In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk came to the end the International forum of judo .

Let's remind, athletes and trainers participated in it from the different cities of the Far East, the Sakhalin region and Japan. On September 4 islanders carried out Japanese delegation home.

The forum lasted seven days. During this time Japanese and Far East children lived in families of island athletes. It allowed judoists to make friends, to understand culture of each other better and to learn more about judo.

Parents of residents of Sakhalin brought to the airport of Japanese children, in whose families guests spent week. Before parting children exchanged contacts. Some of them shed a few tears, saying to that want to arrive again.

As the first vice-president of the Sakhalin federation of sambo and judo Valentin Kardash told to the correspondent astv.ru, day of some Japanese judoists it there was the first departure from Hokkaido. Result of a forum remained are happy all – both owners, and guests of a sports event. Each child left from Sakhalin with gifts. Tradition of similar sports meetings is decided to continue.

"Occupations took place without incident and traumas. The sports result of a forum is very good. To us showed a lot of interesting the technician in orchestra seats. And the Japanese master opened secrets of judo which athletes of the national team of Japan use. The matter is that one of сэнсэев which participated in our forum, long time was the participant of the natsionalny national team. And now he trains this team. Judo lessons сэнсэй taught practically worldwide. So now the Sakhalin trainers and athletes are faced by a task to acquire received information. Thanks to this forum our colleagues from the Far East cities got acquainted with Japanese trainers and now will be able independently to cooperate with them", - V. Kardash summed up a forum.

Let's remind, the sports event took place on Sakhalin for the fourth time.

To wait for opportunity to apply equipment to which residents of Sakhalin learned at a forum, it is necessary not for long. Already on September 6 the island national team on judo and sambo takes off for Khabarovsk. Islanders will participate in the Far East federal district championship. However, it will be competitions among adult men and women. Honor of the Sakhalin region will be defended by 12 people. Athletes will be overcome for permits on the championship of Russia which will take place in St. Petersburg. According to the interlocutor, athletes prepared for these competitions very seriously, at the same time with occupations during the international forum. V. Kardash hopes that islanders will manage to win at least five permits on the championship of Russia.

And in October the Sakhalin judoists wait one more delegation of foreign athletes. This time there will arrive judoists from the Chinese city of Tsingtao. They will carry out educational and training collecting on Sakhalin, they start on October 19.