Armenian judo wrestlers to participate in 2010 Dusseldorf Grand Prix
05.02.2010 22:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On February 19-22, Dusseldorf will host Judo Grand
Prix tournament.

As head coach of Armenian judo team Artur Gevorgyan told
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, 5 Armenian sportsmen with participate in the
championship: Armen Nazayan, Hambardzum Tonoyan (66 kg weight
category); Artem Baghdasaryan, Robert Vardanyan (73 kg weight
category) and Hakob Arakelyan (100 kg weight category).

Upon tournament completion, Armenian sportsmen will leave for Czechia
to participate in team practice session.

On February 27-28, Armen Nazayan, Hambardzum Tonoyan, Artem
Baghdasaryan, and Hakob Arakelyan will compete in World Cup due in
Prague.

On March 1, the wrestlers will be back to Armenia to start preparatory
trainings for Armenian Cup to kick off on March 6.

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 (koryū). 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 jÅ«dÅ?ka.