Fijlkam Competitors

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Créée en 1946, la Fédération Française de Judo, Jujitsu, Kendo et Disciplines Associées est une association sportive de loi 1901 qui a pour but de promouvoir la pratique du Judo et de ses disciplines associées composées du Jujitsu, Kendo, Iaïdo, Sport chanbara, Jodo, Naginata, Kyudo, Sumo et Taïso. Le Judo possède son propre Code Moral, dont l'objectif est d'appliquer les valeurs apprises sur le tatami dans la vie de tous les jours. Le Judo est une école de vie intergénérationnelle. Elle compte aujourd’hui plus de 525 000 licenciés répartis dans 5 300 clubs affilié et 111 Organismes Territoriaux Délégataires. Forte de 6 000 enseignants diplômés d’état, 150 conseillers techniques et fédéraux, et 26 000 dirigeants bénévoles, la FFJudo organise plus de 4 000 animations et compétitions du niveau départemental, national et international. Pour préparer l’avenir, la FFJudo réunit au sein d’un même secteur toutes les formations : dirigeants, cadres techniques, enseignants, arbitres, commissaires sportifs et athlètes de haut niveau. Ceci afin de répondre aux exigences de service et de qualité de pratique dans les clubs pour tous les licenciés.

The first real traces of the development of wrestling date back to the times of the Sumerians, 5000 years ago. The Epic of Gilgamesh written in cuneiform, the sculptures and the low reliefs, are numerous sources that reveal the first refereed competitions, accompanied by music. There are also many historical and archaeological traces of wrestling in Ancient Egypt. Among them, it is worth mentioning in particular the drawings discovered in the tombs of Beni-Hassan representing 400 couples of wrestlers. These drawings, as well as many other vestiges, witness the existence of corporations of wrestlers in Ancient Egypt, wrestling rules and refereeing codes.