NATIONAL ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 - April 19/20

Such a rate of participation is completely new. Approximately four hundred candidates coming from all Italian regions challenged each others in the main annual event of the Italian sporting calendar: the national championship of Yoseikan Budo. The weekend tournament’s venue was the splendid municipal Sports hall < Vela > of Trento.

The competitions related to all categories of weight and age, from juniors to seniors into individuals, as well
as team competition. Thanks to the remarkable organization by the Trento Yoseikan Budo Union the whole event was held in a healthy and serene environment, in the presence of the president of the Italian Academy of Yoseikan Budo, Mr. Valentino Straser, of the national technical Director Mr. Roman Patuzzi, of the Italian team national trainer Mr. Fabrizzio Tabella and with the multi-champions William Nicolo and Davide Morini.

During the course the first day of competitions, after a long confrontation by athletes of High Tessin, many titles were conquered by the clubs of Milano, Mantova, Trento, Roma and Aprilia.
In the Junior categories emerged promising talents who displayed good technical level and fair play. The seniors categories were characterized by the domination of the leaders in the various categories. The performance of Sicilian and Emilian athletes was also very remarkable, and was proven with by good classifications. The competition made it possible for the selector of the Italian national team to choose the athletes who will constitute the blue team at the next triangular meet with Switzerland and France.

Sunday, 11AM to 2PM - a « full blown » tournament

Smiles, demonstrations of joy, but also strong emotions and fair play marked the second day of competitions of this national championship.

The young Yoseikan Budokas took at heart to give a right image of what is regarded as an emerging sport among international sports activities. With their enthusiasm and their natural way to enjoy this discipline, they offered the public many emotions and a high quality technical display.

For the anecdote, it was noted that along the years, the traditional rivalry between the young people of Lazio and those of High Tessin remains very obvious, and inevitably shows off during competitions.

>Trento 19 e 20 -04-2008