And 53! Patrick Poulard, 30, comes to inflate the number of black belts of the Judo-club of The arrow (Sarthe). He received his on Monday February 28, 2022, at the Petit-Versailles dojo.
The young man started practicing judo five years ago. “It was one of my cousins who motivated me, he says. I tackled it and I hooked well. »
The black belt, “logical continuation”
When he arrives at La Flèche in March 2020, from Montpellier (Hérault), Patrick already has the brown belt. Trying to get the black belt is for him ” the logical continuation “. For this purpose, he spends six hours a week training at the Judo-club.
It takes him six months to validate the four value units: kata, technique, themed exercises and arbitration. “It is a source of pride, and the reward for hard work, today appreciates Patrick. But it’s not an end in itself: I want to continue to progress. »