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In this Saturday, Dec. 24, 2005 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a master class at a judo school in St. Petersburg. [Agencies]
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Vladimir Putin is out on video as a judo expert.
Russian media have already shown Prime Minister Putin at the wheel of massive racing truck, shirtless on a fishing excursion and tracking a tiger through the Siberian forest.
On Tuesday, he presented an instructional judo DVD that bears his name and shows him throwing an opponent to the mat.
"Let's Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin" is the product of collaboration between Putin -- a black belt -- and former World and Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita.
At a nighttime presentation minutes into his 56th birthday, Putin said the title was little more than an "advertising trick." Anyone who watches it “will be learning not from your humble servant but from real geniuses" of the martial art, he said.
But portions shown on Russian television depicted a black-clad Putin talking about the history and philosophy of judo, as well as a white-robed Putin demonstrating moves against a practice partner.
Putin is a one-time judo champion of his home city St. Petersburg.
He is also an avid skier, and his apparent fitness and devotion to physical activity helped increase his popularity in eight years as president. This contrasted sharply with his hard-drinking and chronically ill predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, who died last year.
"The level of developing of sports undoubtedly defines the level of development of the country itself," Putin said at the presentation.
"Without sports, it's impossible to speak of a healthy way of life, about the health of the nation as such," he said.
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(Agencies)
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日前，（俄羅斯總理）普京以一名柔道教練的身份出現在一套教學DVD中。
此前，普京開越野卡車，半裸上身垂釣以及在西伯利亞叢林中英勇打虎的“軼事”已受到俄羅斯媒體的高度關注。
本周二，普京發布了他的柔道教學DVD，片中有一個他將對手摔倒在墊子上的片斷。
這套名為《跟普京學柔道》的教學DVD是普京與前奧運柔道冠軍山下泰裕合作完成的。現在普京已是柔道“黑帶”選手。
當天恰逢普京的56歲生日。在當晚的發布儀式上，普京說這套DVD的名字用了一個“廣告噱頭”，因為看這套節目的人“不是在跟我學，而是在跟真正的柔道高手學”。
從俄羅斯電視臺播放的DVD片斷可以看到，片中的普京身著黑衣，講述柔道的歷史和哲學內涵，還有他身穿白色柔道服與陪練演示動作的內容。
普京曾是其家鄉圣彼得堡市的柔道冠軍。
普京還擅長滑雪。普京健壯的體魄和對體育的熱愛助長了他在八年總統任期內的高人氣。這與其前任鮑里斯?葉利欽形成鮮明對比。葉利欽飲酒過度，長期患病，已于去年去世。
普京在發布儀式上說：“一個國家體育的發展水平無疑是決定該國整體發展水平的重要因素。”
普京說：“沒有體育運動，健康的生活方式和國民的健康就無從談起。”
（實習生瞿漫 英語點津姍姍編輯）
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