Comments on: An introduction to Planning your Olympic Judo career. http://judoadvisor.com/2009/03/an-introduction-to-planning-your-olympic-judo-career/ Advice for Judo athletes. Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:18:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sam http://judoadvisor.com/2009/03/an-introduction-to-planning-your-olympic-judo-career/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 sam Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:08:01 +0000 http://judoadvisor.com/?p=50#comment-2034 Please can you list the ( european) B level tournaments and the competitions in the World cup circuit. Thanks Please can you list the ( european) B level tournaments and the competitions in the World cup circuit.

Thanks

]]> By: lanceW http://judoadvisor.com/2009/03/an-introduction-to-planning-your-olympic-judo-career/comment-page-1/#comment-99 lanceW Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:49:46 +0000 http://judoadvisor.com/?p=50#comment-99 The important thing to consider is what YOUR personal Olympics is. The follow up post I have in draft is about deciding what your goals are. Judo has levels of competition, not as many as I would like, but they are there. Find the level for you and aim to exceed it! Lance The important thing to consider is what YOUR personal Olympics is. The follow up post I have in draft is about deciding what your goals are.

Judo has levels of competition, not as many as I would like, but they are there. Find the level for you and aim to exceed it!

Lance

]]> By: Lex http://judoadvisor.com/2009/03/an-introduction-to-planning-your-olympic-judo-career/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Lex Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:50:55 +0000 http://judoadvisor.com/?p=50#comment-97 This is a fun post, and provides a great motivator for youth judo. I'm a 25 year-old yellow belt that started 5 months ago and have competed in 6 tournament winning 1st or 2nd in all so far (novice division). But I also competed in the black belt division 3 times (including against an olympic alternate and several nationally ranked players) where I experienced exactly the difference that the 10 years of high-level competition you talk about make for a talented judoka. At no time in my life have I really felt so outclassed. It is beautiful to see these guys that invested 15+ years of their life working hard day-in day-out in the dojo to arrive at an amazing level of dynamic judo at age 22, 23, ... Of course, there's always the outliers as you mention.... Jimmy Pedro, for example, winning bronze at 34. I stood next to him at a pasta bar at Pedro's Challenge, and though I don't think that's the same thing as actually being Jimmy Pedro, it gives me hope. If I can stand up to him at a pasta bar, then surely I can kick butt in many judo tournaments to come into my late 20's and early 30's, improving all the time ;-) This is a fun post, and provides a great motivator for youth judo.

I’m a 25 year-old yellow belt that started 5 months ago and have competed in 6 tournament winning 1st or 2nd in all so far (novice division). But I also competed in the black belt division 3 times (including against an olympic alternate and several nationally ranked players) where I experienced exactly the difference that the 10 years of high-level competition you talk about make for a talented judoka. At no time in my life have I really felt so outclassed. It is beautiful to see these guys that invested 15+ years of their life working hard day-in day-out in the dojo to arrive at an amazing level of dynamic judo at age 22, 23, …

Of course, there’s always the outliers as you mention…. Jimmy Pedro, for example, winning bronze at 34. I stood next to him at a pasta bar at Pedro’s Challenge, and though I don’t think that’s the same thing as actually being Jimmy Pedro, it gives me hope. If I can stand up to him at a pasta bar, then surely I can kick butt in many judo tournaments to come into my late 20′s and early 30′s, improving all the time ;-)

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