davide benaglia

Davide Benaglia was born in 1960 and currently lives in Bergamo, Italy. He learned the Art of Judo in 1974, from a schoolmate. In 1982 started working at Bruno Bozzetto Studio as animator. In 1983 he got his Judo teacher degree at A.Ceracchini Academy in Rome. As a draftsman, he thought to write a book about Judo designed for children. In 1986 the publishing house Rizzoli published the book "Divertiamoci col Judo", that won the 2nd C.O.N.I (Italian National Olimpic Commitee) Literary Prize -Technical Section. In 1987 begins to practice Kendo and now is a kendo teacher too. In 2010 started the Sogobudo practice under the guide of Keyko Wakabayashi sensei. Now, as a member of the sport association 'Body Park Judo Cus Bergamo', he keeps teaching judo and, of course, he continues drawing.