Category: MARTIAL ARTS
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SAVATE 6 gold medals for France Women boxing
Saint Petersburg, Oct 22, 2013: Today we have reached the fourth day of the 2013 World Combat Games. So far, the competitions have definitely been spectacular. Today, Aikido, Boxing, Kendo and Savate were the stars of the show. In an escalating level of complexity, Aikido demonstrations ended with the three Shihan teachers Ulf Evenås, Christian…
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The fourth day of competitions in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, Oct 22, 2013: The fourth day of competitions in Saint Petersburg was full of great combat sports and martial arts action. Aikido, Kendo, Kickboxing, Karate and Muaythai were the spectacles of the day. In Karate, the finals took place in Women’s Kumite -61kg, -68kg, +68kg, Men’s Kumite -84kg, -75kg, +84kg. In Kendo the…
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Assaut and Canne de Combat champions shared
Saint- Petersburg, Oct 20, 2013: For the third day of competition in Saint-Petersburg, on the occasion of the World Combat Games, all three venues were in action and several sports showed their best to promote their values and the fighting spirit of martial arts. In Judo, the men’s team contest is over, again bringing team…
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First Intercontinental Judo Hero Challenge
St. Petersburg, Oct 21, 2013: Challenge, The cooperation between the International Judo Federation, the European Judo Union and the Tyumen Region is getting more significant each year. In a press conference that will be held during the SportAccord World Combat Games, the three parties will sign a contract to formally recognise their cooperation. The development…
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Extensive TV Coverage for World Combat Games
St. Petersburg, Oct 20, 2013: Extensive, The 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games will reach fans worldwide thanks to extensive TV coverage that will include live broadcast from 18 channels in Latin America, Canada, USA, China, Russia, Malaysia, Romania and the Pan-Middle East. 11 of these channels belong to the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), an official…
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Japan stormed into the final as they swept past
Saint Petersburg, Oct 19, 2013: Stormed, The opening day of the 2013 World Combat Games marked the start of the team judo competition on Saturday at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex. After a pulse-pounding opening ceremony on Friday evening, the first day of competition featured the women’s team event which gripped spectators as…
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Delegation visits Republican Clinic Hospital
St Petersburg – Russia, Oct 19, 2013: SportAccord and IJF President, Marius Vizer led a SportAccord delegation as they visited Republican Clinic Hospital Orphanage as part of the World Combat Games’ rich cultural programme on Saturday morning. While St Petersburg has been swept by a cold snap, and the below zero temperature inevitably led to…
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World Combat Games & Opening Press Conference
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Oct 18, 2013: Opening, The first day of 2013 World Combat Games was a great start to the 9 days of competitions. Sumo and Sambo had its first events today with finals in the afternoon. SUMO In Sumo, with the venue of CKK Peterburgsky the largest of the three venues, the competitions…
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Educational activities in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Educational, The IJF’s World Judo Tour recently arrived in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan for the first time and either side of those Judo Grand Prix events, the IJF ensured a lasting legacy would be left at the grassroots level by hosting five judo clinics. Sporting Events and Education are Combined to Increase the Popularity of Judo…
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Bruce Lee—An Enduring Legend
Bruce Lee Enduring Legend, Editor’s note: Farooq is one of my old friends. He has been a good martial artist and once ran his own karate club, but then all of a sudden he lost his interest in this art and separated himself from all of its activities. He grew beard and the habit of…