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Pierre Neyra – About a Corner of France and Judo as It Is Taught There

Born on August 17, 1965 in Lyon 4th district (France), Pierre Neyra is blowing out both his sixty candles and celebrating his half-century license in this year 2025. Technical director of the Ain department for three decades, the Saint-Denis Dojo instructor has added another string to his fourth dan bow in recent years: numerous trips […]

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Vitalie Gligor – « The Road Takes the One Who Walks »

Born on February 17, 1974 in Chisinau (USSR until 1991, Moldova since), Vitalie Gligor is one of those precious encounters that judo word-of-mouth makes possible. It goes back to autumn 2023, on the occasion of an extraordinary exchange with the all-too-rare Andrzej Sadej from Judo Canada. The initial topic concerned the sustanable development of judokas.

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From an Old Continent – Episode 1/13 – Summer 2025

« And it is an old country, France, from an old continent like mine, Europe, that tells you this today, which has known wars, occupation, barbarity… » These words went down in history on February 14, 2003, during the speech to the UN Security Council by the French Foreign Minister of the time. The debate concerned the

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Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard – The Rank of Big Sister

Born on June 26, 1994 in Montreal (Canada), Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard has become over the seasons, with her Olympic bronze in 2021, her two World finals in 2022 and 2025 and her nine podiums since 2015 at the Pan American Championships and Games, one of the leaders of the tremendous generation of Canadian judokas who emerged

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Nigel Donohue – « Your Time is your Greatest Asset »

Born on 20 December 1969 in Leigh (United Kingdom), Nigel Donohue was Performance Director of British Judo from 2013 to 2025. Our first meeting took place in Tel-Aviv in 2018, in the stands of the European Championships, after a week of reporting at the Wingate Institute near Netanya to understand the inner workings of the

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