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Das olympische Jahr begann mit dem OTC - EJU Trainingslager im österreichischen Mittersill. Insgesamt 1.100 Athleten aus 67 Nationen nutzten das Training mit den besten Judokas und bereiteten sich auf die Saison vor.
Otto Kneitinger machte in dem damaligen noch kleinen Verein TSV Abensberg seine ersten Schritte im Judo. Bereits mit 24 Jahren übernahm der Konditor die Leitung des Vereins und machte ihn zum erfolgreichsten Judo-Verein in Europa. Während dieser Zeit wurden mehr als 20 nationale Titel und 7...
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...
Den 19. Oktober 2019 werden sowohl Judofans als auch Athleten des TSV Abensberg und des KSV Esslingen noch lange im Gedächtnis behalten. Für die Niederbayern wird es für immer ein Datum sein, dass mit unendlichem Jubel verbunden war. Im Hexenkessel von Esslingen gewann das Team von der Abens...
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...
It was a big weekend for Luxembourg as we saw the first international EJU event being held in the country as the European Open took place this weekend. Even though, this was the first edition of the competition it was a strong one which saw a total of 354 competitors. A smaller IPPON GEAR...