Category: MARTIAL ARTS
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Mexican City of Puebla to Host 2013 World Taekwondo Championships
Seoul-Korea, April 03, 2012: The Mexican city of Puebla won the right to host the 2013 WTF World Taekwondo Championships as it outvoted Croatia’s candidate city of Split at its Council meeting at the Renaissance Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on April 2, 2012. The proposed dates for the biennial championships are June 17-23,…
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Egypt is ready for WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships 2012
Seoul-Korea, April 01, 2012: The Egyptian city of Sharm El Sheikh is ready for the upcoming WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships. The 9th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships will kick off on April 4 for a five-day run at the Sharm El Sheikh Covered Hall. 9th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships Venue – Sharm El Sheikh Covered Hall.…
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Award to Ubaldo Paschini for his eager dedication to the spread of Judo
“Thank to the passion of the young Friulian Ubaldo Paschini and Nello Deotto, who gave birth to a historical Judo exhibition on the terrace of a local hotel facing Lake Verzegnis, as they returned from France, a seed was planted back in 1962. Since then this seed hasn’t stopped growing and producing great athletes, valuable…
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Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Cadet Judo Championships-2012
Peshawar-Pakistan, March 24, 2012: On Pakistan’s Day i.e. 23rd March, 2012 celebrations Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Judo Association had organized a Provincial based Judo Championships as “KHYBER PAKHTUNKHAWA CADET JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS-2012” at Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar Cantt. Almost 60 Players had participated in this Championship while Mr. Masood Ahmed (Secretary General, South Asian Judo Federation and Pakistan Judo…
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Global Launch Event for the Judo World Championship, Rio 2013
Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, March 24, 2012: Global Launch Event, In 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the Senior Judo World Championships for the third time in the history of Brazilian Judo. The world’s best athletes will be in action in the Marvelous City of Rio de Janeiro in August 2013, to launch the first…
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12th USIP General Assembly of Military and Police Commission in Kuwait
Kuwait, March 23, 2012: USIP General Assembly, After the signing of the MoU / protocol between the IJF and the USIP during the Judo Grand Slam in Paris 2012 (IJF and USIP reported about it), the USIP-president H.H. Lt.Gen. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah invited our IJF-president Mr. Marius Vizer to the 12th General…
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Juniors’ Judo Training Camp in Peshawar by Tomorrow!
Peshawar-Pakistan, March 08, 2012: Juniors Judo Training Camp, The Pakistan Sports Board, the governing body for Sports in Pakistan Organizing the Junior Judo Training Camp at Peshawar from March 10th, 2012 at Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar Cantt. This is an Initial step taken for the preparation and selection of 26th coming Olympics Games at Brazil-2016. With…
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Olympic Preview, 5 months prior to the Games
Olympic Preview, While the Olympic qualifying process is in full swing, a break in the IJF events allows us to evaluate the situation of the athletes, who will probably take part and have a good winning potential on the occasion of the upcoming London 2012 Games. The positions held by the top 8 athletes per…
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THE JUDO GRAND PRIX DÜSSELDORF 2012 Dusseldorf Mist
The first day of the JUDO GRAND PRIX DÜSSELDORF 2012 offered very spectacular fights with many ippon. The majority of the favorites won the Gold medals, but some surprises occurred. The Champions of the first seven categories are: Charline VAN SNICK (Belgium), JANG Jin-Min (Korea), HASHIMOTO Yuki (Japan), Alim GADANOV (Russia), MATSUMOTO Kaori (Japan), WANG…
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Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf 2012 Preview
The Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf 2012 (18/19 February 2012) breaks all records: there are 11 Olympic, 21 World and 40 European champions among the 664 entries from 95 nations. The competing judoka have amassed altogether 34 Olympic and 166 World championship medals as well as 85 European titles. “The Judo Grand Prix in Dusseldorf sets…