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Ziggy Tabacznik spreads the message of school judo
Ziggy Tabacznik is former judo athlete who fought Nuno Delgado in the past. He is now representing school judo in the Netherlands a big project in grass roots, sports participation. Tabacznik was one of the speakers at the Social Inclusion... Read more
Japan claims all five gold medals at first day of Grand Slam Tokyo
On Friday the first day of competition of the Judo Grand Slam in Tokyo was held. The opening ceremony was the occasion for the All Japan Judo Federation and the IJF to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the creation of the Judo Kodokan. On the... Read more
Bénédicte Rouby: “judo as an education”
Bénédicte Rouby, Education Director of the EJU thanked the University and the Portuguese Judo Federation for organizing this congress. Immediately she addressed why judo is so good for social inclusion.
“Judo is like... Read more
2012/11/28 | 07:23 pm | in EJU
Italian Olympic medallist Ylenia Scapin makes temporary comeback
She comes back to “rewrite the ending of her adventure”: after four participations at the Olympic Games and two bronze medals in Atlanta and Sydney, Ylenia Scapin will be back to competition. She is planning to fight for the last... Read more
2012/11/28 | 10:04 am | in EJU
Esa Niemi elected president of Finnish Judo Association
Esa Niemi has been elected to the post of president in annual meeting of Finnish Judo Association last weekend. Tapio Mäki finished his 12 years period as a federation´s president to get more time for international functions. Esa... Read more
The secretary of state of Portugal: “government happy with judo”
The secretary of state Dr. Alexandre Miguel Mestre said at the Social Inclusion Seminar: “The government is always happy to be involved with judo. The best judo class is led by Nuno Delgado. Sports includes inclusion itself. Sports is inclusion... Read more
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