Vladimir Putin has released a judo video. You may recall that Vladimir Putin tied Anderson Cooper for Blue Blood fancy in the 2006 top hottest men countdown. Funkatron recalled and made sure he immediately alerted me when The Daily Mail announced what is obviously one of the most important DVD releases of the year.

Although the DVD includes hometown judo champion and black belt Vladimir Putin philosophizing about martial arts and demonstrating judo moves, he says that he feels the most important contributions are from his partner on the video, World and Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita. Vladimir Putin feels that sports and health are vital to the growth and health of a nation and is happy to use his celebrity to help bring Yasuhiro Yamashita healthy wisdom to the people.

So far, I haven’t figured out who the publicist for the video is because I suspect it is someone who might generally promote things not exactly on my journalistic beat. I can’t find the video on Netflix or Amazon yet. And I guess there is a good chance it is in Russian, which I can’t even remember swear words in at the moment. But I approve most anything Vladimir Putin wants to support with his coiled ready stance and his pale blue crystal ice stare. (I mean, except for throwing journalists who supported him out of Russia and like any plans he might have for world domination which include conquering America. But except for those things, he is totally hot and his philosophies are worth exploring.)