Mr. Franco Capelletti is one of those characters who have been seen in the judo world for decades. Born in 1938 near the Lake Iseo, Italy, he dedicated his life to judo and its educational values. He received the 10th dan from the hands of IJF President, Mr. Marius Vizer, this summer on the occasion of the Suzuki Judo World Championships in Budapest.
Today Franco Capelletti is the director of the IJF Kata Commission, whose World Championship takes place on 6 and 7 October in Olbia, Sardinia.
Early in the summer, as part of the series on Judo Legends, the IJF met with this born-educator who explained to us how his life in Judo had been, and still is, a dream of which he wants nobody to wake him up.