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Parnel Legros
Parnel Legros (Parnell)) is a former Olympic level judoka for the nation of Haiti. He was born on November 11, 1956. Martial arts Legros competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He competed in the Half Heavyweight division (95 kg), finishing 21st. Coaching From 1993 to 2002, 1500 students passed through his judo program at Starrett City, Brooklyn, Starett City. Legros for a period ran the largest judo program in the northeast. He won the Real Judo award for Coach of the Year in 2002. Legros received the Sloan Public Service Award from Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a result of his success with youth in judo. 100% of his judo students went on to college. Legros has been a clinician for the USJF. He was a speaker at the funeral of Rena Kanakogi. Legros works as a gym teacher at Intermediate School 364. He was noted as a teacher who made an attempt to save the life of a student, who died after playing football. Notable students * Barry Kirk Jackman * Dariusz Mikolaj ... [...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] |
