Lithuania won the category +100kg against his strong Russian opponent Renat Saidov. For 33-year old Paskevicius it was his third ever victory at an international event.... Read more

Social Inclusion congress debates with passion

At the Social Inclusion Congress in Lisbon judo was the role model sport among discussions regarding the topic of social inclusion. At the seminar at the ground of the Lusofona University many delegates came together from various areas.... Read more

Belgium strikes at Grand Prix Qingdao

The Grand Prix of Qingdao was a successful practice for Dirk van Tichelt. The Belgian fighter has a reputation in the category U73kg at the major IJF events. He won his third Grand Prix and completed Abu Dhabi, Dusseldorf and Qingdao, now it’s... Read more

Social Inclusion congress recognised by the city of Lisbon

At the Social Inclusion Congress in Lisbon, judo has promoted itself as the most active and fitting sport in the field of Social Inclusion. What is Social Inclusion? Why are people more included than others.? What are the reasons that people... Read more

Juan Barcos re-elected in Spain

At the elections of the Spanish Judo Federation, the current president Juan Barcos was re-elected unanimously as President of the Royal Spanish Judo Federation for the next 4 years.

Juan Barcos is also head refereeing director of the IJF.

In... Read more

Preview Grand Prix Qingdao

This weekend the IJF Grand Prix in Qingdao will take place. Qingdao has been a Grand Prix host from the first hour. The Chinese harbour city is the proud host since 2009, proceeding with the former Chinese Open.
Last year the Chinese women’s... Read more