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Judoblitng.com is an interventionist project designed to save the sport, judo from extinction in Nigeria. Though the oriental sport has a rich heritage, here in Nigeria it is despised by the Nigeria government, ignored by Corporate Nigeria and treated as a footnote by the Nigerian media. The story of Nigerian judo is pathetic and the future gloomy…….

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Highest ranked man

Samuel Oyewole
72 points
247 place

Highest ranked woman

Ekuta Enku
630 points
66. place

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Esther Augustine

Is a Nigerian judoka who competed in the women's category. She won a silver medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 2008 African Judo Championships. She won the African Open Port Louis U63kg in 2013

Judo is generally categorized as a modern Japanese martial art, which has since evolved into an Olympic event. The sport was created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano as a physical, mental, and moral pedagogy in Japan.

 
 
Olympic sport: Accepted as an Olympic sport in 1960 (see below); Contested since 1964 (men) and 1992 (women);
Focus: Grappling
Parenthood: Various koryū Jujutsu schools, principally Tenjin Shin’yō-ryū, and Kitō-ryū

Judo is a martial art that was born in Japan, and it is now known around the world as an Olympic sport. Judo was established in 1882 by combining jujitsu, a form of wrestling, with mental discipline. … From the twelfth to the nineteenth century Japan was ruled by the samurai, a class of professional soldiers.

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Ikpo Igbinoba

Long before the emergence of the Covid 19 pandemic, Nigerian judo was already in dire need of oxygen. 

The condition of the martial art, to put it mildly, had been critical and it was already gasping for survival in the intensive care unit.

Yes, Nigerian judo was in the throes of death. 

The tragic judo situation has nothing to do with the Covid 19 scrouge which has held the world hostage for the better part of two years.

The condition was inflicted by a group of people who rigged their way to power all in a bid to use the judo platform to achieve some less than noble objectives. 

They didn’t care a hoot what would befall the sport while they pursued their selfish ambition.