The Judo Federation of Australia has failed to have Judo included in the programme for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018. This is a great disappointment and the CJA is unaware of why this is the case. The CJA has previously always provided support to the Judo Federations of countries hosting the Games in order to have Judo included in the Games however, on this occasion we received no request for any kind of assistance or support from the JFA.

This means that after Glasgow 2014 the next chance for Judo will be the Games in 2022. Judo Federations from countries planning to bid for the Games are urged to contact us at the earliest possible time so we can assist and get support from the IJF who will support the bids wholeheartedly.

The Games sport programme was under the spotlight following the quadrennial review that took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last May, that involved consultation with all 71 countries. The Committee’s recommendations were largely adopted with a few significant changes impacting favourably for judo including:

The IJF has launched last week the website dedicated to the World Judo Day, which will take place on October 28th, 2011. The theme of that first edition of the event will be “RESPECT”. And it is appreciated by Pakistan Judo Federation (PJF) and as a member wants to be a follower and therefore wants to maintain the same culture here in Pakistan also.

For this, in order to give a tribute to the young scholar named Jigoro Kano (1860-1938), the founder of JUDO in 1882 in Japan, Pakistan Judo Federation is arranging Championship Events in which a brief history of judo will be known to all the young and upcoming Athletes and a special history of Jigoro Kano, his contribution to Judo will be told like Kano wanted to develop a system of physical education suitable for the newly emerging Japanese public educational system. He derived judo from the ancient art of jiu-jitsu. The system he developed is based on two key principles: maximum efficiency and mutual welfare. It aimed to teach how to subdue without injuring the opponent. According to Kano, “Judo is a teaching for life itself and with it we learn to overcome the pitfalls and obstacles of everyday living”. The school where he taught his first students in Tokyo, called Kodokan, is regarded as the world centre of judo. Every year it attracts thousands of judokas of all ages and skill levels.

[Update] The official programme is available for download. Please click on the [Read more...] link.

The 2012 Commonwealth Judo Championships will be held in Cardiff, Wales at the Wales Millenium Centre over 3 days from January 23 to January 25, 2012.

The tentative event schedule is: