FINAL RESULTS: WOMEN -78kg: Germany’s WAGNER records first IJF World Judo Tour win Düsseldorf Grand Slam silver medallist Anna Maria WAGNER (GER) edged out Tel Aviv Grand Prix silver medallist Loriana KUKA (KOS) to win the -78kg gold medal. WAGNER secured her first IJF gold after taking silver at her home Grand Slam last month. A single waza-ari score was …
Karate kid Sam joins GB Taekwondo set-up WHAT Karate in the Taekwondo world??????? Sam Cana is no stranger to international competition but the Welsh youngster takes a step into the unknown when he next represents Great Britain. The 19-year-old has won World and European medals in kumite karate but has now transferred over to GB Taekwondo’s World Class Performance programme based at the National …
Scot Rebecca McGowan hit the jackpot in Las Vegas, producing a series of stunning performances to become US Open champion at the first attempt. The 18-year-old from Dumbarton defeated top seed and former Olympic champion, Milica Mandic, 27, on her way to the final of the -73kg weight division. She then rounded off a memorable tournament by beating home favourite …
Overcoming Adversity through Judo by Christian Pierre at the International Judo Federation It’s the essence of judo. If you’re thrown down, you get up. Again, and again. It’s what judo is about and summarizes all the life lessons it has taught Adnan Khankan to help him put his life back on track after fleeing his war struck homeland Syria. Adnan …
As countdown clock closes in on 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games what does the current landscape in the race for the Olympic qualification look like? The story so far with 13 events down The road to Tokyo 2020 officially started in May 2018 with the Hohhot Grand Prix in China. Japan put down a marker …
Winning Gold Matt Bush is on top of the world after making history at the Para Taekwondo World Championships in Turkey. In doing so the Welsh heavyweight became the first GB Taekwondo male to win a Para or able-bodied world gold medal. And Britain could double up its success in Antalya, on Wednesday 6th Feb, when reigning champion, Amy Truesdale, …
In this post, we have not one but two videos that have Neil Adams MBE, a former Judo World Champion and 2 x Olympic Medal winner showing you how to improve your Uchimata. Check out parts 1 and 2