Artur Gevorkyan: Young judo wrestlers will participate in World Cup due in Tbilisi

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian judo wrestlers will participate in World Cup competition due January 29-21 in Tbilisi.



As the head coach of Armenian judo team Artur Gevorkyan told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, young wrestlers were selected for participation. "That will provide young sportsmen with a good practice in international tournaments," he said.



Armenian Team composition:



60 kg weight category

Artur Srapyan

Gor Mkrtchyan

Artur Vardanyan



66 kg weight category

Hambardzum Tonoyan

Paylak Vardazaryan

Garik Keosakyan



73 kg weight category

Robert Vardanyan

Artem Baghdasaryan

Andranik Chaparyan



100 kg weight category

Hakob Arakelyan



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 jūdōka.