What happened in the men's U66kg at the 2012 Olympic Games

Who would have thought that 20-year youngster Lasha Shavdatuashvili would take the Olympic title? He did and Peter Seisenbacher his coach did and the fantastic Georgian supporters who almost made more noise than the Brits.

What happened... en savoir plus

Spectacular ECCO Judo Hero Challenge in Tyumen

At the 15th of December one of the top athletes, Musa Mogushkov, will face best judoka at his home arena Tyumen-Judo in Tyumen, Russia. Mogushkov was one of the most expected medallists at London Olympics and his failure was a... en savoir plus

Four advisors installed in advisory board EJU

The advisory board of the European Judo Union was changed at the EJU Congress. The board advises the directing committee and executive bureau in important matters. From various fields of expertise advisors are added. en savoir plus

New IJF Refereeing Rules tested until World Championships

The IJF has announced new refereeing rules starting in 2013 as a test until and including the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

All rules can be downloaded below this page.

Major change will be one referee on the tatami... en savoir plus

Press conference with Olympic athletes

At a press conference in the occasion of the 64^th EJU Congress in Budapest EJU President Sergey Soloveychik thanked the athletes who took part in the gala and press conference in Budapest.

He explained briefly what happened... en savoir plus

Report on the 64th EJU Ordinary Congress

At the EJU congress in Budapest on Saturday election were held for the executive committee. EJU President Sergey Soloveychik opened the congress and went through all achievement made in this year including 7 Olympic Champions and 29 medals for... en savoir plus

Building champions for life by Ines de Almeida

Ines de Almeida is head of the social responsibility Sector in Escolas the Judo of Nuno Delgado.

She leads the projects training champions for life. At the Social Inclusion Seminar she explains the strategy of the building champions for... en savoir plus

Judo as rehabilitation for young criminal addicts

Erik Vesterlund is head of the education sector of the Swedish Judo Federation. He is involved in using judo for rehabilitation of people who suffered from the dependency of drugs and alcohol.

Vesterlund explained the... en savoir plus

Gianni Maddaloni tells his life story as coach and father

He introduced himself as the father of 2000 Olympic Champion Giuseppe Maddaloni. But also the father of Marco Maddaloni and Laura Maddaloni and now head of the Maddaloni Sports Center for youth in risk of social exclusion. He talked about his... en savoir plus