Free pas to our photographer : a sequence full of sympathy, trust, self-derision which Paco Lozano wanted to share with us and it is thus a good occasion to say gracias Paco! Will you recognize them all?Read more in Spirit of Judo #106
What refereeing for Paris 2024?
More than ever, the last world championships have given the impression that international refereeing no longer knows where it is going. Less than a year before the Olympic meeting, where the discipline will have to demonstrate its ability to make itself understood by a planetary audience, does the IJF have the means to straighten the[…]
Data : Belt knots, spoiled for choice?
The judoka’s belt is a wide, thick strip of fabric tied around his waist. It has two functions: to hold the judogi jacket and to bear the rank. The belt knot is the nose in the middle of the judoka’s face. It must therefore be perfect. Read the data column of Vivien Brunel, 3rd Dan,[…]
Rwanda is on the Move
[ From ijf.org ] On 22nd October there was a special guest arriving in Kigali, Rwanda, to explore the country with his family but also to continue the judo development work he has been engaged in, in the country. Read the article here
THE FRENCH TOUCH
They are exporting the french know-how all around the world : 15 french coaches comments their experience, what they discover… The exciting long format of this issue to read right now.
Technique : Nils Stump, THE SWISS WATCHMAKER
Read our technical analysis about judo new world champion Nils Stump. What if the secrets were in the details?Available in the last issue of you Spirit of Judo, the only digital judo magazine in english. Digital version available november 7th 15pm !
Sabrina Filzmoser, the depth of the summits
Retired since the end of May at the dawn of her forty-third birthday, the -57kg Austrian followed up with a new mountain bike challenge on the roads of Pakistan, and then in crampon-ice ax mode on the Himalayan slopes of the terrifying K2, a year after having climbed Everest. An existence lived to the fullest.[…]
Ketleyn Quadros ‘‘Believing without necessarily seeing’’
Along with the Cuban Idalys Ortiz and Teddy Riner, she is one of the final survivors of the podiums of the 2008 Olympic Games, still in the running to compete in Paris next year. With a freshness that appeals at almost thirty-six years of age. Read this interview with the brazilian champion in our next[…]