The Councilor for Youth and Sports, María de la O Rubio; together with the president of the Huelva TSV Judo Club, Santi Mazarío, they presented at a press conference the I Judo League of Huelva TSV, organized by the TSV Judo Club, with the support of the City Council. The first day of this new sporting event will take place this Saturday at the Diego Lobato sports hall under the Randori modality, and will consist of refereed fights between teammates grouped by age, level and weight.
As the councilor explained, it is a two-day sporting and educational event that aims to train our athletes in the values of judo, “with which Huelva will recover the presence of grassroots judo in the city, since “A tournament of this nature has not been held since 2008.” Thus, Rubio continued, “the objective with which this event is held is clear: to promote the practice of this sport among the youngest, offering a platform for them to show their skills and talent.”
In this sense, the councilor recalled that the City Council is aware of the value of sport in the comprehensive training of youth, “our commitment is firm when it comes to promoting physical and emotional well-being through sporting activities, and the I League Judo de Huelva TSV is just one more example of this dedication, offering boys and girls, and young people, an opportunity to discover their passion for sport and cultivate an active and healthy life from an early age.”
Rubio also wanted to thank and guarantee the municipal support for the work of the Huelva clubs such as the TSV Judo Club, “fundamental for promoting grassroots sport in our city, since in addition to teaching them the different techniques and elements of each discipline, They work with them from childhood on the acquisition of all those values that are linked to sport, such as the capacity for sacrifice, discipline, effort, the desire to improve and camaraderie, which are also so important for life and for personal growth.”
For his part, the president of the club, thanked the City Council for the support shown to carry out this event that “we organize with the intention that the children have fun, taking away the pressure that could lead to the competition and with the objective also to help them develop social skills or values such as empathy, camaraderie, or the capacity for sacrifice, among others.”
Mazarío has given more details about the celebration of this tournament, which will consist, as already mentioned, of a first day called Randori, “in which about 300 fights will take place from ten in the morning to one in the afternoon, with participants from 3 to 16 years old, grouped by age, level and approximate weight.” These fights, the president of the club has said, are refereed under specifically designed regulations, “with regulations that are focused above all on learning, on the child learning to compete and avoid injuries.”
In addition to this first day, the I Judo League of Huelva TSV will continue next April with a new day that they have called Tecni-Judo, “and will consist of carrying out a technical program according to age and grade, which It will be scored by a judge,” concluded Mazarío.
