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09.05.12

Enjoy some photos of IBSA Judo show during the Night of Martials Arts organised, on May 3rd 2012, by Polytechnic School France :

30.04.12

On Thursday 3rd May 2012, Polytechnic School will be conducted its "Night of Martial Arts". For this occasion, some blind athletes will be invited to present IBSA Judo. Jean-Claude Prieur will be representing IBSA Judo and will be available to exchange and discuss with all students and all others people from others martials arts.

For this occasion many teachers are coming with some martial arts students. There will be : Judo, Sumo, Aïkido, Iaido, Karaté, Sword, Jujitsu .... With 1 000 students enjoying the show. It will be a great opportunity for IBSA Judo to present technics and specificities of blind judo.

We would like to thank the Polytechnic School for having invited us to promote blind judo on this occasion.

24.04.12

The Russian Judo Paralympic Team was in Paris from 14 - 20 April 2012. It was a Team of 25 people in Paris in order to attend a seminar organised by IBSA Judo, FFJDA, the Judo Essonne League and the Judo Club of Chilly Mazarin.

During this time, 2 men teams and 1 women team competed in the International Tournament of Chilly Mazarin on Sunday 15th of April. Thanks to a great work of all people in charge of the tournament, all the russian athletes were able to participate in this competition. We also want to thank Wissous and Villabé to help the russian team with transport.

After this competition, the Russian team was invited at the INJ to a seminar organised by l'INEF and directed by Serge Decosterd and Pol Thierry Pesqué. After this great training, all the Russian team was gathered for a cardio training session in the Blind Centre of Guinot at Villejuif.

Finally, the last seminar was held in the Sucy Judo Club, where a randoris session was set up. Stephane Auduc was leading the session, and a great thank you to Jean-Claude Albert (president of Sucy Judo Club) and Philippe Boucart (Technical Director) for their organisation.

For their last day in Paris, they decided to visit Paris and take some rest after great days of Judo. They had diner at Pierrot, whose manager is Pietro Alani, who managed the Russian Team catering for the trip.

Please enjoy some photos:

10.04.12

Our Media partner, L'Esprit du Judo put IBSA Judo and Ben Quilter in the light. A full double page on this British Judo Champion and different topics about IBSA Judo.

Please read the article (in french) : http://www.lespritdujudo.com/feuilletez-le-magazine-en-ligne.php

Thanks to l'Esprit du Judo for this great article.

04.04.12

REMINDER : PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO READ THE NEWS OF THE 27.03.12

04.04.12

Following the invitation of Lidia ABRAMOVA, Russian Blind Federation President, Jean-Claude Prieur (IBSA Judo Chairman) has directed a seminar for 50 coaches et teachers involved in Russian Blind Judo.

Jean-Claude Prieur had the chance to watch the Russian Blind Judo Championships with around 100 men & women competitors. This competiton was at very high technical level. After the competiton Jean-Claude Prieur had the chance to partcipate in a master class with all people involved in Judo at the Russian Blind Federation.

During the seminar, different aspects of blind judo where discussed, first it was more about rules, refereeing, technics, all in theory mode. Then it was time for the practise and exercice on the mat. Everyone was involved and it was a great time to work. Before ending the seminar, it was time to talk about the futur of blind judo with first the London 2012 Paralympics, eye classification and then how to continue to develop the practise.

Please enjoy some photos :

27.03.12

Here is the Allocation of qualification slots for the London 2012 Paralympics.

Download the file

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NATIONS MUST GET BACK TO IBSA GENERAL SECRETARY AND JEAN-CLAUDE PRIEUR BEFORE THE 9TH OF APRIL 2012

Please note that all nations with a "red mark" have to make a decision :

Men : When having 7 weight categories qualified, note that only 6 slots are available by nations for the 2012 Paralympics. 1 weight category can not be qualified.

Women : When having 6 weight categories qualified, note that only 5 slots are available by nations for the 2012 Paralympics. 1 weight category can not be qualified.

The slot realesed by the nation, will be given in the same weight category to the next nation following in the 2012 ranking list.

Please note that :

- ALL nations must get back to IBSA (deadline 9th April 2012) in order to validate the slot selection. If a slot is released by a nation, it will be given in the same weight category to the next nation following in the 2012 Ranking List.

ALL selected athletes must have done at least 1 IBSA Judo competition couting for the 2012 London Paralympics Ranking List.

ALL selected athletes must respect all selection criteria established by the IPC.

Please do note hesitate to contact us on : jcprieur3@wanadoo.fr

27.03.12

Dear Sports Friends, the German open organised in Heidelberg is just over and here are the results and photos :

Women
Download 48kg
Download 52kg
Download 57kg
Download 63kg
Download 70kg
Download +70kg

Men

Enjoy some photos of the competiton :

07.03.12

Dear Sports Friends, the Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation is pleased to invite you to its traditional International Judo Tournament for Blind and Visually Impaired men and women.

The competition will take place on June 1 – 3, 2012 in Vilnius.

Download Invitation

Download Entry Form

Deadline for the first entries is April 1, 2012.

We hope that many nations will bring athletes to compete in order to prepare for the Paralympics !!

If you have any questions please don‘t hesitate to contact Marina Dynda - Secretary General Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation - Labdariu str. 7/11, LT-01120 Vilnius Lithuania - Tel./Fax: +370 5 2624642 - mail: lbsf@lass.lt

12.02.12

Here are information on the judo family camp in Porec - Croatia wich is organized by EJU and Croatian Judo Assotiation and wich includes visually impaired athletes.

The camp is on from the 30th June - 7th July 2012.

A great camp to train before the paralympics !!

Download all information

03.01.12

We are happy to announce that the US Open Championship for the Visually Impaired will be hosted in Miami, Florida. The competition will take place on May 12th 2012, straight after the US World Cup.

Click on the link to download the entry pack : US Entry Pack

The entry packet can also be downloaded at http://www.judoworldcupmiami.com/usopen.htm

01.01.12

All the IBSA Judo Team is happy to whish you all the best for the year comming.

2012 will be a great year for blind Judo as the Paralympics will be hosted in London. We are ready to work and help all actors of blind judo in order to keep on going on the developpement.

Happy New Year 2012 !!!

28.12.11

All the IBSA Judo team would like to say thank you to all judo referees whose dedication has been a major asset for the developpement of blind Judo over the past years. The level of refereeing is always improving and our athletes are very lucky to have such great referees along them during competions.

Here are some words from Jean-Claude Prieur (IBSA Judo Chairman) : I am very optimistic for the level of refereeing during the London 2012 Paralympics Games. I am confident that selected referees will deliver their best, in order to give athletes great fight conditions. Again I would like to say thank you, as the quality of refereeing in our IBSA Judo competitons is always improving and without their time and dedication, the developpement of IBSA Judo would not be the same".

14.12.11

The German Handicapped Sports Federation and the German Judo Federation are happy to host the 2012 International German Judo Championships for Blind and Visually Impaired. It will be hosted in Heidelberg on the 24th of March.

We strongly advised all nations to make their athletes compete in this tournament as it will be a good preparation for the London Paralympics Games.

Deadline for registration is 4 February 2012

Download German Open informations

13.12.11

Jean-Claude Prieur (IBSA Judo Chairman) was in Beijing from 4 to 9 of December in order to attend the IPC Sports Council. All major members of the Paralympic movement were invited by the BODA (Beijing Olympic Developpment Association), and it was a perfect time to discuss and prepar the next summer games in London 2012 and winter games in Sotchi 2014.

This was also a great opportunity to highlight how important is to work harder in order to provide a better access to sport for all impaired people. There are still too many places where impaired people have no oppotunity to stay connected to the community and sport can be a tool to make them (re)integrate the community. It is now very important that more coaches have the tools and capacities to train non-disabled and impaired people. They must know rules, technics and all other important things. They can follow e-learning trainning on www.paralympic.org and gain level of specification.

On this occasion and thanks to Miss Chai Ling (IBSA referee) we had the opportunity to visite the China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities. This wwas very impressive, such a tool is very great for the developpement of paralympic sports. Mr Zhang the Chairman of this facility told us that he would like to organise an IBSA Judo camp before the London games and maybe the next world Championships.

Enjoy some photos :

8.12.11

Dear Sports Friends, the Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation is pleased to invite you to its traditional International Judo Tournament for Blind and Visually Impaired men and women.

The competition will take place on June 1 – 3, 2012 in Vilnius.

Download Invitation

Download Entry Form

Deadline for the first entries is March 1, 2012.

We hope that many nations will bring athletes to compete in order to prepare for the Paralympics !!

5.12.11

On the last week end (3-4 December), all judo referees and technical officers selected for the 2012 Olympics & Paralympics were in London, participating to a great test event organised by Lisa Allen.

It was a perfect time for IBSA Judo referees to have seminars linked with IJF referees.

An other great information, is that 10 000 tickets for the judo competition during the 2012 paralympics have already been sold ! Ben Quilter and others members of the UK team will have great support. It is a very good news to know that many people will be suporting our impaired athletes.

Enjoy some photos :

29.11.11

Official broadcaster of the 2012 Paralympics Games, Channel 4 was in Crawley to follow the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

Here are the highlights !!

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

28.11.11

Here are the results of the Parapan American Games, hosted in Guadalajaja.

WOMEN RESULTS

Download -48kg results

Download -52kg results

Download -70kg results

Download +70kg results

MEN RESULTS

Download -60kg results

Download -66kg results

Download -73kg results

Download -81kg results

Download -90kg results

Download -100kg results

Download +100kg results

20.11.11

Here are the results of the 3rd day @ 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

Men Team Competition

1- Russia
2- Turkey
3- France
3- Ukraine

Download Men Team Competition results

Women +78kg

1- MIHAYLOVA Iromira -BUL-
2- GANIEVA Svetiana -RUS-
3- MANZUOLI Céline -FRA-

Download +78kg results

19.11.11

Here are the results of the 2nd day @ 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

WOMEN RESULTS

Women -63kg

1. PERNHEIM Nicolina -SWE-
2. ARCE Marta -ESP-
3. AKIN Nazan -TUR-
3. TOLPPANEN Paivi -FIN-

Download -63kg results

Women -70kg

1. ZABRODSKAYA Olga -RUS-
2. SAVOSTYANOVA Tatyana -RUS-
3. SZABO Nikolett -HUN-
3. KACHAN Arina -BLR-

Download -70kg results

Women +70kg

1. KALYANOVA Irina -RUS-
2. GANIEVA Svetiana -RUS-
3. FRIDMAN Erica -SWE-
3. MANZUOLI Céline -FRA-

Download +70kg results

MEN RESULTS

Men -81kg

1.KOSINOV Oleandr - UKR-
2.KRIEGER Mattias -GER-
3. VAZQUEZ Abel -ESP
3. TROPINOV Eduard -UKR-

Download -81kg results

Men -90kg

1. INGRAM Sam -GB-
2. CUGNON Olivier -FRA-
3. POMINOV Oleksandr -UKR-
3. KRETSUL Oleg -RUS-

Download -90kg results

Men -100kg

1. FEDIN Vladimir -RUS-
2. MISLIMOV Zakir -AZE-
3. SARDAROV Karim -AZE-
3. UPMANN Oliver -GER-

Download -100kg results

Men +100kg

1. ZAKIYEV Ilham -AZE-
2. TAURINES Julien -FRA-
3. GAYDAROV Gaydar -RUS-
3. PARASYUK Alexander -RUS-

Download +100kg results

18.11.11

Here are the results of the 1st day @ 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

WOMEN RESULTS

Women -48kg

1. HALINSKA Yuliya -UKR-
2. NIKOLAYCHYK Nataliya -UKR-
3. BRUSSIG Carmen -GER-
3. POTAPOVA Viktoriya- RUS-

Download -48kg results

Women -52kg

1.BRUSSIG Ramona -GER-
2. KILIC Gulhan -TUR-
3. MARTINET Sandrine -FRA-
3. STEPANYUK Alesya -RUS-

Download -52 results

Women -57kg

1. MERENCIANO Monica -ESP-
2. CETE Duygu -TUR-
3. COADOU Marion -FRA-

Download -57kg results

MEN RESULTS

Men -60kg

1. QUILTER Ben -GBR-
2. MERKULOV Artem -RUS-
3. ZASYADKOVYCH Ihor -UKR-
3. KOTENKO Serhii -UKR-

Download -60kg results

Men -66kg

1. MUSTAFAYEV Bayram -AZE-
2. RUDENKO Viktor -RUS-
3. KHORAVA Davyd-UKR-
3. GARCIA.DEL.VALLE David -ESP-

Download -66kg results

Men -73kg

1. SOLOVEY Dmytro -UKR-
2. KURBANON Shakhban -RUS-
3. CLAIRET Lucas-FRA-
3. JUNK Sebastian-GER-

Download -73kg results

Enjoy some photos of the 1st competition day:

18.11.11

Competition is on from 10am this morning at the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

First day of competition with :

Women : -48kg ; -52kg ; -57kg

Men : -60kg ; -66kg ; 73kg ;

Here are some photos of the morning training & preliminary rounds, more coming with openning ceremony and final !

Enjoy photos of the morning session:

17.11.11

What a busy day in Crawley for the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

Today was held the referee meeting where Jean-Claude Prieur (IBSA judo chairman) and David Stanley (the referee director for the event), presented all rules and specifications needed to refereeing during an IBSA Judo competition.

In the evening, the Technical Team Meeting was held in order to welcome all nations and after to process the draw. It was the time to thank the LOC and the British Judo Association for their great work. The IBSA Judo team would like to thank particularly Emma Taylor for her excellent work. A lot of expectations where visible in all team managers eyes. A great moment where all nations are gathered in order to know who their fighters will contest. It was also the time to ask questions about the London ranking list which is in everybody mind.

Tomorrow is the first day for individual competition and the openning ceremony.

Please enjoy some photos of the day : Referee Meeting, diner and Technical Team Meeting....

16.11.11

All the 20 Teams, and 150 athletes and staff are now in Crawley (UK) for the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championhips.

We are very happy to meet everyone again and wish the best to all competitors for their participation.

First day was a busy day for everybody. All teams arrived at the Hilton Hotel and the LOC was ready to hand out accreditation, room keys, back patches and team manual. After a short break in their room, competitors had to go to the sight classification and some training session.

Then it was time for diner and some rest !

Thursday wil also be a busy day with Referee meeting @ 2.30pm , Technical Meeting & Draw @ 8pm. The IBSA Judo Team will also check the competition venue, making sure everything is ready.

Enjoy some photos of the day

15.11.11

The IBSA Judo team is ready to go in Crawley for the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships (18-20 November). All the staff will be in Crawley tomorrow in order to prepare the Team meeting & Draw, the referee meeting and others important points to check before the start of the competiton on Friday.

All results & photos will be daily on the IBSA Judo website.

All nations (20) and players (115) will be in Crawley tomorrow to get their accreditation and do the sight classification. They will also have training sessions before entering the competition. It is important to note that it is the last chance for European countries to gain points for the London 2012 ranking list.

Here is the list of all nations registered for the competition :

1	Azerbaijan	11	Italy
2	Belarus	12	Latvia
3	Bulgaria	13	Lithuania
4	Croatia	14	Netherlands
5	Finland	15	Russia
6	France	16	Serbia
7	Germany	17	Spain
8	Great Britain	18	Sweden
9	Greece	19	Turkey
10	Hungary	20	Ukraine

We are happy to see you in Crawley for the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships.

20.09.11

The Organisation process of the 2011 IBSA Judo European Championships is on good tracks thanks to the great work of the British Judo Association. Please do not hesitate to follow all news on : http://www.ibsajudoeurochamps2011.co.uk/

Thanks to Mark Pickering (Press Assitant - British Judo Association) 1 month prior the competition, the IBSA Judo team has a chance to put some light on a six-strong Visually Impaired British team that will compete on home soil at K2 Crawley on 18-20 November :

VI World Champion and IBSA World Games gold medallist Ben Quilter will look to add a European title to his international success as he sees action in the -60kg category.

Young brothers Marc and Daniel Powell compete at -73kg and -81kg respectively.

Fellow brothers Sam and Joe Ingram were both selected for the event but unfortunately Joe has had to pull out through injury.

Sam will represent the Ingram family as he aims for more success having medalled at all the biggest events on the VI calendar.

Beijing bronze medallist Sam, a two-time VI World Championship runner-up, takes to the -90kg category with high hopes of a place on the medal rostrum.

Five-time Paralympian Ian Rose continues his comeback with entry into the +100kg competition while IBSA World Games silver medallist Lesley Reid will bid for her first European medal.

Paralympic Programme Manager Dave Sanders said: “The team have prepared really well for this event and are all looking forward to competing in front of home crowd at such a major event – the first time many of the players have had the chance to do this.

“With such a strong team and a number of very established medallists, we hope to put on a good show for the crowd.”

Paralympic Performance Coach Jean-Paul Bell said: "I am very excited and looking forward to the team competing on home soil. All of the players have worked hard over the last two years and it is a great chance for them to test themselves against the best VI players in Europe."

Ben Quilter said: “Having won World titles in 2010 and 2011 I have been on form and am hoping to add to my medal collection with a European gold at the VI European Championships.”

Ian Rose said: “The event has come at the right time. For any athlete that’s competing you need to test yourself at the biggest events a year out from the Games. There’ll be a great calibre of judoka there and it’ll be a great test for me.

“The British team and I would love to be spurred on by a packed home crowd so come along and support us. Give is a little bit of inspiration, it’s a big year for us and if you’ve secured Paralympic tickets then why not come along to the event and find out more about VI judo. It’s one of our last tests before the Games and our last chance to do so on home soil, so we’d love to see big home crowd and we’ll be sure to make everyone proud.”

Full selection:

Weight	Name	Hometown	Lives	Club	Training Centre
-60kg	Ben Quilter	Brighton	Dartford	Dartford	BJPI
-73kg	Marc Powell	Liverpool	Dartford	Dartford	BJPI
-81kg	Daniel Powell	Liverpool	Dartford	Dartford	BJPI
-90kg	Sam Ingram	Coventry	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	Ratho
+100kg	Ian Rose	High Wycombe	High Wycombe	Micklefield	BJPI
+70kg	Lesley Reid	Royston	Royston	Melbourn	BJPI

21.09.11

Due to a low number of inscriptions, the first African IBSA Judo Championships has been postponed to 2012. It will not be happening in Cape Town in November 2011 as schedulded.

All the iBSA Judo Team and African nations will keep on working together in order to have this Championship organised and that one day more African judo players will participate in Paralympics Games.

It is also important for the IBSA Judo team, to thank Lorraine Job for the great work she has been doing.

29-08-11

The IBSA Judo team was presenting its actions and competitons during the Judo World Championships in Paris, Bercy. We gave many information about blind judo to young and older judo fans and they were very impressed by the level of IBSA Judo competitiors.

We were presenting our newsletter Jogai, different images of our last competitons (IBSA World Games 11, IBSA Judo World Championships 10) and the movie B1 on which we can follow the great Brazilian athlete Tenorio. It was also the opportunity to make judo fan try special glasses to show them the different sort of eye deases.

Our great ambassador Henri Courtine, was on the stand for signings, and many people went to meet him. Here is a selection of photos where it is possible to see how youngs and olders were happy to meet the unique French with 10th dan grade.

25-07-11

Colorado Springs, Colorado; USA

Ryan Lucas: Contributing Writer: media@usaba.org

For the fourth time since 2005, dreams and cultures and language differences from around the globe converged two weeks ago in Colorado Springs, Colo., the spirit of athletics serving as the unifying force.

The July 12-17 2011 International Blind Sports Federation World Youth and Student Championships brought in more than 200 of the world’s most gifted young blind and visually impaired competitors and created a veritable melting pot of athletic aspirations and accomplishments.

Every two years the IBSA games—hosted by the United States Association of Blind Athletes—can pull the Paralympic hopes of many a little closer to reality. This year’s version did just that. Whether through judo, track and field or goalball, the adolescent athletes from 17 countries experienced international competition—some for the first time—at the Colorado College El Pomar Gymnasium and the St. Mary’s High School Athletic Complex. “The IBSA World Youth Championships is a platform for our visually impaired athletes,” Neels Matthÿser, South African Delegation Team Leader, said. “It boosts their morale, and it teaches them to focus. “The main aim is to better the athletes’ personal performances. The IBSA World Youth Championships shows through the years that youth obtain the opportunity to kick start their careers as future athletes. Without these games, where will the visually impaired have such a platform?”

The ultimate return on each country’s athletic assets comes in the form of future Paralympic qualifiers. It’s no simple feat for any competitor anywhere. “In any international sport’s organization, the key challenge is to continue to develop young athletes who will eventually participate in world and Paralympic competitions,” Jim Leask, the International Paralympic Committee’s Chairman of the Sport Council Committee, said. The process requires painstaking effort from athletes, coaches and administrators alike, with just a select few reaching the ideal level of performance. But, through IBSA and USABA, that ambition can become and remain a quantifiable goal for any athlete willing to endure the travails. “It’s a stepping stone to the next level,” Team USA Track and Field Head Coach Tim Cobb said of the biennial event. “It’s coming out of the grassroots, and it’s something a little bit more intense and a little bit more rewarding.”

While all unique, each of the three sports is similar in producing top-tier capabilities through elite competition. “By sending our visually impaired young people to the IBSA World Youth Championships, we create good conditions for the future to have many motivated adults who train and compete,” Sweden judo coach Martin Pernheim said. “This is a prerequisite to achieve the highest quality at the Paralympics.”

Even in sport like goalball—featuring small roster sizes and even fewer roster spots available at the Paralympic level—demands that upward influx.

“Goalball is no exception,” Leask said. “The World Youth and Student Championships has been a key element in the development of goalball athletes since its inception. The goalball competition at the 2011 event was outstanding and world class.”

Upper-echelon ability showed up on many result sheets during the six-day event. Competitors the world over continue to make similar strides in their athletic lives thousands of miles away, putting forth the same sweat and energy into every endeavor. And whether the IBSA World Youth and Student Championships are just the beginning or the apex of achievement for countless talented blind or visually impaired athletes with Paralympic hopes, the journey there every two years represents the attainment of a dream in itself.

“It also unites visually impaired athletes from all over the globe,” Matthÿser said. “It gives visually impaired athletes the courage to compete against each other. Athletes feel at home whilst being amongst other visual impaired athletes.”

Michael Kinoshita—a soon-to-be junior at Folsom High School in Folsom, Calif.—earned a golden sweep for Team USA Track and Field in his first IBSA games. The standout track and cross country runner won the B3 intermediate 800-meter run (2 minutes, 15.76 seconds), the 1,500 (4:48.82) and the 5,000 (18:37.00).

The feeling of victory on an international scale left Kinoshita a bit dumbfounded, just as it did many other competitors from the world over.

“When I stood up on the podium, I was just shocked,” he said. “I didn’t know what to do.”

04-07-11

Further to the information circulated at the IBSA World Games earlier this year, we are pleased to promote the second Visually Impaired Elite Judo Training Camp in London at the British Judo Performance Institute (following on from the success of the first camp!).

The training camp will be held on Monday 12^th September to Thursday 15^th September 2011. This training camp is again for Visually Impaired Judoka (B1, B2 and B3) with a minimum grade of Brown Belt. The British Judo Association want to ensure this is an Elite Training camp with a real focus on Performance Judoka.

The closing date for entry on to the camp is the 5^th August 2011. If you have any queries about the camp, please do not hesitate to contact David Sanders : dave.sanders@britishjudo.org.uk.

Download the application forms:

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORMS - Great Britain VI Training Camp- London- 12-15 September 2011.doc

We look forward to seeing you in September.

15-06-11

The Turkish Blind Sports Federation is organizing the 1st International Judo Training Camp between 10-17 June 2011 in Kocaeli.

Different National Judo Teams like Turkish,Azerbaijan and Iranian are participating to TC.Kocaeli Municibilty and the Turkish Blind Sports Federation is sponsor for this training camp.

Bunyamin ER who is Technical Director of Turkish Judo is managing the camp and Fikret Papur, Gultekin SEVINC and Ibrahim Muellim (Aze) are Technical Assitants to help him out. The camp is gathering 35 judo players.

The Turkish Blind Sports Federation will organize this training camp every year.

Please enjoy some photos of the Judo Training Camp:

26-05-11

The Company Talan is becoming a new partner and will give a financial support to some developpement actions of IBSA Judo in 2011.

Talan is a specialized consulting company for new technologies, regrouping 420 people in France, UK, Belgium, New-York, Tunisia, working daily to give solutions to firms which need to integrate new technologies in their strategies. Please do not hesitate to visit the dedicated website: www.talan.fr

Since the beginning Talan has always respected all values of humanity, integration and sports, by supporting different projetcts : "Talents des cités", 4L Trophy, IT Cup, Association Aide et Action...

"It is a great honor to see that Talan has decided to support us for the next year. Thanks to their support we will be able to maintain some developement actions and that is a great relief", said Jean-Claude Prieur.

Many thanks to Talan for Supporting IBSA Judo !!

11-05-11

This is just a reminder that the US Open Judo Championships for the Visually Impaired will take place Sunday, July 3, 2011 in Miami, Florida, USA.

It has recently been announced that a 3 day training camp has been added to this event, July 4-6. This camp will feature sighted and visually impaired elite players from around the world.

Please find all needed information:

> Website: http://www.judoworldcupmiami.com/

> Entry packet: http://www.judoworldcupmiami.com/usopen.htm#vi

See you in Florida !!!

03-05-11

Following our previous announcement regarding the partnership between IBSA Judo and L'Esprit du Judo, please find a picture of the meeting organised in order to sign the official document.

It was the prefect moment to discuss many different ideas an ways to promote the practise of blind judo with L'Esprit du Judo. The IBSA judo team is very proud to be supported by a media like EDJ, as it is one of the best judo review in Europe.

Do not hesitate to visite www.lespritdujudo.com to follow IBSA Judo and many infos regarding Judo !!!!

Jean-Claude Prieur & Bruno Laneyrie

15-04-11

We are very proud to annonce that Mr Henri Courtine is becoming an IBSA Judo Ambassador. Henri Courtine is a great pionneer in French Judo and dedicated all his life to improve Judo on different levels, such as organisational, technical and ethical.

Henri Courtine made history when in 2007 he became the 1st French Judoka to access the 10th dan grade, which is great symbol of how he is repected in the Judo Community.

According to Jean-Claude Prieur (IBSA Judo President), " the exemplary Judo pathways of Henri Courtine is the representation of all Judo educative values and we are very lucky to count on such a great man to promote IBSA Judo".

Henri Courtine has won 5 European Championships, 1 bronze medal in a World Championship, and 6 French titles. He has also been an iternational referee and has worked for the IJF, FFJDA and the CNOSF.

Many thanks to Henri Courtine by supporting the IBSA Judo.

14-04-11

From here you can download the full medal chart :

IBSA World Games 2011 Medals chart

12-04-11

An IBSA Judo competition is just over, but be ready for all next majors events comming.

IBSA Judo Junior World Championships
Colorado Springs, USA
13 - 18 July 2011
please visit : http://www.usjudo.org/

1st IBSA Judo Africa Championships
Cape Town, South Africa
30 Oct - 1st Nov 2011

Championnats d'Europe IBSA Judo
Crawley (London), UK
18 to 20 Nov 2011
please visit : www.ibsajudoeurochamps2011.co.uk

Parapan American Games
Mexico, Mexico
17 to 21 Nov 2011
please visit : http://www.americasparalympic.org/apc/opencms/en/Parapan_Games/

11-04-11

Enjoy some photos of the IBSA World Games Competition 2011, hosted in Antalya, Turkey.

All photos have been taken by Bastien Hug-Fouché, official photographer of IBSA Judo, if you want to use some photos please do not hesitate to contact us.

11-04-11

For our French followers please enjoy some videos on the IBSA World Games 2011 !! A big thank you to www.bloghandicap.com, for their support on this competition !!

Interview of Olivier Cugnon de Sevricourt, about his bronze medal :

Report on the 2nd and 3rd day of the competition :

10-04-11

Final day of competition in Antalya, with the Women Team competition !! Here are the results competition:

Women Team:

1^st Russia

2^ND Turkey

3rd Japan

09-04-11

Fourth day of competition in Antalya, many fights and a great atmosphere !! Here are the results of the Team Competition:

Donwload the Men Team results : Click here

Men Team:

1^st AZERBAIJAN

2^ND RUSSIA

3rd FRANCE ; UKRAINE

08-04-11

Third day of competition in Antalya, many fights and a great atmosphere !! Here are the results of the day :

Donwload all results form day 1, 2 and 3 : Click here

For our french followers, do not forget to visit www.lespritdujudo.com to see all results and video...

Men:

-90kg :

1^stOfig MAMMADOV (AZE)

2^nd Jorge LENCYNA (ARG)

3rd Olivier CUGNON DE SEVRICOURT (FRA) ; Nataj SEYED AMIR (IRA)

-100kg :

1^st Gwang Geun CHOI(KOR)

2^nd Hamid ALIZADE(IRA)

3rd Antonio TENORIO DA SILVA (BRE) ; Myles PORTER (USA)

+100kg :

1^stKento MASAKI (JPN)

2^nd Ilham ZAKIYEV (AZE)

3rd Hamzeh NADRI (IRA) ; Hamza HARKAT (ALG)

Women:

-70kg :

1^stCarmen HERRERA (ESP)

2^nd Olga ZABRODSKAYA (RUS)

3rd Arina KACHAN (BLR) ; Tatiana SAVOSTIANOVA (RUS)

+70kg :

1^st Yan Ping YUAN (CHN)

2^nd Lesley REID (GBR)

3rd Irina KALYANOVA (RUS) ; Hafida GHENEM (ALG)

07-04-11

Second day of competition in Antalya, many fights and a great atmosphere !! Here are the results of the day :

Donwload all results form day 1 and day 2 : Click here

Men:

-73kg :

1^er => Eduardo AVILA SANCHEZ (MEX)

2^nd=> Dymitro SOLOVEY (UKR)

3rd Sharif KHALILOV (UZB) ; Yuri PIDKIVKA (UKR)

-81kg :

1^er Olexandr KOSINOV (UKR)

2^nd Matthias KRIEGER (ALL)

3rd Jose David EFFRON (ARG) ; Anatoly SHEVCHENKO (RUS)

Women:

-57kg :

1^er Afag SULTANOV (AZE)

2^nd Lucia DA SILVA TEIXEIRA (BRA)

3rd Monica MERENCIANO (ESP) ; Jordan MOUTON (USA)

-63kg :

1^er Daniele BERNARDES DA SILVA (BRA)

2^nd Marta ARCE (ESP)

3rd Nicolina PERNHEIM (SWE) ; Naomi SOAZO (VEN)

06-04-11

The IBSA World Games have started in Antalya !! Here are the results of the 1st competition day.

Men :

-60kg :

1^er Ben QUILTER (GBR) ;

2^nd Takaaki HIRAI (JPN);

3rd : Mohamed Kamel BELLABES (ALG) ; Nurlan IBRAHIMOV(AZE)

-66kg :

1^er Jani KALLUNKI (FIN) ;

2^nd Sid Ali LAMRI (ALG);

3rd : Makoto HIROSHE( JPN) ; Satoshi FUJIMOTO (JPN)

Women :

-48kg :

1^er Kai-Lin LEE (Taipei) ;

2^nd Carmen BRUSSIG (GER);

3rd : Urimare BRACHO (VEN) ; Xia Li HUANG (CHN)

-52kg :

1^er Sandrine MARTINET (FRA) ;

2^nd Nataliya NIKOLAYCHYK (UKR);

3rd : Alesya STEPANYUK (RUS) ; Ramona BRUSSIG (GER)

For our French followers please enjoy a Bloghandicap video on the 1st competition day :

29-03-11

We are proud to annouce that L'ESPRIT DU JUDO is our new media partner.

L’Esprit du Judo is the reference for all judo players. You will find in each issue : competitions, main subject, interviews, and over 20 pages of technical advice.

On the website www.lespritdujudo.com, you can discover the latest edition, news of the impaired judo players, information of what’s happening in the world of judo.

At the moment in French, the magazine will soon be offering articles in english and already offers articles especially created for the visually impaired players which can be read by their special software.

Please note that results and video from the IBSA World Games (1st - 10th April 2011) will be avaible on l'Esprit du Judo

website !!

For our French followers :

L’Esprit du Judo est le magazine de référence de la communauté des judokas.

À chaque numéro : compétitions, enquêtes, interviews et plus de 20 pages de conseils techniques !

Découvrez le magazine actuellement en kiosque, l’actu du judo handi et toutes les infos de la planète judo sur www.lespritdujudo.com.

Actuellement en français, ce magazine devrait bientôt proposer des articles en anglais et offre d’ores et déjà a possibilité d’un abonnement intelligent aux non voyants et mal voyants qui peuvent recevoir les articles pour une lecture par leurs logiciels de reconnaissance.

Retrouvez toute l'actualité des IBSA Judo World Games, sur le site www.lespritdujudo.com

24-03-11

For our French followers please find a video on www.bloghandicap.com , the largest Web TV for Disability. In this video Jean-Claude Prieur the IBSA Judo President is giving many informations about the practise of blind judo.

Many thanks to the Bloghandicap Team for offering IBSA Judo to present its activity via a large community.

Please enjoy the video

20-03-11

IBSA Judo is on Facebook !!!

Please follow us via Facebook on http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/IBSA-Judo/165623260156710

On the Facebook page you will have all videos, photos, information about our activities and competitions. Do not hesitate to leave your comments and contact us via this dedicated page.

17-03-11

For our French followers please find an article on www.handicap.fr , a website dedicated to give all needed information and services to disable people leading them to a better autonomy.

In this article they are putting light on all IBSA Judo actions and next competitions for 2011. Please click here in order to read the article. Many thanks to handicap.fr for their support.

01-03-11

Please find all results of the Lithuanian Open hosted in Vilnius in February. It was the perfect time for all players to compete a last time before the World Games of Antalya. Thanks to the Lithuanian Blind Sports Federation for their great work in order to organise this event.

Click here to download the results

Have a look at some photos of the event :

21-02-11

The IBSA Judo team is just back from a great action in Senegal, a new member of IBSA.

From the 11th to the 17th of February 2011, Jean-Claude Prieur (Chairman), Nadine Galy-Prieur (IBSA Judo Technical Assitant), Daniel Goldschimd (IBSA Judo Head Referee) and Roland M'Bog (IBSA Judo Technical Assistant), were in Dakar and Thies in order to develop the practice of blind judo with a great support from the Judo Senegal Federation and the Senegal Handisport Federation.

The first step of the journey was in Dakar, where the seminar took place in the Talibou Dabo centre, a great house for impaired people. On the same occasion the Grand Yoff Judo Tournament (non-impaired) was organised and 100 judo players, teachers and referees were gathered. It was the perfect timing to do the seminar in order to highlight all rules, technics and all important things for the practise of blind judo. A big thank you to to the Grand Yoff judo club and its teachers Assane Diop and Nango Diagne whose help was very important for setting up this IBSA Judo mission. It is also important to thank Mr Dia (President of the Senegal Judo Federation) and Mr Alassane Thiuobe (Technical Director) for their work in order to promote this semniar to all their teachers and also for their material and logistic support. In order to have the link beetween impaired and non-impaired judo we have to thank Mr Agne Sene (President of the Senegal Handisport Federation) whose work was very effective. The IBSA Judo team is very happy with the success of this mission as the Senegal Sports Minister and Mrs Kane Dieynaba (Senegal Sports Director) were very enthusiatics with the work done in order to integrate impaired people.

The second step of the mission was in the city of Thiés. The IBSA Judo team wants to thank the French city of Caen, which is closely linked to Thiés and without its support this action would not have been possible. The IBSA judo team was warmly welcomed by Mr Alassane Wane director of the INEFJA (Institute of education and formation for young blinds), as the mission took place in his establishment, and Izmaila Diallo director of the young and sports for Thies (representing the mayor of Thiés). The seminar took place in the new Dojo of the INEFJA, fully equiped with the new mats provided by the city of Caen, some used mats from Judo club of the Paris region and some mats and 60 judogis from the dotation of Jaques Noris (SFAM Cergy). During the seminar the IBSA Judo team gave all instructions to teachers and referees in order to continu the work with the young blinds and keep pushing the practise of blind judo in the future. On the mats all the young blind players were very motivated and showed great skills coming from the practise of the African Wrestling. We also like to add that Cecifoot France has given 10 specific blind judo balls to the INEAJF, in order to keep playing football, as the activity was stop due to a lack of tools.

This mission revealed a great potential in Senegal, and we hope that one day some players will compete in the Blind Judo Tournament in the Paralympics Games. One player will make his first debut in the 1st IBSA Judo African Championships hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2011.

Here are some photos of the mission hosted in Senegal :

09-02-11

The IBSA Judo is happy to share some information about Handi Banque, Handi Énergie, Handi-IT. These 3 french structures are providing tools and advices for impaired people in order for them to find some jobs in the Bank, Energy, and IT departements. The goal of those structures is to connect impaired people with a great network of companies.

As those websites are decicated to France and french impaired people, please find their presentation in French :

HandiBanque est un site communautaire dédié au secteur bancaire en faveur des personnes en situation de handicap.

En tant que créateur de vocation, HandiBanque a pour objectif d'informer et d'orienter toute personne en situation de handicap souhaitant intégrer le milieu bancaire en tant que professionnel.

Le site dispense des informations génériques mais aussi spécifiques sur le secteur, tout en présentant l'actualité bancaire sur le réseau national.

Fort de son réseau de partenaires, HandiBanque vise à mettre en relation des acteurs du secteur bancaire, engagés dans la diversité, avec les chercheurs d'emploi en situation de handicap.

La fréquence des mises à jour, de l'actualisation des données et de l'approvisionnement des informations permet au site d'approcher le secteur bancaire, milieu en perpétuelle évolution, de manière dynamique.

L'ensemble des actualités et témoignages sont créés par les journalistes de Handibanque.com afin de garantir la qualité et la pertinence de l'information que nous diffusons.

Pour nous faire part d'une information, vous pouvez nous joindre aux adresses suivantes :

EMAIL: contact@handibanque.fr

TEL: 0800 825 826 674

Handibanque.com une entité de JobinLive

Handiénergie est un site communautaire dédié au secteur de l'énergie en faveur des personnes en situation de handicap.

En tant que créateur de vocation, Handiénergie a pour objectif d'informer et d'orienter toute personne en situation de handicap souhaitant intégrer le milieu de l'énergie en tant que professionnel.

Fort de son réseau de partenaires, Handiénergie vise à mettre en relation des acteurs du secteur de l'énergie, engagés dans la diversité, avec les chercheurs d'emploi en situation de handicap.

La fréquence des mises à jour, de l'actualisation des données et de l'approvisionnement des informations permet au site d'approcher le secteur de l'énergie, milieu en perpétuelle évolution, de manière dynamique.

L'ensemble des actualités et témoignages sont créés par les journalistes de Handienergie.com afin de garantir la qualité et la pertinence de l'information que nous diffusons.

Pour nous faire part d'une information, vous pouvez nous joindre :

EMAIL : contact@handienergie.fr

TEL : 0 800 825 826 674

Handienergie.com une entité de JobinLive

Handi-IT est un site communautaire dédié au secteur de l‘informatique et des télécoms en faveur des personnes en situation de handicap.

En tant que créateur de vocation, Handi-IT a pour objectif d'informer et d'orienter toute personne en situation de handicap souhaitant intégrer le milieu de l‘informatique et des télécoms en tant que professionnel.

Fort de son réseau de partenaires, Handi-IT vise à mettre en relation des acteurs du secteur de l‘informatique et des télécoms, engagés dans la diversité, avec les chercheurs d'emploi en situation de handicap.

La fréquence des mises à jour, de l'actualisation des données et de l'approvisionnement des informations permet au site d'approcher le secteur de l‘informatique et des télécoms, milieu en perpétuelle évolution, de manière dynamique.

L'ensemble des actualités et témoignages sont créés par les journalistes de Handi-IT.fr afin de garantir la qualité et la pertinence de l'information que nous diffusons.

Pour nous faire part d'une information, vous pouvez nous joindre :

EMAIL : contact@handi-it.fr

TEL : 0 800 825 826 674

Handi-it.com une entité de JobinLive

07-02-11

During the 2011 Paris Judo Grand Slam, the IBSA Judo team was presenting its activities and events to all the Judo fans. It was a great occasion to promote the practise of blind judo to everyone. Thanks to photos, videos and many documents we made contact to many members of the Judo community.

It was also a great opportunity to discuss with the members of the South African Judo Federation, as they were presenting there 2 next major events : the IJF Junior World Judo Championships and the 1st ever IBSA Judo African Championships. These 2 events will be hosted in Cape town in November 2011, great judo moments to come !!!

Please enjoy some photos of the IBSA Judo stand during the last 2 days :

25-01-11

The German Open is now over and you can download all results from the IBSA Judo website, click on :

GERMAN OPEN RESULTS.doc

Please enjoy some photos of the event :

07-01-11

The Jogai 3 is out and it is a great opportunity to have a look at all IBSA Judo 2010 actions. From International competitions to actions in Africa, the IBSA Judo team has done a lot for the practise of blind judo last year.

Be ready as 2011 will be a very important year with London Paralympics in only one year.

Enjoy reading !!!!

Please download the IBSA Judo Newsletter JOGAI 3

03-01-11

20-12-10

2010 Asian Para Games are just over. They were hosted in Guanghzou, China, gathering some 2,512 athletes of delegations from 41 countries and regions of Asia as well as 1,286 team officials, 1,096 technical officials and 2,558 reporters from 185 media took part in the gala. "The athletes made their efforts to the success, and their courage and persistence earned our respects," said Chen (Deputy Secretary General of GAPGOC and Vice Mayor of Guangzhou Municipality). Blind judo was one of the 19 sports presented during the competition, therefore Jean-Claude Prieur (IBSA Judo Chairman) was in China as a technical advisor in order to supervise the all judo competition. The IBSA Judo Team would like to congratulat the Chinese organisation as the event was a great success. Please find more news and photos on the Asian Para Games official website: http://www.gzapg2010.cn/en/

Enjoy some photos of the event :

01-12-10

Second entry forms for the 4th IBSA World Championships and Games, to be held in Antalya, Turkey, from April 1st to 10th 2011, are now due.

Countries are requested to complete the forms and return them to the organising committee at the Turkish Blind Sports Federation by 15th January 2011. Payment of entry fees is also due by this date.

The 4th IBSA World Championships and Games will be held in Antalya, Turkey, from April 1st to April 10th 2011. The 4th edition of this, IBSA's showcase event, follows on from the successful games held in Madrid (Spain) in 1998, Quebec (Canada) in 2003 and Sao Paulo (Brazil) in 2007.

The 4th IBSA World Championships and Games will be hosted by the Turkish Blind Sports Federation GESFED and will be the biggest ever, offering events in the following eight sports:

Athletics
Swimming
Futsal (Football) B1
Futsal (Football) B2/B3
Goalball
Judo
Powerlifting
Chess

Timelines for entering participants are as follows:

15th January 2011 - Deadline for submitting the second entry form and payment of the participation fees.

25th January 2011 - Distribution third entry form to participating nations that have duly submitted the second entry form and made the payment of participation & capitation fees.

15th February 2011 - Deadline for submitting the third entry form.

For Judo, click on the link below to view or download the invitation, which includes information on Antalya, all the competitions and entries, and the second entry forms. You will also find the hotel reservation and payment form.

Judo Second Entry Form

For more information please:

Click here for more information on the event and to view or download the entry forms (all sports).

Click here to visit the official web site for the 4th IBSA World Championships and Games Antalya 2011.

29-11-10

On Friday the 26th of November 2010, the IBSA Judo team was presenting the practise of blind Judo, to the company Air Liquide. The demo took place in Air Liquide's office at La Defense in Paris. Air Liquide is a company involved in the integration of impaired people, they were very pleased to meet the IBSA Judo team and all athletes presented. A large number of their staff were gathered for a demo and then everybody was invited to a buffet, a great time to exchange. A great opportunity for everyone to understand that by sports a lots of impaired people, can still achieved goal and learn how to do the same at work.

All the IBSA Judo team wants to thank all the people of Air Liquide who made this happened. A great sign of an open minded company which counts on everybody whithout making a difference.

Enjoy photos of the event (photo by Bastien Hug Fouché)

25-11-10

The IBSA World Youth and Student Championships will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA) during the Month of July 2011. Many sports will be representing in this competition : Judo, Athletics, Swimming, Powerliffting and Goalball. Having athletes participating to this competition is very important as it is a chance for them to practice their sport at an international level and to learn how to behave during international meetings. It is a great chance to all athletes and for all nations.

The second entry form will be send shortly by the USABA and we strongly advice nations to answer positively and to have young athletes competing in this 2011 IBSA World Youth and Student Championships.

24-11-10

Judo Friends, do not forget that the deadline for sending first entry forms to participate in the International Judo Tournament for Visually Impaired Men and Women, which will be held in Lithuania, from February 11th to 13th 2011 is very close.

Deadline is on November 25 2011.

We are looking forward to see lots of Judo delegations in Vilnius next year.

10-11-10

From the 3rd to 8th of November 2010, Jean-Claude Prieur Chairman of the IBSA Judo, was in Senegal in order to develop and set actions around the practise of Blind Judo.

From the 3rd to the 5th, the action took place in Dakar, where a conference on the cooperation beetween Europe and Africa was held. The French city Caen who is working a lot with Thies (around 100km from Dakar), was supporting the IBSA Judo action and presented it. It was the occasion to meet Miss Nango DIAGNE and Mr Assane DIOP, who are Judo teachers really involved in the developpement of the practise of judo for the blinds and also people with other physical handicaps. They are really motivated people as they were representing the Senegal Paralympic Federation and the African Judo Union. They will be organising communication with the federation clubs and referees, in order to promote the tranning camp which will be held in Thiés from the 13th to the 19th of March 2011. It will be the perfect occasion for coachs, referees and athletes to develop the practise and to be trained on technics needed for blind judo.

In Dakar Jean-Claude Prieur had also the opportunity to meet Mr Gerard Fourestier who is the president of an Association working for developing exchanges between France, Senegal and Marocco. He highlighted the idea that an action of prevention on all eye deases organised by ophtalmologists could be linked to the tranning camp in March 2011.

Before leaving Dakar the IBSA Judo chairman offered them some judogis, which were donated by Mr Jacques Norris from the company SFAM.

From the 5fh to the 8th the IBSA Judo Chairman, the people from the city of Caen were in Thies in order to present the action around the practise of blind judo. Mr Ismaïl DIALLO (in charge of sports for the city), Mr Abdoul Yoro Ndiaye (in charge of the Thiés College) and Mammador Lamine DIAKHALE, were representing the city of Thiés. Mr Alassane WANE,director of the blind institute of Senegal invited everyone to visit its facilities which are in refurbishment due to the help of the Lions Club of Saint Germain en Laye. This place will be great to host the tranning camp.

It was a great occasion do meet many people motivated and to set up actions in order to develop the practise of blind Judo in Africa, before the first National Championships held in Cape Town beginning of November 2011.

Please enjoy some photos of the IBSA Judo trip in Senegal.

30-10-10

International Sports Federations were gathered in Bonn last weekend for IPC Sports' Council Meeting

The Sports’ Council promotes the concept of 'unity and diversity' among the sports, co-ordinates the harmonization of common areas and needs related to sports, and provides consultation to the IPC Management Team in the development of the strategic direction related to sports.

It was the perfect occasion for 24 representatives of Paralympic Sports, the IPC President Sir Philip Craven and the IPC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Xavier Gonzalez to be involved in this important forum for sports. This was the perfect place to exchange information, share practices and provide advice to the IPC Governing Board.

Members of the London 2012 (LOCOG) and Sochi 2014 organizing committees where also represented as well as of the Asian Paralympic Committee on behalf of the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games, the Guadalajara 2011 Para Panamerican Games, the World Academy of Sport and the IPC Recognized International Federations of Standing Ice Hockey and Powerchair Football as observers.

The first day was dedicated to side meetings between various sports, the organizing committees and IPC staff members, and then on the last two days the actual Sports’ Council meeting took place. After presentations from LOCOG and Sochi 2014, topics such as sports development, anti-doping, classification, and sport independence were on the agenda.

Please enjoy some photos of IBSA Judo Chairman, Jean-Claude Prieur who was representing IBSA Judo during this major sports council.

15-10-10

The IBSA Judo is proud to annonce that Great Britain has been elected host city for the next IBSA Judo European Championships. The event will be held from the 17th to the 20th of November 2011. We are confident that the organizing committee will deliver a great work in order to offer everyone a great competition. The IBSA Judo team will keep you informed on every news linked to the organisation.

05-08-10

Following an invitation of the Azerbaijan National Paralympic Committee, the IBSA Judo Staff is visiting all facilities which will be used to host the IBSA Call Cup. An International Judo Competition by team, only for men, hosted in Baku the 23rd & 24th of October 2010.

The competition will be hosted in the brand new Olympic area of Baku, an exeptional area with great facilities, with all equipements for impaired athletes. All important points of the competition were discussed during a press conference with all majors sports medias of Azerbaijan (Ans Press, Ans TV, AZERTAC, Olimpia Dunyasi, Lider TV).

The IBSA Judo staff also had the chance to see the Azeirbaijan team during a trainning session, answered to their questions about all new technical rules.

All athletes will be pleased: to compete in a Sport Hall with a capacity of 3,000 seats, to train in a sport room close to the main one, to stay in a smart hotel with a great catering service and to enjoy using the olympic swimming pool. Everything is there to host a major sport event, the quality of the equipement is really impressive, epecially for impaired athletes

Mr ILGAR IBRAHIMOV the president of the Azerbaijan National Paralympic Committee, with a great help of its governement, wants to put all athletes in the best conditions. Hosting the IBSA Call Cup, is part of a long term strategy, as the Azerbaijan National Paralympic Committee wants to host many major IBSA Judo Competition in the futur.

Moreover there is a wish to host an International IBSA Judo Event (Competition, Training camp...etc) every year in order to offer athletes more International Events between two Paralympic Games. The IBSA Judo staff has spoken about the creation of a world league and Azerbaijan could host one round of this league.

Enjoy a selection of photo from the IBSA Judo Staff in Baku:

26-04-10

The movie will offer to numbers of people a great opportunity to see IBSA Judo, following one of the most famous Brasilian athlete, in is daily life and during competitions.

This movie will be released in Brasil in September.

However before, in Canada the movie will be presented 3 times in Toronto during a movie festival, see scheduled of viewings:

Mon, May 03, 6:30 pm
Wed, May 05, 1:00 pm
Sun, May 09, 9:15 pm

Enjoy the trailer of B1 on :

www.b1ofilme.com.br or http://vimeo.com/10325611

05-03-10

The IBSA Judo team is in South Africa meeting the Commonwealth Judo Association and the South African Sports Confederation and the Olympic Committee. The goal is to develop the practise of judo for visually impaired, by training coaches, referees and even athletes. Thanks to Mr Jacques Norios, the IBSA Judo team had the opportunity to give Judogi to youngs and older athletes, as he was our partner for this journey by offering us Judogi. Everybody was very happy to have an official judogi when practising Judo.

On the first week-end the IBSA Judo team had the chance to enjoy the South African Judo Championships for visually impaired and non impaired athletes. This championship is set up in order to have the final competition, after many ranking events in all parts of the country. Winners are South African Judo Champions. Before the event, Daniel Goldschmid, has trained to specific IBSA standards, 30 national referees, 3 continental referees and 1 world referee (which has been apointed referee for the next IBSA Judo World Championships in Antalya, being the first African referee of IJF at this level.
Almost 500 athletes on the Week end, with 110 visually impaired!!! The IBSA Judo team was really surprised with the number of young athletes visualy impaired, showing the strong politic of formation and recruting set up by the Sport Recreation South Africa. Thanks to Mr&Miss Lorraine and Mike Job who are really involved since a long time, in developing judo for visually impaired. Even if today, the level of South African visually impaired athletes is not as high in IBSA countries with a strong tradion in Judo, it is sure that in few years we will count South Africa in the best IBSA Judo nations.

On the 4th day the IBSA Judo team had the opportunity to visit in Cape Town, an other judo centre for visually impaired athletes. This centre is 40 years old, it is a school for 400 young people from 6 to 20. Almost 200 visually impaired are having school in this centre. During an hour and a half, Jean-Claude Prieur and his team gave a trainning session to 30 people. We were also showing to 15 coaches of the city. We also took an hour and a half in order to answer their questions about IBSA Judo, during a friendly drink (not bad under the sun of SA!!!). Everybody was very happy and we hope it will help Mike and Lorraine in their work of developing judo for visually impaired. We are sure to count on some athletes in future IBSA Judo International Competition, due to their skills and their ambition. Judo offers them a way to exist and to discipline themselves. The country needs more centre for visually impaired as there is a large number a visually impaired people in South Africa.

Following days the IBSA Judo team meet in Johannesburg with Mr Leon Fleiser, the Manager Team Preparation of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. We talked about the practise of IBSA Judo in SA, and the wish of SA to have athletes participating in the Paralympics Games. There is a lot of potential and Mr Fleiser is sure that more coaches need to be trained like what has been done recently by the IBSA Judo Team. In the afternoon we did a class on the visually impaired judo with many SA black belts, at the University of Wits. It was again on opportunity for Daniel Goldschmid who let them know the bases of refereeing. According to the request of all teachers, Nadine Gally-Prieur did a class on the practise of judo in a wheelchair, none of the teacher had a knowledge on how to do it.

It is now time to go home, but we want to thank every one who welcomed us in this beautiful country with a large openminded view!!! We hope that the first national visually impaired judo championship will be happening in Cape Town. As South Africa in 2011 will be hosting in the covention centre of Cape Town the Junior Judo World Championships, we wish to organize on the same week end the first IBSA Judo African Championships.

Enjoy photos of the IBSA Judo Team in South Africa

20-02-10

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15-02-10

Last week some members of the Local Organising Committee of the IBSA Judo World Championships visited the Governor, and the Mayor of Antalya. They also met the Directorate of Turkish National Education and Akdeniz University in order to discuss issues related with IBSA World Judo Championships to be held in Antalya.

09-02-10

Have a look at the Sea Life Hotel which will host athletes and Official staff during the next IBSA Judo World Championships in Antalya. Fore more information please visit http://www.sealifehotel.com/.

25-01-10

The IBSA Judo is happy to annouce that the website www.sportfiler.com will be one of its partners for the 2010 year. The website will provide an opportunity for the IBSA Judo to have all informations, results and pictures of its events on the web.
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17-12-09

Enjoy a selection of photos from the IBSA Judo team meeting the Local Organizing Committee, and visiting the Competition Venue in Antalya.

01-11-09

The IBSA judo is proud to announce that Antalya has been elected host city for the next IBSA Judo World Championships from the 25th until the 29th of March 2010. Last month in Turkey, all members of the IBSA judo and the Local Organizing Committee were gathered in order to visit the city and the venue site. On this occasion the chairman of the LOC was saying that "the hosting of major events like the IBSA Judo World Championships is the foremost way for us to develop and foster our great sport within the country". Antalya has made so many efforts in that way, that the IBSA has appointed the Turkish city host for the next IBSA World Games in 2011. This month the Turkish Judo and Kurash Federation will host in Antalya the Judo Individual European Championships Under 23 Years. As it will be hosted in the same sports hall in Antalya, the Turkish Blind Sports Federation will take serious note in order to prepare the IBSA Judo World Championships 2010. Please note that all information about the IBSA Judo World Championships and all needed documents are available @ www.antalya2010.com.

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