World Kata Championship, Japan over the top

Pordenone. The fourth edition of the World Kata Championship saw an all time high of the Japanese team. Shoji Imao and Kazunori Shimizu conquered the gold medal in the Kime no kata as well as their team mates Takeshi Takeda and Junichi Miyazaki... en savoir plus

Polish and Dutch judoka dominate European Cup in Tampere

Poland is proud to lead the medal tally after the first day of the HIKU European Cup in Tampere. The Polish team won two gold medals, that’s one gold medal more than the Dutch team that won eight medals and was by far the most successful in... en savoir plus

Japan three times gold at the Kata World Championships in Pordenone

Japan has confirmed its supremacy reaching three times the gold medal, Michito Sakamoto–Takayuki Yokoyama (Nage), Satoshi Nakayama–Seiji Hayashi (Katame), Etsuko Yokoyama–Chigusa Omori (Ju no). Great results came also from Italy thanks to... en savoir plus

Lola Mansour surprises herself, Belgium and Matic in European final U70kg

At the European Junior Championships in Porec Barbara Matic couldn’t give the homecrowd a gift for their great support., Matic, just 17 years young took the silver medal in the weight class U70kg as Lola Mansour from Belgium won the fight... en savoir plus

Second Greek European title! Ntanatsidis strongest U81kg

The differences are small in the men’s category U81kg although the Greek Alexios Ntanatsidis was a little more clever in the final. He benefit from the moves of his opponent and after three minutes in the match he already had a lead of a koka... en savoir plus

Margaux Pinot prolongs last year’s European title

Another gold medal at the European Junior Championships for France in the category U63kg by Margaux Pinot. She prolonged last year’s title of Lommel in style. She needed approximately 90 seconds to defeat her German opponent Vivian Herrmann in... en savoir plus

Polish Damian Szwarnowiecki wins gold medal U73kg

The final of the European Junior Championships of U73kg was between Polish Damian Szwarnowiecki and Georgian Phridon Gigani. The Polish fighter Szwarnowiecki scored a great waza-ari after 30 seconds and landed in an oseikomi position but... en savoir plus

France dominates category U57kg: Etiennar Champion

Two French in the final U57kg, a good outlook for the future. Treicy Etiennar and Laury Posvite fought their sort of training match easily. But in the end it was for the European Junior title, perhaps their most important achievement in their... en savoir plus

Sappho Coban finally realises she is European Champion

On Friday at the first day of the European Championships for Juniors Sappho Coban won the European title. The 18-year old German was interviewed by our commentator Sheldon Rooks in the commentator position, also new for rookie Sappho who is trying... en savoir plus