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Tel Aviv kicks off the World Tour in ultimate judo year
As soon as 2019 came to end, we all realised that 2020 is the main year in the Olympic cycle and catches all attention of world wide judo fans. Next week, IJF Tour will start its Olympic year in Tel Aviv with the Grand Prix in Israel which will host a huge number of top judokas. Just few weeks before the main plate of this first quarter of the year, the Paris Grand Slam at 8-9 February. Read more
Tashkent host city of the 2021 Judo World Championships
The IJF and Uzbekistan Judo Federation have signed an agreement to host the World Senior Championships 2021 in Tashkent in Uzbekistan. Tashkent is located in the heart of the Central Asia and has been a well-renowned stop on the World Judo Tour since 2013. The Judo Federation of Uzbekistan also has great experience in organizing other high-level judo events, such as Continental Championships and Continental Opens. Read more
IJF Referee boss Jan Snijders awarded ninth Dan
IJF Head of Refereeing Jan Snijders was awarded the ninth Dan on Sunday in his hometown Eindhoven in the Netherlands. 76-Year old Snijders started judo in 1954. During the years 1962 to 1972, he was a member of the Dutch national team. He was a referee at seven world championships and at several Olympic Games (Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992). Recently he Was in hospital for 8 weeks due to an infection and was temporarily replaced as IJF Head of refereeing by Daniel Lascau. Snijders was already ninth Dan last year but today was the official celebration. Read more
Snow and sweat at first OTC of 2020 in Mittersill
The 27th edition of the Olympic Training Centre in Mittersill is in full force. The Austrian village close to Salzburg is the traditionally host of the top judoka around the world for the opening of the season and a bit of snow is just pleasure. Read more
Judo analytics starting to get traction at Federations and clubs
The movie Moneyball had a huge impact how people thought about their sports in terms of analysing it. In American Sports, statistics were of importance for years. America coaches were practicing the analytical study of baseball before judo was even born. Read more
The clashes for 2020 to look out for
The IJF World Masters was the last meet of the year, with travel to Qingdao on the cards for the world’s elite judoka. With the 2019 calendar now closed and preparations well under way for an explosive 2020 it’s the domestic rivalries that will provide much of the fervour. Read more
Sagi Muki concludes successful 2019 as top earner
The IJF will continue its end-of-year tradition of awarding a prize money bonus to all 14 world number ones on the final IJF World Ranking List for 2019. The bonus, which was first introduced in 2016, will see the world number one’s in each of the 14 weight categories scoop a bonus of $10,000 per judoka. Read more
- 24 Dec 2019The Dream matches of the year
- 24 Dec 2019Deguchi and Fonseca wrote history for their countries
- 23 Dec 2019Manuel Lombardo considered Young judoka of 2019
- 23 Dec 2019Lasha Bekauri made his impact in 2019
- 20 Dec 2019Reaching the last eight in judo is artwork
- 19 Dec 2019Female IJF referees top the rankings in 2019
- 19 Dec 2019French women lead the last World Ranking of 2019
- 18 Dec 2019Teddy Riner present in Tel Aviv for first Grand Prix of 2020
- 14 Dec 2019Hisayoshi Harasawa knocks on the door for Olympic gold
- 14 Dec 2019Dutch delight Michael Korrel for king
- 14 Dec 2019Lasha Bekauri upstages set of world champions
- 14 Dec 2019Tessie Savelkouls saves her best until last in 2019
- 14 Dec 2019Audrey Posvite powers gold in Qingdao
