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THE 2016 - 40th ANNIVERSARY
WJJF / WJJKO 
WORLD CONGRESS

Ju-Jitsuka from Across the Globe - United in Rome, Italy for the 40th Anniversary World Congress of WJJF /  WJJKO in June 2016..!!

Latest Details from WJJF-WJJKO

WORLD JU-JITSU CONGRESS

Making History - The 2016 WJJF-WJJKO WORLD JU-JITSU CONGRESS.  United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) sent its National Delegation of Ju-Jitsuka and Took Part in this Wonderful Event in the City of over Two Thousand Years of History..!!
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Location: Rome, Italy

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Over 600 Ju-Jitsuka attended this Grand Event in Rome Italy..!!

The USJJF Delegation Participated in the Historic Congress and in the "Life Time Experience" of Training in the Italian Olympic Center.!!
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“ICHI GO, ICHI E” every meeting is Unique..!!

Rome from 10 thru 12  June 2016
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If we use this phrase  “Rem tene, verba sequentur” by  Marco Porcio Catone (234 b.C. about  – 149 b.C.), after the words we need the facts, we can have an idea about was the  ju-jitsu, with the support of the Fijlkam, headed by Dott. Domenico Falcone, by the  president of the t.c. jujitsu Master Giancarlo Bagnulo.

The success cannot stop our estimations about the path of the national and international ju-jitsu could do to become more incisive.  ​

Let’s talk about numbers: on the  11 tatami more than 600 participants of the two organizations Fijlkam and Wjjf/Wjjko; 600 people. And, only adults not children. More than 350 athletes in the respective competitions; 50 masters from the  28 Nations participating, beside Italy: Australia, Bulgaria, Brasil, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom , Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Poland, Republic Czech, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Hungary, United State of America.

Sponsor of this initiative which has touched our heart  for the social aim  Sammy Basso (HGPS) who suffers of the sindrome  Hutchinson-Gilford or “progeria” , the Doct. Marina Di Bussolo Pellicone, president of the  “Foundation Matteo Pellicone”.  What to add? The spirit of the budo has to be to stay all together. We are growing but without words, hego ect.

We grow using the persona experience for all, as Rome proved.
GSB, President, founder with  Soke Robert Clark (1946 – 2012) of the  Wjjf before ; Wjjko later and now Wjjf/Wjjko 1976” since  1 January  2017,  honorary president, has put together the following structure for the future:

-  3 Chairman: Amir Barnea (Israel), Stefano Draghi (Italy), David Toney (Ireland)
-  5 Vice Chairman: Bruce Bethers (USA) North America; Josef Oberhollenzer (Germany) Europe; Peter Pace (Australia) Australasia; Hesham Saleh Aljaser (Kuwait) Asian and Arab Country; Kozo Kuniba (Giappone) Far East.

The Technical Commission will follow.

-   We would like to aplaud for the job done well by Shihan Cesare Livio Proia, for the competition who will be one of our permanent member about the competition.  Thanks to  the organization  team Bertoletti headed by  Natascia Ppresident Wjjf/Italy and General Secretary - Tatiana, Katia – and by the  Vice president Wjjf/Italy Stefano Draghi: Giorgia Milano, Marisa Riccio, Andrea Bove, Mirko Di Cristofaro, Daniele Scala, Giuliano Garbuio, and Augusto Falconi.

Scenes from the 2016 World Ju-Jitsu Congress..!!

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