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Another weekend with another successful competition for the Ippon Gear Team. The European Open in Oberwart held the women edition this year. The European Open is a part of the IJF World Tour and gives the fighters an opportunity to fight for points for the Olympic Qualification. The tournament...
This weekend, the first Junior European Judo Cup of the year was being held - The traditionally strong St Petersburg European Cup. This year, a lower number of different nations were presented and the competition was highly dominated by Russia. Nevertheless, three Ippon Gear athletes managed to...
This weekend, the first two European Opens were held. For the women, the competition took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, while the men’s edition was held in Odivelas, Portugal.
The first competition of 2019 was held from the 24-26th of January in Tel Aviv, Israel. After a spectacular European Championships in the same city last year, the expectations for the competitions were high and the Grand Prix definitely met the expectations.
This weekend, one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year took place in Guangzhou, China; The Judo World Masters. The tournaments is one of the strongest tournaments of the year, since it is exclusive for the best 16 players on the World Ranking list. Given, that 2020 Olympic Games is...
When it comes to simple and effective takedowns, arm dragging is probably ranked among the highest on that list. Especially when it comes to players who might not have as much experience on their feet.
The last IJF Grand Slam of 2018 is now history. As usual, it took place in Japan but this year it had moved from Tokyo to Osaka.
This weekend, a number of 412 judoka from 62 different nations, were gathered in the Netherlands for the second edition of The Hague Grand Prix, the last Grand Prix tournament of the IJF World Tour this year. The athletes of team IPPON GEAR managed to pick up 6 medals, congratulations to all.
The triangle choke submission is a really handy tool in a BJJ player's belt. Ultimately, it can be the deciding factor in a match. True competitors love submissions and utter domination. A mistake that is all too common, especially for novice athletes, is to celebrate too soon.
The next Grand Prix on the IJF World Tour was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan this weekend. A total of 47 nations and 349 competitors came to the capital to seek more points in the Olympic Qualification. So, did the Ippon Gear athletes in their chase to qualify for the Olympic Games.
This weekend, another main event was held, this time in Gyor, Hungary, the city which hosted the European Youth Olympic Festival last year . This weekend, the Hungarian Judo Federation had the honor of welcoming young talents again, this time for the U23 European Championships.
Another IJF tournament was held this weekend as the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi took place. Yet again, a lot of the IPPON GEAR athletes took part in the competition and collected a lot of points for the Olympic qualification.