Paris, mid-January, at the National Institute of Judo, Roland Mayance receives in front of an entire assembly his new belt, that of the 6e dan de judo.
The reward finalizes long months of stress during which the judoka prepared for his exam.
Especially since initially he did not intend to pass the test. “It was André Parent, my judo godfather who launched me into the adventure” says Roland Mayance. “We were in the middle of Covid when we had the first exchanges. But I said to myself, “I’m going to do it because he…
