"Improve Your Club" Seminar - St. Avold, France

ST AVOLD HOSTS 'IMPROVE YOUR CLUB' SEMINAR

In the midst of the Junior World Judo Championships in Olbia, where we saw incredible performances from our junior athletes, in St Avold, Vitaly Makarov was delivering a seminar to help coaches in their mission to provide young athletes with the tools they need to be successful judoka of the…

11 October 2021

Improve Your Club

THREE DATES ADDED TO 'IMPROVE YOUR CLUB' SCHEDULE

We are pleased to announce the continuation of our incredible Improve Your Club project with our EJU experts with three scheduled events in September and October as follows; The European Judo Union (EJU) believes that the education and development of club coaches should be treated with the same importance as…

8 September 2021

6th EJU Judo Festival - Porec, Croatia

EXPERT ADVICE DELIVERED IN 'IMPROVE YOUR CLUB' SEMINAR

EJU President, Mr Sergey Soloveychik welcomed everyone to the Improve Your Club Seminar, the aim of this is to improve the ability to coach the younger generation of athletes. The theme for the weekend was to assist cadet level competitors and the first morning was taken by Mr Patrick Roux.…

17 June 2019

Improve your Club Seminar - Riga, Latvia

OLYMPIC CHAMPION ON THE TATAMI

The Improve Your Club project continues this weekend in Latvia’s capital city of Riga on the 5th and 6th of May. The European Judo Union expert on this seminar will be the 2000 Olympic Champion and current Referee Supervisor, Giuseppe MADDALON|. The EJU initiated this project in 2013 and holds the…

30 April 2019

Improve Your Club

UCHI MATA SHOOTING COMPLETED

  What does it take to make a good video tutorial for coaches? Two cameras, a group of young judokas between 8-12 years old and EJU Expert Katanishi Hiroshi, that’s what. Katanishi is an 8th Dan and the major protagonist and Head of the project. In his home club, the…

26 March 2019

Improve your Club Seminar - Dalmine, Italy

IMPROVE YOUR CLUB - DELIVERY IN DALMINE

In Dalmine, a village near Bergamo, the EJU Project “Improve Your Club” attracted 286 coaches to the mat on the 12th and 13th of January. The European Judo Union provided an array of different techniques for the professionals to work on, in order to develop their knowledge and share their…

22 January 2019

Improve your Club Seminar - Novi Sad, Serbia

IMPROVE YOUR CLUB - EXCELLENT IMPRESSIONS OF SERBIAN COACHES

Sensei Katanishi further stated that the most important thing for all coaches is to transfer the knowledge to younger generations in the right way. “The basics of judo are very important. That is when the coaches know how to show children the basics of our sport, which is a prerequisite…

26 October 2018

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IMPROVE YOUR CLUB SEMINAR – MR. HIROSHI KATANISHI

The last and final Improve Your Club Seminar was conducted by 8th Dan, Mr. Hiroshi Katanishi. Mr. Katanishi has a vast experience in developing both, players and coaches, since arriving in Europe after graduating from Terni University (Japan). During his time here in Europe, he has coached the French National…

10 June 2018

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IMPROVE YOUR CLUB SEMINAR – VITALY MAKAROV

The third session of the Improve Your Club Seminar was carried out by Olympic Silver medallist, Vitaly MAKAROV. The Champion focused on what known as his signature technique, Uchi-Mata. During his tutorial, he focused on different aspects of Uchi-Mata, from the posture to the footwork and so on. It was…

10 June 2018

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IMPROVE YOUR CLUB SEMINAR – JEAN PIERRE GIBERT

Today afternoon, it was time for some Newaza work with EJU Expert, Mr. Jean Pierre GIBERT, who led the second session of the Improve Your Club Seminar. Before commencing with the seminar, a minute silence was demonstrated for members of the Croatian Judo Federation (CJF) whom lost their life since…

9 June 2018

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IMPROVE YOUR CLUB SEMINAR – JANE BRIDGE

The 5th Edition of the Judo Festival began this morning with several events across the wonderful landscape of Porec. One of the focus point is the Improve Your Club Seminar, with around 150 coaches attending from 11 different countries. The first session was led by the Vice President of the…

9 June 2018

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EJU GALA 2018

2 May 2018

Improve Your Club

WOMEN’S JUDO NETWORK

The 8th March the World celebrates International Women’s Day, but we in the EJU have recognized long before today the importance of increasing women representation in our judo environment. Although males and females compete on an equal footing on the world judo stage females are still under represented in many other…

6 March 2018

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IMPROVE YOUR CLUB SEMINAR SUCCESSFULLY OPENED THE 4TH JUDO FESTIVAL

The 4th edition of the Judo Festival has officially begun with the Improve Your Club sessions, where EJU experts, Patrick Roux and Jean-Pierre Gibert, delivered two days seminar for local coaches as well as from abroad. These sessions are very different to a master class, it is designed to analyse and…

11 June 2017

Improve your Club Seminar - Elblag, Poland

IMPROVE YOUR CLUB: SUCCESSFUL START OF THE YEAR IN ELBLAG

The first Improve your Club Seminar brought an effective start in Elblag, Poland, with over 700 attendants from 10 different countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany,  Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine. The seminar was led by EJU expert, Mr. Hiroshi Katanishi at the Sport-Business Center. Slawomir Kownacki, CEO…

29 January 2016

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FIRST IMPROVE YOUR JUDO CLUB SEMINAR OF 2016 TAKES PLACE IN POLAND

During the upcoming weekend, the EJU is going to have the first Improve Your Club seminar of the year. It will take place in Poland in the Sport Hall “Sport and Business Centre” in Elblag. Throughout the seminar one of the EJU expert, Hiroshi Katanishi will teach about 200 coaches.…

8 January 2016

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KIDS CAMP AT THE JUDO FESTIVAL

The excitement continues during our journey as we are discovering all the fantastic opportunities which the well famed Judo Festival has on offer for our visitors. We are about to discover crucial information regarding the Kids Camp. The Judo Kids Camp program invites all children to improve their judo skills…

7 December 2015

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TWO NEW EXPERTS JOIN EJU EXPERTS TEAM

The EJU has two new expert members who will reinforce the team and bring their knowledge to the Experts commission of the EJU: the two Japanese Hosokawa, Shinji and Tsunoda, Go. Tsunoda has the 5th dan. He lives in Europe for 20 years. For 14 years he is a coach…

17 June 2015