On Friday 18 and Saturday 19 November, the Secular Judo Association (AL Judo) of Langueux celebrated its 40th anniversary as it should. Among the many activities, a gathering of former members joined the club’s 150 current members, culminating in the presence of Luka Mkheidze, Olympic medalist at the Tokyo Olympics and 2021 European vice-champion. Born in Georgia, Luka fled the war in Ossetia in 2009 and obtained French nationality in 2015. On Friday evening, this great champion led a mass training session attended by around a hundred judokas from the department. Spectacular !
Strong values
For Jean-Luc Sevin, the president of the club, “judo, before being a sport, is a martial art, whose origins date back to the samurai. Today, judo is based primarily on a moral code, whose values, friendship, politeness, respect, sincerity, self-control, courage, honor and modesty, go beyond the sport and contribute to making its practitioners are true citizens, capable of engaging in civil life and therefore contributing to living well together in the Langueus region”.
