Mackan Andersson , 39 years of age, is new to judo and trains in Umeå Judoklubb in Sweden. Loves ne-waza. Lost his eyesight gradually from 2010 and can today differ a little in color and contrast between light and dark. This is his story! Martial “s composed of two words – “battle” and “sport” and […]
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Special Olympics European Judo Competition St. Petersburg 2014
Here Johan Orrbo from Stenungsund Jk, Sweden is writing about his journey with his daughter Amanda and the other team from Sweden to St. Petersburg, Russia for the Special Olympics. Last fall , my daughter Amanda took part to represent Sweden in a Special Olympics competition in Russia. I was asked as […]
The Magic of Judo
That a single man in the nineteenth century had this gift to create all these things. To move away from harmful elements into a softer and protected judo. Wether it’s from standing, groundwork, or up to neck and armlocks. At least for me, it’s easy to forget that there have been so many great and […]
Finnish Open Kouvola
Finland 2013-11-23 “Very good judo and very poor judo!” With a lot of work both on the phone and by e-mail so I went stressed out to the Arlnda airport in Stockholm. Once at the airport, I realized that the plane that we would take, would not lift for about 3 ½ hours?! Now I […]