How an Olympic Judoka Supports his Tokyo 2020 Dreams Through Gardening | Day Jobs

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Rio 2016 Olympian Ben Fletcher has stayed close to his family roots to help fund his judo career with Team GB.
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[@jasonBGI]

Full grown man. Olympian. And dad still riding him. Good stuff! 😎

[@mu0nt893]

It's a shame that those dedicated athlets arent properly financially supported

[@Jagdeepsingh-gv3uc]

Blessings to Ben to achieve His Dreams .

[@dominiksapara8985]

Hello from the Czech Republic, thank you very much for many Olympic fans for the inclusion of complete videos from various olympic games. You will continue, please. Please of these records from the history: Opening Ceremony and the Hockey Tournament of the Century from Nagano 1998. Thank you for your precious time Beautiful New Year 2018 Regards Dominik

[@michael_house]

"You can't just eat anything" - eats white toast. :D

[@meghdaniellama1604]

Bread has carbs which is good for athlete

[@demenilsen7849]

Great video

[@geoffberesford]

Very impressive and inspirational video. I used to practice myself under the expert guidance of the great Kisaburo Watanabe (he seemed to hold all the cards) at the Budokwai in London during the 60s, so I am fully aware of the necessity for eating the right foods to sustain one's physical body during training. I have to say that eating white bread would not be much of a help to your energy diet and I am surprised that some people still eat the stuff. Surely genuine brown wholemeal bread (there are lots of varieties) would be a bit of an enhancement for you. It even tastes nice toasted!

[@pjfite]

Awesome

[@sunjin8103]

I'm watching 'day jobs' category, it's impressive to see gorgeous people.

[@aaahtex902]

**GREAT GOING KIDS**

I am Judoka

[@aw412]

Badass yo!

[@uzeyirkoca4706]

Do you add subtitles to video turkish?

[@meghdaniellama1604]

2:20 casually used bonobo as back ground music Song name is on your mark

[@realser9]

💖🙌😚

[@user-te6ti3fn8s]

Osu from south korea.

[@nidgeontour257]

Ben's got a win rate of over 60% on the world circuit according to Judoinside which isn't too bad. His only issue is training Mon to Fri then working the weekend at his folks business meaning no time off? What I would suggest is training on a two week cycle then on the third week work Mon to Fri earn the money then return to training which means he has those valuable rest periods on the weekends.

[@satasjon]

Un país como GB no apoya a sus atletas con una beca para aminorar los gastos durante sus competencias??

[@yamilamachado7288]

satasjon lo mismo pensé cuando veía el vídeo capaz que tienen un sistema meritocratico y ayudan sólo a algunos

[@brennansnowdon9299]

I can't wait to spar with judokas again see if any of them can throw me with a reap or trip etc should be fun

[@richlee509]

Probably come from Pinewood originally 😀

[@user-eo9cw2mh5s]

why is not arm wrestling on olympics

[@Matt-ks7bp]

He's Irish now apparently.

[@kyngnick8723]

yup, he changed in 2017.

[@peanutbutler3078]

Yes why is that?

[@nidgeontour257]

@@peanutbutler3078 The GB squad relocated from Bath to Walsall and he was invited to make the move but wanted to stay in Bath so he lost his place in the GB squad. He's also half Irish I believe so applied for Irish citizenship and became a member of the Irish Judo association.

[@johnbagyan7727]

Strange hobby

[@pytys]

Um...Not that big of a struggle at all. Basically his parents, not his work, funds his Olympic dream. I mean it showed he can show up late to work. And obviously he's not paying rent. He better get some endorsement deals after the Olympics to pay them back. Otherwise he's just a mooching manchild, which it looks like.

[@sanjasanja5720]

Why are you making a video on this judoka he is not even that good. Make video on somebody who is exacly good like Ebinuma or someone like that...

[@khuslen8166]

just cause he's not well known doesn't mean he's not good.