Over the previous 12 months, the European Judo Union has been proud to have established the EJU Get Collectively Event for Tailored Judoka. Ran primarily by members of the EJU Training sector, expertise and a dream has been the driving power if this tour changing into a actuality, not solely a plan on paper. That being mentioned, an occasion requires protocol and EJU Sport Commissioner, Alessandro Comi matches that profile. Although the cadet, junior and senior occasions have various commissioners, Comi has been assigned to the Get Collectively Tour, and it was a pure match.
So what has it meant to be in a brand new setting for Comi?
Judo is one nevertheless it has a number of faces: we primarily deal with the aggressive excessive degree, on the Olympic pathway of a small variety of prime gamers both elite or younger. Get Collectively is one other face and if you get in contact with this, your thought of judo can actually change.
Get Collectively is an incredible challenge of the EJU Training Sector: gathering years of various experiences with judo and incapacity grown on the nationwide or native degree, the EJU is creating a brand new format the place the thought of incapacity is changed by a real focus different-abilities. The adaptive nature of judo makes the magic.
Tailored judo isn’t a brand new thought, and judoka with numerous talents have been working towards for a very long time, contributing to judo’s Paralympic success through the years, however as Comi explains, the execution is one thing totally completely different.
I received in contact with tailored judo about one 12 months in the past when my nationwide federation despatched me on a reconnaissance mission in Venray the place the primary pilot EJU occasion was organized: let’s be trustworthy, most individuals have expertise with disabilities in our golf equipment however in a few years I had by no means seen one thing like that neither I might think about to see that type of judo. It was wonderful, it was emotional: a lightning strike on my earlier thought of judo.
After few months I used to be concerned within the group of the primary seminar on Tailored Judo held in Italy: there I met Marina Draskovic and the Vice President Sergei Aschwanden that have been about to start out with the Get Collectively Tournaments. Former Head Sport Director and present EJU Vice President Catarina Rodrigues lastly requested me to hitch the Tailored Judo Venture on behalf of the Sport Fee.
EJU is a household, we’re completely different sectors, however all of us work on the identical judo: it’s regular that we assist one another. The Sport Sector works on Occasion Administration, Guidelines and protocols and the place a brand new challenge is developed, primarily if it’s about competitions, the Sport Fee is known as to assist with the group and to present the EJU trademark on the occasion administration. In apply it means to do supervision to the occasions, to make sure the appliance of the foundations and worldwide protocols, but additionally to assist placing mats earlier than the competitors, if wanted.
It isn’t solely our expertise in a few years of judo or love for the game that contributes to the sleek working of occasions, however many have careers that complement their EJU life.
Truly, it’s not a case that I used to be requested to deal with this challenge: I’m not naïve with the subject of cognitive impairments and disabilities. Judo individuals meet me in competitions both as EJU delegate or with my nationwide Olympic workforce however on the opposite aspect of the life I’m a psychologist and I’ve a PHD in Neuroscience; earlier than beginning my journey with my nationwide federation in 2017 I’ve labored for ten years as neuropsychologist within the division of Neurosurgery of an enormous hospital in Milan, and within the final couple of years I’m doing consultancy to the Nationwide Institute of Social Safety proper within the space of disabilities. Within the Get Collectively I’m simply making accessible to the EJU completely different competences I acquired in my life.
Creator: Thea Cowen
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