Telma Monteiro aterrou ontem em Lisboa com a medalha de ouro (57 kg) ao peito, conquistada no Campeonato da Europa e 1.a edicao dos Jogos Europeus disputados em Baku, Azerbaijao. E mentalmente revelou que e uma atleta forte, passando a ter o apoio de uma psicologa. A judoca do Benfica explicou a opcao:"Depois dos Jogos Olimpicos de Londres’2012, reformulei a minha equipa tecnica. Um dos aspetos que decidi trabalhar foi a parte mental. E sou muito forte psicologicamente, sempre motivada, ao contrario da imagem que possa ter sido criada [n.d.r.: apos Pequim’2008 ou Londres’2012]. A pressao nao me afeta. Sou competitiva e exigente, pelo que tento melhorar em todas as vertentes, tanto a componente fisica como a psicologica", considerou Telma Monteiro, cinco vezes campea europeia e com 11 medalhas arrecadadas consecutivamente na mesma prova. Os Jogos Europeus foram um bom teste para os Jogos Olimpicos do Rio’2016, onde Telma Monteiro sera uma candidata "O ambiente sera semelhante e foi bom conhecer melhor outros atletas da comitiva de Portugal." Telma, que autografou um quimono para oferecer ao secretario de Estado Emidio Guerreiro, revelou as adversidades:" Tinha vindo de lesao e sabia que nao estava no meu melhor, mas dei o maximo. E um titulo muito especial, alcancado numa competicao dura. Na meia-final as coisas correram melhor e a final foi o expoente maximo da minha exibicao. Ate ao Rio’2016 ha muito trabalho. Foi bom ter vencido adversarias diretas. Estou focada para chegar aos Jogos na melhor forma."
Kerrith Brown has stepped down as chairman of the British Judo Association (BJA) to become President of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF). The IMMAF are a partner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), whose controversial sponsorship of the 2015 European Judo Championships led to Glasgow being stripped of the event. The IMMAF made the announcement following the unanimous election of Brown at a Board vote in Berlin on June 20. Last November, the former BJA chief executive Densign White had been appointed chief executive of the IMMAF. This latest appointment followed Brown's decision to step down as chairman of the BJA on Tuesday (June 30) due, to what he claimed, are ideological differences with the leadership of the EJU and the International Judo Federation (IJF) around the values of mixed martial arts (MMA). “I do not feel the sports values that I deeply believe in are currently represented by the EJU or the IJF," said Brown. "It has reached a point where my position as chairman of the BJA has become untenable, and I do not wish to create further conflict for British Judo. "I am passionate about martial arts and I am a fan of MMA, which has a legitimate place in the martial arts family. "MMA also provides the opportunity of a professional pathway for amateur sports athletes as has been most iconically demonstrated by judoka Ronda Rousey, former Olympic bronze medallist. "A similar path is available in boxing and I would have welcomed such a career pathway myself as an Olympian. "Conversely judo is just one aspect of an MMA match and provides a fantastic foundation for the sport. "Through the UFC, MMA has attracted an unrivalled fan base to martial arts. "I feel sorry that politics has driven a wedge between these two sports in Europe, when they have so much in common, so many shared values and so much to offer each other." This year's European Judo Championships were originally due to be held in Glasgow but ended up taking place in Baku during the European GamesThis year's European Judo Championships were originally due to be held in Glasgow but ended up taking place in Baku during the European Games cGetty Images The UFC was confirmed as a partner of the 2015 European Judo Championships in early February, taking on responsibility for branding, marketing and promoting the event to its audience of MMA. But, less than two weeks after the announcement, the EJU claimed the sponsorship did not meet their “values” and removed Glasgow of its hosting rights only eight weeks before the Championships had been due to take place at the Emirates Arena from April 9 to 12. The UFC dropped its sponsorship but the EJU still withdrew the event from Glasgow and instead awarded it to Baku, where it was held as part of last month’s inaugural European Games.]
IJF President Marius Vizer had warned last year that a migration of judokas to other sports would represent a "spiritual contamination" of the sport amid fears that top stars were being lured to MMA. Vizer resigned as President of SportAccord in May after opposition to his leadership grew following criticism of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its President Thomas Bach during his opening remarks to the SportAccord Convention in Sochi. "I would like to make it very clear that I do not support Marius Vizer's opinions cited at the Sochi Convention regarding the International Olympic Committee," said Brown. "IMMAF fully supports the work of the IOC and Olympic values. "As IMMAF President I hope to bring my sports administration and Olympic sport experience to bear on the obstacles that MMA faces. "I am also looking forward to listening and learning from the MMA community and working hard to maintain the integrity that has made MMA so popular and trusted.” IJF President Marius Vizer had warned last year that a migration of judokas to other sports would represent a IJF President Marius Vizer had warned last year that a migration of judokas to other sports would represent a "spiritual contamination" of the sport cGetty Images Brown was appointed chairman of the BJA in 2012 despite having been the first British athlete to be stripped of an Olympic medal after testing positive for banned drugs. He lost the bronze medal he had won in the lightweight division at Seoul in 1988 after testing positive for furosemide, a diuretic. Under Brown, the BJA has lent professional sports consultancy and support to the development of the United Kingdom Mixed Martial Arts Federation (UKMMAF), to enable its application for official recognition by Sport England. It was through this relationship that Brown was recommended for and voted to a position on the IMMAF Board in October 2014 since when he has featured notably in the successes of IMMAF. When President Bertrand Amoussou recently elected to step down due to family and work commitments, vice-president George Sallfeldt proposed Brown as his replacement and garnered undisputed affirmation from the Board. Brown has been replaced as interim chairman of British Judo by Ronnie Saez, who had been serving as the vice-chairman.
Apres la projection du film ≪Isao Okano, Passion for Judo≫, le champion olympique 1964 a repondu aux questions de l'assistance en alternant profondeur, recul et humour. Un melange detonnant, comme son judo pouvait l'etre. Extraits.
Bonjour Me Isao Okano, comment jugez-vous le judo francais ? Je n'assiste plus beaucoup aux competitions internationales, je vis maintenant retire a la campagne, et du coup cela m'est difficile de porter un jugement mais cette semaine j'ai assiste a un entrainement des equipes de France. Sur ce que j'ai vu, je pense qu'ils travaillent trop avec la force et pas assez avec le relachement.
A quel age faut-il commencer le judo et la competition ? Moi j'ai commence le judo a 13 ans, mais je pense qu'on peut commencer plus jeune, ca permet d'acquerir des bonnes formes de corps et un bon tokui-waza. En revanche je suis formellement contre la competition pour les enfants. On pourrait imaginer pour eux des concours de chutes et d'uchi-komis, mais la competition ce n'est pas bon trop jeune.
Vous etiez un precurseur et un modele en matiere d'entrainement. Comment vous entrainiez-vous ? Je faisais des entrainements tres longs, jusqu'a cinq heures de randoris par jour. A partir de quatre heures on a plus de force dans les bras, et alors les vraies techniques sortent. A ce moment-la, l'esprit et le corps sont vides. Je voudrais inculquer cette maniere de s'entrainer aux athletes actuels.
Quel etait votre maniere de vous preparer mentalement le jour d'une competition ? Deja je ne faisais pas beaucoup de competitions dans l'annee. Deux ou trois, pour avoir le temps de bien me preparer. Ensuite le jour de la competition il faut atteindre cet etat de vide. Souvent cela arrive avec la fatigue apres le premier ou le deuxieme combat. On est alors relache et concentre en meme temps.
Quel a ete votre plus mauvais souvenir en tant qu'entraineur ? Les Jeux Olympiques de Montreal en 1976. Nous visions quatre titres sur six categories, mais nous n'en avons remporte que trois. Alors j'ai demissionne. Mais ensuite j'ai vu que certains entraineurs qui avaient des mauvais resultats ne demissionnaient pas, du coup je me suis dit que j'etais parti trop tot ! (rires)
Comment jugez-vous le judo feminin ? Pour moi le judo, c'est le judo. Il n'y a pas de distinction entre le judo feminin et le judo masculin.
Marshalswick Judo Club’s Dan Mair has been left ‘utterly devastated’ after having his Youth Olympics dream snatched away from him by the British Judo Association, and is contemplating giving up the sport. The 17-year-old is the British number one in the under-90kg cadet class and had earned his spot on the plane to the Games in Tbilisi, Georgia in July. “To find out I had made the squad was immense. As soon as I received the official notification I increased my training even more,” he said. That dream is over after the BJA de-selected him in favour of Britain’s number two, William Jones. The pair are separated by four world ranking spots, with Mair coming in higher at number 44, and Mair beat Jones for the bronze medal at the European Cup in March. The contest lasted less than two minutes before Mair won with an Ippon throw. “I have gone through a range of emotions from shocked, angry and obviously disappointed because I have earned the right to go,” stressed Mair. “I am Great Britain number one and Will Jones is number two. It is impossible to understand the BJA’s decision.” Mair is unhappy with the process behind the decision, which saw confidential information leaked to the Welshman. He received his selection email on June 12, with specific instructions that it was confidential until July 14, when the BJA would announce its nominations. However, Jones got hold of that information and used it to lodge a successful appeal against his non-selection. Mair received another email on June 22 notifying him of his de-selection from the BJA’s performance director, Nigel Donohue, which states the choice was ‘not made on the merits’ of the two athletes. It does not mention an opportunity to lodge his own appeal. “For Will Jones’ non-selection to have been leaked to him is appalling. For him to then use technical information supplied to him in order to win that appeal is unbelievable,” said Mair. “He didn’t even win it based on the merits of his judo. How can I possibly fight that?”
The BJA chief executive, Andrew Scoular, told the Herts Ad that a full investigation is underway to discover how Jones found out about his non-selection. However, he defended the decision, saying Jones was the selection panel’s original choice and the email sent to Mair was an error. “The selection panel has a scientific process for selection which takes into account ranking, the number of fights, the opponent, head-to-head, the level of fight and more. In the time they had available, they gave the edge to [Jones],” said Scoular. He explained the error occurred when the panel’s decision was sent off to be ratified by the BJA’s performance management group. When the information was leaked to Jones, he was able to get the process sent back to square one, leading to them going Scoular said the appeal process had been “open and transparent” because both athletes had been given a chance to make their case to the appeals panel. Not so, according to Mair. “I only found out when I received a very blunt email about my de-selection. I had not been notified there was an appeal lodged against my selection,” he explained. “Also, I was not notified that I could then counter appeal until my father had a heated discussion with one of the England coaches.” All in all, it’s left Mair disillusioned with the sport he loves. He has even pulled out of this weekend’s European Championships in Bulgaria. “I am proud to represent my country but I am not proud to represent the BJA,” he said. “At the moment I do not feel like setting foot on a judo mat again. Any country at Olympic level needs to be represented by the sportsmen and women most likely to win them a medal. That is their best athlete, not their second best.”
Judoka Anicka van Emden heeft geen straf gekregen voor een gemiste dopingcontrole. De Dopingautoriteit pleit Van Emden na onderzoek vrij. De 28-jarige Haagse mag daardoor per direct weer judoen. Vanwege het lopende dopingonderzoek had Van Emden vorige maand besloten voorlopig niet aan wedstrijden deel te nemen. Ze miste daardoor de EK, die onderdeel waren van de Europese Spelen in Bakoe (Azerbeidzjan). Een controleur wilde op 6 mei namens de Dopingautoriteit een controle buiten de wedstrijden om uitvoeren bij Van Emden. De judoka produceerde echter geen urinemonster, wat haar op een juridisch onderzoek kwam te staan. Daarbij bleek dat sprake was van een misverstand tussen Van Emden en de dopingcontroleur. 'De Dopingautoriteit heeft, in overleg met het Wereld Antidoping Agentschap WADA, vastgesteld dat Van Emden geen dopingovertreding heeft begaan', staat in de verklaring. Vizier nu op Olympische Spelen 'Ik ben enorm blij dat ik me vanaf nu weer op judo kan concentreren', zei Van Emden. 'Het waren een aantal zware weken, met name op mentaal vlak. Gelukkig is alles nu achter de rug en kan ik mijn weg richting Rio de Janeiro vervolgen.' De Haagse geldt als een van de beste Nederlandse judoka's. Van Emden pakte in 2011 en 2013 brons bij de WK. In 2013 won ze goud op het EK. Van Emden liep in 2012 de Olympische Spelen van Londen mis, omdat de Nederlandse judobond in haar categorie voor Elisabeth Willeboordse koos.
One of Britain’s most promising young judo stars has quit the sport after a row over selection for this months’ European Youth Olympics. Dan Mair, 17, is ranked No 1 in the UK for his age and weight, but is said to be “completely disillusioned” with the sport after being picked to represent Great Britain at the games in Tbilisi, Georgia, only to be dropped on a technical matter after a complaint from his rival. “To drop a 17-year-old boy from that height has been hugely devastating to him,” his mother Helen said. “He now thinks, ‘What’s the point with judo? I’m not being judged on my sporting ability.’?” Dan who holds a European Bronze medal and is ranked just outside the world top 40, was one of 12 young Olympians ? six boys and six girls ? sent a confidential email last month from the British Judo Association congratulating them on selection for the games, which begin on 26 July. He was to compete in the under-90kg division for judoka “cadets” ? those aged between 14 and 17 years old. But the British No 2, Will Jones, who is also 17, lodged an appeal. According to documents seen by The Independent, Will was the BJA’s original choice for the games; but the decision was subject to ratification by the association’s performance management group, who subsequently plumped for Dan instead. In his appeal Will, from Swansea, who holds a higher European Cadet Championships ranking than his rival, called on the BJA to deselect Dan, from St Albans, for a number of reasons including “breach of process” and the fact that he held a winning 2-1 record against Dan. The BJA’s fast-track appeal panel decided there had been “material breaches” of the selection process and upheld Will’s appeal. The panel admitted that its decision had not been made on athletic ability but on procedural grounds. Mrs Mair told The Independent that her son, who was too upset to talk, had previously said selection for the Youth Olympics would be the “highlight” of his career. “How any sporting decision cannot be based on the merits of the two athletes is beyond me,” she said. “Dan was on cloud nine. [Now] he has stepped away from his judo career and told the squad he no longer wishes to be part of the programme.” A spokesman for the BJA said: “An appeal was made and in this case there was a very close call between Daniel and Will. These decisions are not taken lightly.” Mrs Mair said Dan had not decided on his future but she hoped he would return to the mat in the autumn to help coach young judoka at his local club.
Il s'etait frontalement attaque au CIO, et fut contraint de demissionner de SportAccord dans la foulee. Marius Vizer a fait part de ses nombreuses idees et autres projets concernant le judo dans une longue interview, que vous pourrez retrouver dans le prochain numero de l'EDJ. Le president de la FIJ a notamment evoque l'organisation de championnats du monde des clubs, qui ne doivent pas, selon lui, rester dans l'ombre des nations. La premiere edition des mondiaux des clubs aura lieu a Tbilissi (Georgie), les 22 et 23 octobre 2016. Une autre date importante du calendrier 2016 a ete devoilee : apres Rabat cette annee, le Masters prendra la direction de Guadalajara (Mexique), les 28 et 29 mai. Un rendez-vous qu'il ne faudra pas sous-estimer, puisqu'il s'agira de l'ultime competition rapportant des points dans la course a la qualification olympique. L'integralite des propositions faites par Marius Vizer sont a retrouver dans L'Esprit du Judo n° 57, en kiosque fin juillet !
Ronaldo Veitia en avait fait l'annonce il y a quelque temps dans nos colonnes, et, selon JudoInside, cela se confirme : le Cubain pourrait quitter son poste d'entraineur a la tete de sa selection nationale en 2016, a l'issue des Jeux olympiques de Rio. Champion panamericain en 1973 (-93kg), Ronaldo Veitia, 67 ans, occupe cette fonction depuis une trentaine d'annees. Il a ainsi accompagne jusqu'au sommet Driulis Gonzalez (championne olympique a Atlanta et triple championne du monde), Legna Verdecia (championne olympique a Sydney) ou, plus recemment, Idalys Ortiz (championne olympique et du monde en titre), autant de noms qui ont fait de Cuba une reference mondiale du judo feminin. En 2011 deja, le coach cubain avait evoque un probable depart apres les Jeux de Londres, cedant sa place a Yurisleidys Lupetey, medaillee de bronze a Athenes (-57kg). Mais Veitia avait finalement change d'avis et il etait encore assis sur la chaise d'entraineur en fin de semaine derniere, a Toronto (Canada), lors des Jeux panamericains.
20-letni Patryk Wawrzyczek (AZS AWF Katowice) zaj?? trzecie miejsce w wadze 66 kg w zawodach Pucharu Europy juniorow w judo we Wroc?awiu. Zwyci??y? Izraelczyk Yarin Menaged. W decyduj?cej walce pochodz?cy z Bielska-Bia?ej Wawrzyczek wygra? przez yuko z Francuzem Joanem Cabotem. W tym sezonie Wawrzyczek odnosi? ju? sukcesy w rywalizacji seniorskiej - zdoby? srebrny medal mistrzostw Polski w Kielcach, za? w turnieju o Puchar Europy w s?owe?skim Celje uplasowa? si? na trzeciej pozycji. Zawody we Wroc?awiu maj? charakter otwarty, dlatego startuj? w nich rownie? reprezentanci np. krajow azjatyckich. W sobot? na najwy?szym stopniu podium stan??y m.in. Japonki Rui Takahashi (48 kg), Chishima Maeda (52 kg) i Shuri Tskukino (57 kg). Nie przegra? ani jednego pojedynku. Dwudniowy turniej w hali Orbita jest sprawdzianem przed jesiennymi mistrzostwami Europy juniorow w austriackim Oberwarcie i mistrzostwami ?wiata w tej kategorii wiekowej w Abu Zabi.
Certains voyageurs de tapis avaient eu la chance de les croiser dans les academies bresiliennes, l'information est desormais officielle : l'equipe nationale japonaise masculine est allee faire un tour dans les dojos de Jujitsu bresilien de Rio pour ameliorer - c'est encore possible - son travail en ne-waza. Un accord a meme ete signe entre la Federation Japonaise de Judo et une federation bresilienne de Jujitsu bresilien la CBJJD, qui vient de lancer son premier championnat du monde et de selectionner une equipe nationale de Jujitsu bresilien. Au dela de ces details d'accord, il est interessant de constater que la Federation japonaise, qui s'appuie pourtant sur un systeme unique au monde par sa puissance et qui continue a etre le gardien des cles sur le plan de la technique judo, n'a pas hesite a se remettre en question pour aller chercher des informations nouvelles et des partenaires d'entrainement qui peuvent lui donner du fil a retordre. C'est un peu inquietant pour leurs adversaires car l'equipe japonaise affichait deja une efficacite redoutable en ne-waza ! De son cote l'encadrement national francais a renonce a la seance INSEP qui etait jusque la consacree au sol. Peut-etre dommage, surtout quand on se rappelle que l'equipe nationale francaise sous la direction de Patrick Rosso avait inaugure ce type de deplacement au Bresil pour approfondir le travail au sol. Quoi qu'il en soit, on verra a Astana (pour les prochains championnats du monde en aout) laquelle des deux equipes a le mieux gere sa preparation, notamment a ce niveau specifique du travail au sol, que l'arbitrage actuel valorise a nouveau.