A small change to the rules as 1 January 2010
The new year is here, and new rules are in effect. As mentioned in an earlier post, a player cannot grip or block an opponent with his hand(s) or arm(s) under the belt. The rule had been tested in a f[...]
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Explaining the new rules
Following an earlier post, this post will try to explain the new rules, as there are a lot of grey areas, which players might feel uncomfortable with. The new rules dictate that a player mustn't gr[...]
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Judo Training at home – Part 2
This second part will focus on complementing the exercises described in the first part (read about it here) with some free exercises. I use these exercises to focus on other movements, such as sweeps.[...]
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World Junior Championship 2009 moved
The IJF has announced that that the World Junior Championship that was to be held in Athens, Greece on 22 to 25 October 2009 has changed location to Paris, France. The reason given was that some re[...]
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World championship 2009 – Medals tally
The 26th World Judo Championship has ended and it’s time to count the medals. This year we have had 27 countries on the list of medals. Leading the medals tally, as always, Japan, with 7 medals [...]
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