Sports federations Ile-De-France

The French Baseball and Softball Federation is an association located in Paris, at 41 Rue de Fécamp.

The French Federation of Hatha Yoga aims to promote yoga in France in its traditional spirit. It develops the study and practice of yoga, proposes the initial and continuous training of teachers, organizes conferences, courses, yoga courses and disseminates books or journals related thereto. It was founded in 1968 by Mahalingappa Ghatradyal (Shri Mahesh) who was raised in the monastery virashivaïte of Shiva Mandir, where he learned and practiced yoga at the age of five. The FFHY brings together more than 700 professors and more than 11 000 members. She is represented in France in eleven regional offices and is bound by convention at the Francophone League of Hatha Yoga in Belgium.

If the walk has always existed, it is not the same for hiking. This term began with the creation of a large national network of marked trails from 1946. Until then, walkers and hikers had to have a compass and cards so that they wouldn't lose. It was Jean Loiseau, passionate about nature, who had the idea of creating "the big walker's roads". In 1947, the National Trails Committee (CNSGR) was established and the first section of the GR® 3 from Orleans to Beaugency was opened for 28 km. The story was on the way. However, we will have to wait until 1978 for hikers to be represented with the creation of the French Hiking Federation. It defines the standards of this sport and maintains a network of 180 000 km of marked trails. It is represented by 116 regional and departmental committees and brings together 3 450 local associations or clubs.

It was around 1880, during an evening drunk among British notables, that table tennis was born with a champagne cap as ball and cigar boxes as snowshoes. This sport took a more official turn with 1885-year-old equipment and was patented by James Devonshire. Since 1927, FFTT has established its practice by grouping sports associations. She also organizes national competitions and represents French table tennis abroad. The federation registers more than 190 000 licensees and relies on a network of 27 regional leagues and 96 departmental committees comprising 3 580 clubs.

The history of TFF began in the th century under the name "Union of French Athletic Sports Societies" (USFSA) and was created by a Lawn tennis Club Commission. In 1920, it took the name of the French Federation of Lawn Tennis and then abandoned its English termination half a century later. Its mission is to promote, develop and supervise tennis in clubs, teaching, training, individual competition and teams and the French championships. Similarly, the French Tennis Federation ensures France's Representation through the commitment of the teams of France in international meetings such as the Davis Cup and the Olympic Games, and the organisation of major tournaments such as Roland Garros and the BNP Paribas Masters. This association alone comprises more than 1 500 000 licensees and 7 800 clubs across the region.

Created in 1882 by a Japanese monk, Jigoro Kano, judo is a martial art meaning "flexibility". Indeed, the founding principles of this discipline are based on the idea that flexibility can defeat the fort. Judo appeared in France in the 1930 s, mainly after the Second World War under the Leadership of Master Kawaishi and Paul Bonet-Maury, Founding President of the French Judo Federation in December 1946. Martial art will then be included in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games program. Through its 550 000 licensees, FFJDA represents not only judokas, but also lovers of kendo (sabre fencing), jujitsu (method of defence near judo), alive (Japanese weapon weapon with curve blade), jodo (fight to stick), iaido (art of drawing the saber and hitting in one gesture), kyudo (firing-shooting). arc) and chanbara sport (fighting between two opponents on equal or different arms according to minimum rules).

The French Athletics Federation (FFA) has more than 250 000 licensees and 2 200 clubs across the region. Its mission is to promote and develop the practice of athletics in all its forms: in stage (races, jumps, casts, combined events and athletic walk) or off-stage (cross-country, race and athletic walk, Nordic walking, walking in kind, including trails and mountain racing). In addition, the FFA forms federal leaders, animators, trainers and coaches and issues federal titles.

FNPF (the National Federation of Fisheries in France and the Protection of the aquatic environment) is autou with a tremendous network of volunteers who drive fish communities. It is the political body for defending the interests of fishermen and associative fishing. With 1 418 000 licensees, it is France's second largest sports federation! There is only the football federation to count more members.

The Fédération Française d'Aïkido Aïkibudo Kinomichi & Disciplines Associées (FFAAA) is a martial arts school. It offers courses in aikido, aikibudo, kinomichi and other associated disciplines. FFAAA is accredited by the French Ministry of Sports and is a member of the International Aikido Federation.

The FFAAA consists of three disciplines based on defence techniques in bare hands or with weapons such as bokken, sabre of wood, and tanto, wood knife. Aikido uses the power of the adversary, with the aim of reducing his attempt at aggression. This ancestral martial art revolves around the concept of self-defence: a proportionate and immediate response to an attack. Aïkibudo is a more recent discipline combining tradition and modernity, and kinomichi favours a two-, flexible, fluid and dynamic practice and works for the mutual construction of partners.

The French Federation of Boxe Boxing French and D.A. aims to promote, develop, organize and control practice in four disciplines: French boxing boxe, combat cane, boxe stick defence and boxe form. His discipline-queen, the French boxing boxe, is a combat sport using percussion movements that allow to strike his opponent with the different surfaces of feet and front face. Any movement must be designed to be ethical, aesthetic, effective and educational. All of these disciplines represent more than 51 000 licensees and 760 clubs attached to 65 Departmental Committees and 26 regional leagues.

The Fédération Sportive LGBT+ is a committed association promoting the inclusion of LGBT+ people in sport. With its 50 affiliated clubs, 7,000 members and some 40 sporting disciplines, it offers a friendly framework for practicing sport in a spirit of openness. Its initiatives, such as the Sport et Trans charter, and events such as the Tournoi International de Paris and the Forum des Sports LGBT+, make it a key partner for public authorities on these issues. The Fédération Sportive LGBT+ demonstrates that sport can be a formidable tool for inclusion.

The AFDM is an association under the law of 1901. It is the FFMC's prevention and training structure for two-wheelers, and also works with the Assurance Mutuelle des Motards (AMDM). In addition to its advisory role and training courses, it organizes 1- or 2-day refresher courses, as well as specialized courses (for drivers of large scooters, sidecars, people with reduced mobility, etc.). Its network covers the whole of France.

The National Federation of Transport User Associations (FNAUT) was created in 1978. Today, it brings together 150 associations located in all French regions.

As an approved consumer association, FNAUT advises and defends users of all modes of transport and represents them before public authorities and transport companies.

As a public interest pressure group, FNAUT strives to influence transport and spatial planning policy.

The French Tai Chi Chuan Federation, the oldest tai chi chuan school in Paris founded in 1972, became the James Kou School. Sober room, blue walls simply dressed with a few Chinese prints and a large mirror... Here, we practice as in China, in the outfit with which we arrived - no changing rooms therefore. The sessions are offered to a dozen students to facilitate learning. If you want to get an idea, you should know that open houses are regularly organised, during which it is possible to participate free of charge in a trial course.

Krav Maga 77 is a martial arts and combat sports club located in Champs-sur-Marne. The club offers three classes a week at the ESIEE school, including two Krav Maga (kapap - self-defense) classes and one boxing class. Instructor David Chemoul teaches both sports combat and self-defense techniques, to prepare students for all kinds of aggression, whether armed or unarmed. The club welcomes adults of all levels, men and women, and offers a free trial class.

The Krav Maga KMPO martial arts school offers courses in Krav Maga and Kapap, as well as self-defense. Run by Vincent Bignaux, the school is open to beginners wishing to acquire the prerequisites for federal and state diplomas in English boxing and martial arts. The cost of enrolment is 250 euros, with the option of paying in two consecutive cheques of 125 euros, plus a license fee of 35 euros.