{"id":1353022,"date":"2022-03-01T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353022"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:07:33","slug":"putin-stripped-of-his-black-belt-by-martial-arts-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-stripped-of-his-black-belt-by-martial-arts-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Stripped Of His Black Belt By Martial Arts Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-stripped-of-his-black-belt-by-martial-arts-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/59469895-4AE8-463B-9CF7-8B374841EB69-scaled.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>World Taekwondo stripped Russian President and martial arts enthusiast Vladimir Putin of his black belt in response to the invasion of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Referring to its motto \u2014 \u201cPeace is More Precious than Triumph\u201d \u2014 World Taekwondo declared that Russia\u2019s \u201cbrutal attacks on innocent lives\u201d constitute violations of the group\u2019s values, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/sports\/taekwondo-putin-stripped-black-belt-over-ukraine-invasion-2022-03-01\/\"><span>Reuters<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cIn this regard, World Taekwondo has decided to withdraw the honorary 9th dan black belt conferred to Mr. Vladimir Putin in November 2013,\u201d the group said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Days earlier, the International Judo Federation suspended Putin\u2019s status as honorary president and ambassador \u201cin light of the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine,\u201d Reuters noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Putin, a former KGB agent, has cultivated a popular <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/photos\/russias-president-vladimir-putin-19690713\/image-russian-president-vladimir-putin-takes-opponent-47333798\"><span>persona<\/span><\/a><span> around his toughness \u2014 riding horses while shirtless, participating in martial arts, shooting firearms, swimming in frozen lakes, scoring professional hockey goals, and wrangling massive fish. However, martial arts aficionado and Lawfare editor Benjamin Wittes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2017\/07\/18\/is-vladimir-putin-a-judo-fraud\/\"><span>argued<\/span><\/a><span> in 2017 that Putin is a \u201cfraud\u201d and \u201cphony,\u201d even challenging the head of state to a fight in any location where Putin does not have the power to arrest him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beyond Putin and his martial arts associations, other international sports bodies have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sports-world-pulling-events-from-russia-following-invasion-of-ukraine\"><span>distanced<\/span><\/a><span> themselves from Russia following the nation\u2019s military aggression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced the removal of the upcoming Champions League final from St. Petersburg, Russia, selecting Paris as a replacement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe UEFA Executive Committee decided to relocate the final of the 2021-22 UEFA Men\u2019s Champions League from Saint Petersburg to Stade de France in Saint-Denis,\u201d UEFA said in a statement. \u201cTogether with the French government, UEFA will fully support multi-stakeholder efforts to ensure the provision of rescue for football players and their families in Ukraine who face dire human suffering, destruction and displacement.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Formula One (F1) canceled the Russian Grand Prix scheduled for September.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are watching the developments in Ukraine with sadness and shock and hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to the present situation,\u201d F1 said in a statement. \u201cOn Thursday evening Formula 1, the FIA, and the teams discussed the position of our sport, and the conclusion is, including the view of all relevant stakeholders, that it is impossible to hold the Russian Grand Prix in the current circumstances.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soccer federations for Sweden, Poland, and the Czech Republic revealed that their teams will no longer travel to Russia for World Cup qualifiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBased on the current alarming development in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the security situation, the Football Associations of Poland, Sweden and Czech Republic express their firm position that the playoff matches to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, scheduled for 24 and 29 March 2022, should not be played in the territory of the Russian Federation,\u201d the federations said in a joint statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, the International Skating Union (ISU) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/international-skating-union-bans-russian-figure-skaters-from-competition\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> that skaters from Russia and Belarus will not be \u201cinvited or allowed to participate in International ice skating competitions including ISU Championships and other ISU events.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Taekwondo stripped Russian President and martial arts enthusiast Vladimir Putin of his black belt in response to the invasion of Ukraine.Referring to its motto \u2014 \u201cPeace is More Precious<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}