“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Bruce Lee Many people struggle with ADD or ADHD as I have my entire life. At a young age, I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder which is very common. I was prescribed to take Adderall …
Martial Art Journeys: AikidoA Lifetime of AikidoDigging deep into the long martial arts journey of Bob Jones 7th Dan Sport Aikido, 4th Dan Traditional Aikido, 1st Dan Judo. Bob Jones Aikido Sumi OtoshiQuestion: You have spoken often about a modern approach to learning and the balance between Eastern and Western influences. In your opinion, what makes a good aikido coach?Learning …
by Nicholas Messner Pakistan and the entire region around it are often talked about in the news because of the violence that has been prevailing for too many years. However, following the first IJF gender equity conference held in Baku on the occasion of the World Judo Championships in September 2018, the Pakistan Judo Federation has successfully organized the 13th …
by Nicholas Messner Johannes Daxbacher (GER) is an active member of the IJF Military and Police commission. A policeman himself, he has been involved in Ethiopia for many years, together with his wife Regina, to help build the judo federation, in a region which is considered as the Cradle of Mankind. We met Johannes and Regina and asked them to …
By Nicholas Messner An article on judo was published in the Olympic Review in January 1912. Even if the article was not signed, the text was attributed to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games. “The judo vogue was enormous and soon the Kodokan extended its influence outside the limits of the Mikado’s Empire. Here we …
By Nicholas Messner British judo holds a special place in the history of world judo and can be related to the expansion of the sport outside Japan. One can say that the specificity of the history of early British judo is due to the country itself as well as to the context and to the pioneering vision, the unflagging energy …
By Mark Pickering IJF Russia finish on top at home 10 countries claimed gold at #JudoRussia2019 FINAL RESULTS: WOMEN -78kg: Grand Slam debutant provides Japan with first gold medal in Ekaterinburg Tunis Grand Prix winner IZUMI Mao (JPN) won her country’s first gold medal at the Ekaterinburg Grand Slam 2019 with victory over double Olympic bronze medallist Mayra AGUIAR (BRA) …
By Nicholas Messner For many centuries, almost unknown, the world discovered the Land of the Rising sun in the second half of the 19th century. It must be said that the West was immediately fascinated by its artistic and historic dimension. The first explorers who came back from Japan described a country full of specific local characteristics and the difference …
By Nicholas Messner JUDO AS AN EDUCATIONAL METHOD “What Western brain could have elaborated this strange teaching – never to oppose force by force, but only to direct and utilize the power of attack; to overthrow the enemy solely by his own strength – to vanquish him solely by his own effort? Surely none!“ said Lafcadio Hearn* in 1895, talking …
By Nicholas Messner On the road to Tokyo 2020, we will follow a series of articles about the history of judo. We will explain how a martial art became an olympic sport and an amazing educational tool. Judo practiced at the Fujimi-cho Kodokan dojo by Hishida Shunso – © Kodokan Institute Judo is today a well established Olympic sport practiced …