April6, International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

Santiago de Chile. Chile.- In the context of the great difficulties that all sports and martial arts have experienced, judo and its selected Dojos, face many setbacks to this day due to the close contact that the practice of our discipline supposes.
Despite this, the Katsumoto Dojo affiliated with the Chile Judo National Federation(Fenajudo), the Panamerican Judo Union PJU, and the South American Judo Confederation SJC, professors Elizabeth Thompson and Lizardo Suazo, both 5th Dan, took up the You...

Santiago de Chile. Chile.- En el contexto de las grandes dificultades que hemos experimentado todos los deportes y artes marciales, el judo y sus respectivos Dojos, enfrentan hasta hoy en día muchos contratiempos por el contacto estrecho que supone la...

Vital Yamuremye, 35 years old, is Sport Simple coordinator with Peace and Sport. He is also teaching at the School of Excellence of Makamba, Burundi.
Your story:
“As a teacher, you have to be a guide, an educator by transmitting positive values in addition to the subjects taught at school and in academic curricula. The best gift ever is to see your students improving.”...

Eric Nzohabonayo, 35 years old, is teaching at Nyabigina high school, Makamba province, Burundi. After school, he leads weekly peace-through-sport activities for children in the framework of Peace and Sport Methodology.
Your story:
“I believe that sharing positive values especially non-violence and respect through sport is very important but it is also very appropriate because, through sport, young people learn in a playful atmosphere and with greater motivation. Young people who...