Almost 400 athletes from all over Italy – for a total of around a thousand people including companions, technicians and family members – expected at Genova between Friday 29 November and Sunday 1 December for the Italian Cup and the Youth Jujitsu Criterium Fijlkam 2024.
The double event will take place from tomorrow at the Paladiamante sports facility in Bolzaneto, in via Maritano 36, under the aegis of Fijlkam, the Italian judo, fighting, karate, martial arts federation.
The three-day event was organized by the president of the Regional Committee of the Federation, Filippo Faranda and his trustee Stefania Bavoso. Three intense days of great sport that will see the athletes try their hand at the Fighting, Ne Waza, Duo and Duo Show specialties. Among the participants were also numerous boys and girls who had just returned from the World Youth Jujitsu Championships held in Heraklion, Greece, between 24 and 28 October. Competition, respect and friendship are the common threads of a long weekend in which Genoa will become the Italian capital of jujitsu.
The program
It starts on Friday 29 November at 10.30 am with the Duo and Duo Show specialties. The Fighting competition will start on Saturday 30 November starting from 8.30 am, same time on Sunday 1 December for the Ne Waza specialty. An unmissable event for all jujitsu enthusiasts which is part of the initiatives included in the program of Genoa 2024 European Capital of Sport and which can be attended for free.
Councilor Bianchi: “Jujitsu is back as a protagonist in Genoa”
“Jujitsu returns as a protagonist in Genoa and does so with the double appointment with the Italian Cup and the Youth Jujitsu Criterium Fijlkam 2024 – declares the Councilor for Sport and Tourism of the Municipality of Genoa Alessandra Bianchi – Our city is ready to transform in the Italian capital of jujitsu, thus underlining, once again, the great Genoese tradition in this sport. A tradition that is strengthened daily thanks to the commitment and passion of numerous sporting realities of ours I thank the president of the Regional Committee of the Federation Filippo Faranda and his entire team for organizing this prestigious event, which will also be an opportunity to discover our city with all its beauties and excellences”.
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