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Hermate Souffrant
Hermate Souffrant (born 1 July 1968) is a Haitian judoka. He competed in the Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 86 kg, men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Souffrant won a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the Judo at the 1991 Pan American Games, 1991 Pan American Games References 1968 births Living people Haitian male judoka Olympic judoka for Haiti Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for Haiti Judoka at the 1991 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in judo Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{Haiti-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). Judo was created in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō () as an eclectic martial art, distinguishing itself from its predecessors (primarily Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū, Tenjin Shinyo-ryu jujutsu and Kitō-ryū jujutsu) due to an emphasis on "randori" (, lit. 'free sparring') instead of "kata" (pre-arranged forms) alongside its removal of striking and weapon training elements. Judo rose to prominence for its dominance over Kodokan–Totsuka rivalry, established jujutsu schools in tournaments hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁武術大会, ''Keishicho Bujutsu Taikai''), resulting in its adoption as the department's primary martial art. A judo practitioner is called a , and the judo uniform is called . The objective of co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
