Two Sites now:

We now have TWO sites, one for English language Judo Blogs, one for Spanish language Judo Blogs. To the right you'll see two flags and links, one for the ENglish and one for the Spanish language versions of this site. The RSS feeds have not changed.

We are also starting a blog for PlanetJudo to make it easier to update you as we add/remove feeds etc.

TOPIX Judo news : Judo News: Olympian Travis Stevens wins Bronze at Paris Grand Slam

U.S. judo athlete and Olympian, Travis Stevens , won Bronze at the single elimination judo tournament, Paris Grand Slam, after losing against 2009 European bronze medalist Levan Tsiklauri in the semifinal last weekend.

Source: TOPIX Judo news : Judo News: Olympian Travis Stevens wins Bronze at Paris Grand Slam | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:40 pm

Mick's Judo Blog : Dojo Drum

I have now been to visit three dojos in Japan and everyone of these had a drum mounted on a stand located in the corner of the room. The drum was used to signal the start and the end of judo training sessions or competitions.

These Taiko drums – or “Miya Daiko” – can be found throughout Japanese temples and dojos – more information can be found here.

If you are interested in getting one for your dojo, there are various dealers throughout the world – I sourced one through ebay UK. – here is a link to the a European distributor.

Source: Mick's Judo Blog : Dojo Drum | 8 Feb 2010 | 1:01 pm

JudoCoach.com : Mike Newton, Digital Judo Coach. :-)
Right now, in Japan an English Judo coach is doing something never done before and it is awesome!

Mike Newton of Vale Judo club, is in Japan observing how the #1 High School in Japan trains. This in itself is pretty cool, but what is really ground breaking is that fact he is sharing the experience with all of us online via his blog, his tweets and his YouTube channel.

He is genuinely doing something amazing and we all should thanks him and benefit from his efforts.

I know from my small involvement running http://planetjudo.com that he is influencing thousands of Judo people who read his posts there. I don't know how many are reading his site direct.

A couple of years ago I gave a talk (that Mike references in his latest post) about coaching digital natives. Mike, is now embracing that idea and in a way that is important. His students in the UK are I am sure following the blog, seeing how their coach is learning and sharing and growing as a Judoka. That has to be good for them. But so are other coaches, like myself. His ideas on application of what he sees in Japan in the UK are particularly interesting.

Mikes use of Social Media is an example of what I strongly believe we shall see more and more of. So get over to http://simplyjudo.wordpress.com/ and enjoy what is a world first in the Judo world (as far as I know).

Well done Mike, talk to you when you get back to the UK !

Lance

Source: JudoCoach.com : Mike Newton, Digital Judo Coach. :-) | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:56 am

Matt D'Aquino's Blog : Min ho Choi highlights
To put it simply Choi is one of the best judo fighters to ever win the Olympics. He won the olympics with style by winning every fight with an ippon score. He beat the likes of Sobirov from UZB, Hadjakhonzadeh Iran, current world champ Houkes from Ned and the highly rated Paischer Ludwig in the final.
I trained with Choi in korea 2 months out from Beijing Olympics and he threw me over and over and over again. Maybe 20-30 times a day. He is just so fast and can adjust to your positioning so quickly, but after fighting at the Olympics and seeing him win you could tell he was on the day just that level above everyone else.

Source: Matt D'Aquino's Blog : Min ho Choi highlights | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:15 am

Centre de Tecnificació Barcelona Nord : Campeonato de Catalunya sub-20

No ha sido el mejor campeonato del centre. Nos lo temíamos y la dura competencia que se planteó en el tatami GEIGE no nos quitó razón. (more…)

Source: Centre de Tecnificació Barcelona Nord : Campeonato de Catalunya sub-20 | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:11 am