Written by EJJA

A sub website of an association named EKA "Ethiopia Japan Karate Association" has been removed from ejja.info after internal reviews and requests.

Following the request of the mentioned association, the website was sponsored by EJJA since 2009.
Dear visitors, if you need any further information regarding the activities of Karate that is our sisterly Marital Arts in Ethiopia and with the same roots from Japan, you might contact the Ethiopian Karate Federation, which is officially registered by the Ethiopian Sport Commission and a member of the World Karate Federation.
We would like to seize this opportunity and express our readiness for the cooperation and lessons learned from experienced and official federations in Ethiopia, like the esteemed Ethiopian Karate Federation. We strongly believe in knowledge sharing and developing sport without interfering.

Written by EJJA

The traffic on our website is increasing and getting more hits (more than 1000 hits in the first week of Mai)! Specially, we are very glad for the increasing number of visitors from Ethiopia. According the web analysis, several pages has been visited only in the first week of Mai and files downloaded. As probably the first Ethiopian Martial Arts website, we put things transparent and very glad for your feedback. If you need any additional information or archives, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Written by EJJA

We are onboard almost since 5 years. The Judo & Ju-Jitsu activities have been supported by Instructors those have highly international reputation beside Dr. Tsegaye Degineh for the last three years. These Instructors came to Ethiopia and thought students on good will. Our association informed their activities to the Ethiopian sport authorities, the Ethiopian Embassies and the media timely. This Instructors came to us with the legitimation of their National/International Federations. In our side, we are also very thankful for the cooperation of the Integrated Martial Arts Federation / the Addis Ababa Sport Commission for supporting us (e.g training hall). NO student paid for seminar, certificates or belt examinees.
Retrospectively, we would like to thank again all those instructors/delegates for their highly contribution for the healthy development of Judo & Ju-Jitsu in one hand by instructing not only technically but also mentally fitness for hundreds of athletes by showing the true values of Martial Arts and Sport and in other hand by understanding the cultural value estimation and sensibilities of our students. Most of these instructors went back to their home countries by donating their own Judocloths and training materials to our country people, they did this because of their love and respect to Ethiopia as well as its people.

Thank you for your time in Ethiopia!

Honorable Panagioits Theodroplous,
President of Ju-Jitsu International Federation

Colince Tatsa Chinda,
President of Ju-Jitsu African Union,
5th Dan Ju-Jitsu

Hannes Daxbacher,
Member of Military and Police Commission International Judo Federation
Member of the Technical Committee World Police Sports Union
Former Board Member and head instructor of German Judo Federation
Double European Judo Police Champion
6th Dan Judo, 2nd Dan Ju-Jutsu,
4th Dan Mixed Martial Arts

Joe Thumfart,
Technical Director of Ju-Jitsu International Federation
7th Dan Ju-Jitsu,
Master in Karate, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu und Luta Livre
Ju-Jitsu World champion
European Champion Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Champion in Brazilian Shoto

Dimitris Georgantidis,
Assistant General Secretary of Ju-Jitsu International Federation,
Referee Director of African Ju-Jitsu Union,
World A Referee

Giancarlo Bagnulo,
Member of the Italian Ju Jitsu Technical Commission and National Exam Commission
JJAFU Technical Director,
Author of several Martial Arts books
6th Dan Ju-Jitsu, 3rd Dan Judo

Bernd Hillebrnd,
Former Vice President and Technical Director of German Ju Jutsu Federation,
7th Dan Ju-Jitsu
Master in Karate

Fall Macode,
President of Côte d'Ivoire Ju-Jitsu Federation
Vice President of Ju-Jitsu African Union
3rd Dan Ju-Jitsu

Maurizio Di Giuseppe,
5th Jiu Jitsu
Master of Hontai Yoshin Ryu

Dr. Markus Dobler,
2nd Dan Ju-Jitsu,
Former fighter and coach of Mixed Martial Arts,
Personal profiler

Melanie Stoll,
1st Dan Judo,
Licensed Judo/Sport Instructor

All this highly experienced persons make our EJJA very proud. Every EJJA member and friend should be pleased and be proud on this performance!

Last but not least, we appreciate Honorable Marius L. Vizer, President International Judo Federation for his engagement and hope his promised visit in the foreseeable future.

We appreciate and welcome instructors from abroad to teach our students in Ethiopia, who are up-to-date certified, have a permission from their national federation, International federation that is a member of Olympic committee or International Sport Federation/ Sport accord. It is also necessary to have a visa that issued by the Ethiopian Embassy for this purpose and informing the Ethiopian Sport authorities timley.

This year we plans also to organize championships with the support of JJAFU/JJIF and IJF and certainly, with the cooperation of the Ethiopian sport authorities specially the sport commission in Addis Ababa and the Integrated Martial Arts Federation. We are still open for other Martial Arts athletes, if they want to practice our art as complimentary . Our principle is not competition but cooperation with other sport/martial Arts federations in the spirit of Olympic.

Our Judo & Ju-Jitsu Association has open doors, understanding ears and accept constructive critics for concern and complain. We believe in the freedom of individuals right to select their own sport association. To expel and suspend persons must happened things that are beyond our expectation, capacity and imagination (e.g damaging the existence of our association and reputation.)