Armenian national judo team to take part in World Cups

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.