Tbilisi, in the collective imagination of the judoka of the whole world, has a place apart. For years, the Tbilisi Tournament, well before it became a Grand Prix of the World Judo Tour, was already considered one of the most prestigious events on the planet. One had to dare to come to Georgia in the days of the Soviet Union, and one had to be even more courageous to face the high volume of fighters coming from the east.