Artur Gevorkyan: Young judo wrestlers will participate in World Cup due in TbilisiJanuary 22, 2010 - 21:04 AMT 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 defencesare 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. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |