It has been some crazy weeks in the World lately. After many cancellations of the IJF World Tour, the IOC took the final decision on postponing the Olympic Games until 2021. A few days later, they announced that the Olympics will take place on almost the same date starting July 23rd 2021, ending...
New COVID-19 cancellations complicate Olympic Judo Qualification
It started with the cancellation of the Grand Prix in Rabat, Morocco last weekend, alongside with a number of tournaments for Cadets and Juniors hosted by the European Judo Union.
Now, the IJF chose to close down all...
It started with the cancellation of the Grand Prix in Rabat, Morocco last weekend, alongside with a number of tournaments for Cadets and Juniors hosted by the European Judo Union.
Now, the IJF chose to close down all...
Time is ticking and the schedule is very busy for all the judokas at the moment trying their outmost for a chance to step on the mat at the Olympic Games in Tokyo later this year.
This weekend the judo we saw Judo action at two different places as the EJU hosted their European Judo Open for men in Oberwart, while the women battled it out in Bratislava. Both places, the IPPON GEAR team attended. However, the two gold medals from the Austrian men were the outstanding...
This weekend, the arguably most prestigious event on the IJF World Tour took place in the traditional Accor Hotels Arena - The Paris Judo Grand slam.
680 athletes from not less than 115 different nations were represented in the capital of France, for this year’s edition of the probably...
680 athletes from not less than 115 different nations were represented in the capital of France, for this year’s edition of the probably...
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.