Two days of full immersion in martial arts of Japanese origin in Vezzano Ligure, at the Palazzetto dello Sport dei Prati, both in classic and competitive forms. The Combat Sports Martial Arts Sector of the ACSI Sports Promotion Body together with the Italian section of the traditional school of ju jitsu “Tamashi Ryu” organize the 2nd Memorial “Gianfranco D’Oca” of ju jitsu to honor the memory of the Novese master , “Il Maestro Gentile”, school head of two gyms in Novi Ligure and Tortona and national manager for ACSI in the ju jutsu sector, as well as having held federal positions for FIJLKAM.
On Saturday, fans of Japanese disciplines will have the opportunity to participate in the stages provided under the direction of prestigious masters in the fields of Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (ground fight), Ju Jitsu. Among the best-known names Ferdinand Capizzi, former technician of the French national team of judo and ju jitsu, passionate teacher “of how to teach”, that is not only of martial techniques, but of how they are taught to students, adapting to their age and characteristics, and Giancarlo Bagnulo, known for having perfected the “Bianchi method”, a form of ju jitsu imported in Italy (and especially in Liguria) by master Gino Bianchi after the long years spent in contact with Japanese masters during his military service in the Battagliane San Marco in Tianjin, China. Bagnulo then brought the Bianchi method to various African nations and subsequently to Central and South America.
Sunday is reserved for pre-agonists (boys and girls from 5 to 11 years old, divided by age and weight) and for agonists, in a challenge that will involve athletes from all over Italy, in consideration of the fact that the competition is open to all members of the FIJLKAM and to any sports promotion body recognized by Coni. In ju jitsu there are not only punches, as in karate, or only throwing and ground fighting techniques, as in judo, but the ways of fighting with bare hands complement each other, according to the tradition of the ancient samurai, to which the schools historians, including Tamashi Ryu, are connected in an uninterrupted line from head of school, usually from father to son. All that remains is to say a single word “Hajime”, which in Japanese means “Let’s start!”.
