Sources & credits.

Original photography: Daniel Tremel / JJEU, through the JJEU Media Hub. Nine photographs have digitally retouched spectator stands. These are adapted illustrations and do not document actual attendance. Athlete portraits and official logos retain their supplied sources. Illustrative photographs do not document every event described on the page.

JJEU Media Hub · Image sources & retouch register

The supplied JJEU Brand Guidelines 2026 and final vector artwork are the current reference for this website. Maria Charitopoulou’s confirmed website address is maria.charitopoulou@jjeu.eu. Roles, partner listings and federation details retain their published source dates; the Secretariat can confirm later changes.

English is the default website language. The language chooser contains 41 interface variants covering the 37 federation countries. Main-menu and chapter-navigation translations are supplied locally; full-page machine translation depends on browser support or a connected service and is labelled separately. The assistant can answer an explicitly German question in German. Original federation names, third-party posts and official documents retain their source language.

Navigation dictionaries are available in all 41 listed variants. Their coverage includes the principal languages of the current federation countries, with selected co-official and regional languages; it is not an exhaustive minority-language inventory. Native-speaker review of the authored dictionaries is still required. English remains the initial and fallback language; no automatic browser-language switching is used.

No external translation account is configured in this preview. Full-page translation can use the browser Translator API where supported. The optional Google Cloud adapter remains inactive until a server-held credential is configured. Montenegrin, Nynorsk and Romansh require full editorial translation packs; another language is never silently substituted. PDF contents, images containing text, proper federation/person names and original social material retain their source form.

Browser Translator API (opens in a new tab) · Google Cloud language support (opens in a new tab) · Google widget retirement, 1 October 2026 (opens in a new tab)

Adapted from the JJEU App discipline guide, updated 5 September 2026. Use the official rulebooks for competition requirements.

Editorial archive · Selected updates from 8 September 2026. Current Instagram posts appear above.

Editorial summaries of actual posts in the app’s Instagram news source. Snapshot: 8 September 2026. Read the original posts on the official JJEU Instagram channel. Photographs: Daniel Tremel / JJEU, Heraklion 2026, via the JJEU Media Hub. These illustrative archive photographs do not depict the separate events reported here. These cards are not a continuously synchronised Instagram feed.

All five entries are marked active in the JJEU App partner register, inspected 8 September 2026. Categories follow that register; BESST 2.0 project and EU co-funding information follow the app’s Safeguarding page. This does not establish contract end dates.

Checked against the JJIF collection on 8 September 2026. The English rules are authoritative where the JJIF specifies this. Show and Para documents remain listed despite their earlier dates. Event-specific notices should also be checked.

Referee coordination: Ralf Pfeifer, General Referee Director, confirmed in the current app organisation directory. For administrative enquiries, use the Secretariat through Contact. The four course titles are listed on the public Moodle homepage, checked 8 September 2026. Course content and enrolment conditions behind sign-in have not been audited.

Safeguarding contacts and guidance follow the JJEU App page updated 4 September 2026. The dedicated address is safeguarding@jjeu.eu. This website does not collect incident reports; email opens your mail application.

Dates identify the published documents. The JJEU procedures and conflict policy are listed as 2019 publications; continued applicability and any later amendments still need confirmation. JJIF documents are identified separately from JJEU documents.

The app’s current organisation directory confirms Dana Mortelmans as Sport Director and Anja Horak as Treasurer. It also lists Tom Ismer as Media Director and Dr. Spalovszky Csaba as an appointed Board Member. These entries take precedence in this preview over older role descriptions.

The app lists Johannes Horak for Duo and Antonella Farne for Fighting in the Athletes Commission. This resolves the commission contact route but does not establish a Board representative mandate. The older JJIF directory names Denise Krahn.

Maria Charitopoulou’s confirmed website address is maria.charitopoulou@jjeu.eu. The app spells Audrey’s surname “Jarguy”, while the earlier role source says “Yargui”; it spells Amran’s surname “Elotmona”, while earlier sources and his email use “Elotmani”. Those discrepancies remain labelled. Anja’s address follows the current app directory.

Upcoming public competitions and federation events, sorted by date.

Public sport and federation entries are refreshed from the JJEU Google Calendar every 15 minutes while the page is open. Personal, private and unsupported recurring entries are excluded. The checked snapshot remains available if refreshing fails. Dates marked provisional need organiser confirmation. German Open competition dates follow the official outlines; accreditation begins one day earlier. Photographs illustrate Ju-Jitsu and do not document every event listed here.

Registration and eligibility are managed by the organiser. Check the latest outlines before booking travel.

Selected milestones from the JJEU’s 2017 activity and anniversary report and the official JJIF history. International sporting milestones are identified separately from the European organisation’s history. The sources differ on the year of the name change: this chronology follows the detailed JJEU report (1998). The 2027 entry marks the forthcoming anniversary; it does not announce an event programme. Research checked 13 September 2026.

Source: JJIF Europe directory. All 37 federation names were checked again on 15 October 2026; 13 spellings or display names were corrected using the organisation sources listed below. Contact details retain the 8 September 2026 snapshot. Contact validity and membership standing require federation confirmation. Small states are also available in the country list.

All 37 existing entries were compared with the current JJIF Europe directory. Identified federation, national Olympic committee, government and official sport-organisation sources take precedence for spelling. English equivalents and native names in Latin script are retained, with normal mixed case and accents. This check concerns public display names; it does not certify legal registration, current contacts or membership status.

Austria — Jiu-Jitsu Verband Österreich
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
The federation statutes specify this short native name; the JJIF heading uses an older wording.

Azerbaijan — Japanese Martial Arts and Culture Association
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Use the association’s English self-designation. Azerbaijan is already identified separately by the country label.

Belgium — Belgium Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the current JJIF Europe heading Belgium Ju-Jitsu Federation. Older JJIF material uses Belgian Ju-Jitsu Federation; an independent current national self-designation was not established.

Bosnia and Herzegovina — Ju-Jitsu Federation of Republic of Srpska
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Bulgaria — Bulgarian Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Croatia — Hrvatski Ju-Jitsu Savez
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Follow the federation’s own mixed-case heading and hyphenation.

Cyprus — Cyprus Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
The Cyprus government uses this hyphenated English name for the championship organiser.

Denmark — Dansk Judo og Ju-Jitsu Union
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Use the union’s native self-designation; remove the malformed imported “Kamp;” text.

France — Fédération Française de Judo, Jujitsu, Kendo et Disciplines Associées
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Restore the accents and full statutory name. France Judo is the public brand.

Georgia — Georgian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Use the hyphenated spelling of the named federation in the UAEJJF organisation record; the JJIF directory omits the hyphen.

Germany — Deutscher Ju-Jutsu-Verband e.V.
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
The full-name field in the federation’s imprint includes the hyphen before Verband.

Greece — Greek Sport-Fan Amateur Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Hungary — Hungarian Sport Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
The federation explicitly provides this English name in its own organisation details.

Israel — Israel Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Italy — Federazione Italiana Judo Lotta Karate Arti Marziali
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
Confirmed full native federation name on the FIJLKAM membership portal.

Latvia — Latvian Ju-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Lithuania — Lithuanian Grappling Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
The native self-designation Lietuvos grapplingo federacija supports the English directory name retained here.

Moldova — Moldovan Jiu-Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the current JJIF English name. The native organisation wording on jiu-jitsu.md differs from the native wording in JJIF, so no unverified legal-name replacement is made.

Monaco — Fédération Monégasque de Judo et Disciplines Associées
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Restore the final accent in Associées, as listed by the national Olympic committee.

Montenegro — Ju-Jitsu Savez Crne Gore
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Netherlands — Judo Bond Nederland
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
Confirmed Judo Bond Nederland on the federation website.

North Macedonia — Ju Jitsu Federation of Republic of North Macedonia
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Norway — Norwegian Martial Arts Federation – Ju Jitsu committee
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
The federation website confirms Norges Kampsportforbund and its Ju Jitsu section. The English JJIF federation-and-committee designation is retained.

Poland — Polski Związek Ju-Jitsu Sportowego
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Restore the Polish diacritic and the missing Sportowego, using the current organisation linked by the JJIF contact details.

Portugal — Federação de Ju-Jitsu e Disciplinas Associadas de Portugal
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
The 2025 statutes confirm this full federation name.

Republic of Serbia — Ju Jutsu Savez Srbije
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Romania — Romanian Martial Arts Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
Federația Română de Arte Marțiale confirms the native organisation name; its JJIF English designation is retained.

Russia — Russian Ju Jitsu Federation
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

San Marino — Federazione Sammarinese Judo Lotta e Discipline Associate
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
The national Olympic committee gives the existing federation name in its subheading, while its heading adds Aikido. Retain the full name shared with JJIF rather than infer a legal renaming.

Slovakia — Slovenský zväz športového ju-jitsu
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Slovenia — Ju-jitsu zveza Slovenije
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
The current federation website and statute references confirm Ju-jitsu zveza Slovenije.

Spain — Real Federación Española de Judo y Deportes Asociados
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
Confirmed by the federation’s legal notice; retain normal mixed case.

Sweden — Svenska Jujutsufederationen
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Retain the name published in the current JJIF Europe directory, in normal mixed case.

Switzerland — Schweizerischer Judo & Ju-Jitsu Verband
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained; corroborating organisation source
The federation’s own website title confirms this native name.

Turkey — Türkiye Muaythai ve Jujitsu Federasyonu
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Use the federation’s own 2026 Ju-Jitsu operational designation, with ve and Jujitsu. Its website masthead and statutory documents also use the shorter Türkiye Muaythai Federasyonu.

Ukraine — Ju-Jitsu Association of Ukraine
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Retained from the current JJIF directory
Use the English equivalent explicitly supplied alongside the native heading in the current JJIF directory, as requested; no Cyrillic in the website data.

United Kingdom — Great Britain Jujitsu
Name source (opens in a new tab) · Corrected from a national or organisation source
Use the current self-designation on the federation’s website rather than the spaced JJIF listing.

Operational contacts follow the 20 entries in the JJEU App organisation directory, inspected 8 September 2026. Two discipline representatives are listed for the Athletes Commission; this does not establish a Board mandate. Conflicting name spellings remain under review. Maria Charitopoulou’s email was confirmed for this website. Hall of Fame includes former JJEU President Herbert Frese and follows the verified JJEU website honours and award reports; unverified app-only entries are excluded. Honorary profiles do not imply an operational role. Photos come from the JJEU App and official JJEU profiles and award reports; Hall of Fame backgrounds have been edited for a uniform white presentation. Group photographs retain the people and awards from the original scene. Countries reflect federation representation. Memorial labels identify confirmed deaths; an absent label does not establish living status. Country and memorial sources.

Publications from the JJEU archive. Meeting dates and published editions are shown separately. This register contains the documents currently added, not a complete record of every meeting.

JJEU activity and anniversary report 2017 — founding and 2017 resolution (page 52); organisation and name changes (page 23).

JJIF history — international sporting milestones in 1990, 1994, 1997 and 2010.