ARMENIAN NATIONAL JUDO TEAM TO TAKE PART IN WORLD CUPS
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.01.2010 15:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Men’s Judo World Cup will be held January 29 to 31
in Tbilisi (Georgia). As the head coach of Armenian national judo
team Artur Gevorgyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net, the Armenian team is
already preparing for the Cup.
"We have started our training camps since January 16 at the sports
complex of Abovyan and will continue trainings until January 26. Then
in 2 days we will travel to Tbilisi, " Artur Gevorgyan said.
According to head coach, Armenia will be represented by 10 judo
athletes at Men’s Judo World Cup.
Anush Hakobyan (52 w/c) is also training at the sports complex
of Abovyan, she will take part in the Women’s World Cup in Sophia
(Bulgaria) from January 29 to 31.
Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and
combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century.
Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the
object is to either throw one’s opponent to the ground, immobilize or
otherwise subdue one’s opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an
opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or by executing a choke.
Strikes and thrusts (by hands and feet)-as well as weapons defences-are
a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not
allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).
Ultimately, the philosophy and subsequent pedagogy developed for judo
became the model for almost all modern Japanese martial arts that
developed from "traditional" schools. In addition, the worldwide spread
of judo has led to the development of a number of offshoots such as
Sambo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Practitioners of judo are called judoka.