On the World Judo Day, the Training Session at BJC Enhances the Judo Philosophy
In an environment of mutual respect, friendship and politeness, Olympic and Paralympic judokas as well as athletes from "Judo for All" and social projects have gathered at the dojo of the International Airport from Rio de Janeiro.
A great gathering to celebrate the World Judo Day. So one can describe the training that has been run at the dojo of the Brazilian Judo Confederation this Tuesday, October 28th. Olympic and Paralympic judokas as well as athletes of "Judo for All" - people with physical and intellectual needs - and members of the Reação Institute from Rocinha have gathered for a great workout under the leadership of the men's national team coach Fulvio Miyata and the coach Yuko Fujii. The theme chosen this year by the International Judo Federation for this sport’s day was Honor. Sharing the mats with different judo practitioners has been a special occasion for the attending athletes.
"It's a great exchange. We help and learn a lot from each other. Antonio Tenorio is an example for everybody. He has four Olympic gold medals, an achievement that I haven’t reached yet" Rafaela Silva said.
"We train with some of our idols here, people we admire and support. They end up being an inspiration because they use to compete in the Olympics before us and that’s why they inspire us for the Paralympics. It was great to see children, Olympic and Paralympic athletes on the same mat together ", said Karla Cardoso, silver medalist at Athens and Beijing Paralympics.
"We are proud to train with the Olympic and Paralympic athletes. A champion can always develop themselves. It's really cool to be putting your hand on the kimono of world champions, world medalists, Paralympic medalists and also on those of the children who will be the future members of the national team, "said Breno Viola, the first Down syndrome-judoka from the American continent to be awarded a black belt.
Besides the above mentioned participants, the activities have been attended by senior athletes such as Victor Penalber and Barbara Timo; the Paralympic athletes Williams Araujo and Roberto Julian; members from "Judo For All" like Antonio Lima (fragile X), Saulo Palotte (physical disability) and Guilherme Paiva (Down); as well as the children Renan Andrade, Renan Miguel, Caíque Miguel, Daniel Rian and Igor Rodrigues Pinto. The latter made some randoris with Guilherme Paiva. For him, this wasn’t that different.
"I’ve really enjoyed training with Guilherme. I wish I had more workouts like this, "said the young 12 year-old judoka.
"Now, in such kind of situations, we can see the size of judo. It is much greater than the daily training and the high yield. We can see the Paralympic judo, the "Judo For All" project, the children who learn how to practice the sport in social projects. It's pretty cool to realize that it’s much more than a sport, it is a philosophy of life, “Victor Penalber said.
"This activity helps us see what this sport means and, more specifically, what judo actually includes. We have seen people with different disabilities (visual, motor, intellectual) training with senior athletes and children with no problem. This World Judo Day strengthens further our sport, “the coach Fulvio Miyata stated.
Honor, mutual respect, friendship and respect are just some of the judo basics highlighted by this activity.
