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One of the most prestigious tournaments of the IJF World Tour will take place this upcoming weekend from the 8-9th of February - the Paris Grand Slam. Paris is always something special. The crowd consists of judo experts and loves their French superstars. Further, they highly value and respect...
This weekend, the first IJF judo event of the year was held in Tel Aviv, Israel - The second edition of the Tel Aviv Grand Prix. 545 athletes from not less than 83 different nations had found their way to the Israeli capital to kick off the Olympic year.
The Olympic year started with the OTC - EJU Training camp in Mittersill, Austria. A total of 1100 athletes from 67 nations took the advantage of training with the best and preparing for the season.
Otto Kneitinger made his first steps in Judo in a small club called TSV Abensberg. Age 24, the pastry chef took over the management of the club and made it the most successful judo club in Europe. More than 20 national titles and 7 Champions League titles were won during his management. Names...
This weekend, the last qualifying event of the year was held in Qingdao, China - The IJF World Masters. In this exclusive event, only the top 36 in the world in each weight division are invited to participate - The level of the competition is extremely high and so are the number of Olympic...
After last week’s Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, the next challenge for our IPPON GEAR athletes was the Oceanian Open in Perth, Australia. As this competition was giving Olympic qualification points equal to a Grand Prix, a high number of top athletes had found their way to Australia. Yet again, it was...
The last Championships of this year took place in Russia last weekend as the u23 European Championships was held in Izhevsk. Many of our athletes travelled to Russia to seek glory and they achieved exactly that.
This weekend, the IJF World Tour moved to the United Arab Emirates for the traditional Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Sam, where 553 athletes from 95 different nations were battling it out for glory and important Olympic qualification points. Also, a high number of IPPON GEAR athletes made their way to the...
This weekend, the final and most important competition of the year for the Junior judo athletes took place in Marrakech, Morocco: the Junior Judo World Championships. After a season with a lot of great results for our Juniors, the expectations were high for this year’s World Championships.
Same as our Juniors picking up some big medals in Marrakech for the World Championship also, the seniors were in action this weekend as the EJU European Cup Malaga took place this weekend. It was a great weekend for our athletes and especially for our Czech team that picked up four medals.
Once again, our athletes travelled to an EJU European Judo Open, this time in Tallinn, Estonia. With a total of just 292 athletes, the categories were strong and multiple of the athletes of the World Tour competed at this event, too. For the IPPON GEAR team, it was yet another successful weekend.
This weekend, the Brazilian Judo Federation welcomed athletes from 55 different nations, to the capital of Brazil, for the Brasilia Grand slam. Brazil did not host a Grand Slam since 2012, but this week, athletes were again battling it out on Brazilian soil. From the IPPON GEAR team, three...