Sunday, March 23, 2008

More Judo Politics

Politics ...
The reason why I'm content not to be bothered with official federations and the like. I like to train, teach and meet friends. The rest of it is one major pain in the butt as far as I'm concerned.

Brazil -- The UPJ (Pan an-American Judo Union) has reportedly sent a letter to the International Judo Federation. The letter accuses the two judo federations of Brazil and Uruguay of a plot to remove union heads from their posts before the end of their elected periods.

Effectively, the judo union threatens to ban judo in the two countries from the Olympics in China for trying to "remove its democratically elected leaders".

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