Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi, Antalya Debrief - The Shintaro Higashi Show

Shintaro and Peter sit down to do an extensive debrief of Shintaro’s recent trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, and Antalya, Turkey, where he had the opportunity to experience and commentate on the exhilarating world of high-level judo competition. Shintaro shares behind-the-scenes insights into event organization, athlete professionalism, and the evolving landscape of international judo through the lens of the IJF World Tour. This special episode offers a comprehensive snapshot of a world seldom seen by fans and hobbyists!
00:01:29 The Evolution of the IJF World Tour
00:03:25 Commentating for the Grand Slams
00:07:53 Behind the Scenes: The Professionalism of IJF Events
00:11:44 Shintaro’s Relationship With the IJF
00:13:38 Addressing Controversies With the IJF
00:22:32 The Global Perspective on Judo's Growth
00:27:31 Diving Deep into Judo: The Sport vs. Martial Arts Debate
00:29:06 Behind the Scenes: Enhancing Judo Events and Athlete Experience
00:37:45 Judo's International Appeal and Future Prospects
00:40:19 Exploring the Business and Broadcasting of Judo
00:47:37 Reflecting on Judo's Growth and the Role of the IJF
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[@D--man]

Thanks for sharing

[@Saltuk_Han]

I liked the video . Thanks .

[@vasa2681]

I didnt know it was you commentating at the begining, then in one of the matches when the camera focused on the guy who lost the match you were like "look at him, he is so pissed off". And I was like isnt this Shintaro commentating? It was so funny and I enjoyed it very much. Hope to see you back there again.

[@user-tl2om2ev2t]

Love your views❤

[@Yupppi]

To be fair the people who complain that the changes ruin judo aren't the people who are competing or doing something to grow judo. At best they go to their local dojo to smash some kids. I chat about things like what's the best path to teach new people regularly with my judo instructor, who's a student just like me in the university judo club. The university students are one of the most difficult people to keep because 1. they have intense schedule and mountains of stress 2. they might have bad fitness at +20yo if they haven't done sports earlier or in a while (and they potentially can't keep up with 3x a week training and then they feel like they're missing out if they skip classes) 3. if they don't have a friend from the class that is regularly attending, they'll drop the moment the first people start to disappear or skip classes. It's a miracle if you see people skip class or two which becomes a chain and manage to come back. And there's like hundreds of clubs for them to choose if they feel like the people in the judo class aren't nice or the class is not well organized. And nobody in those classes is really ready to learn competition banned techniques safely anyway. Or interested, that's probably the benefit of academics, they're in it for learning, not to be street fighter killers. Talking about school judo, the Finnish judo federation now has a program where they promote school judo for kids, and teachers to learn some judo related skills. For the kids to learn patience, respect, self-control, physical activity and more. Really looking forward to how that pans out in a smaller country. You've talked a lot about how challenging but exciting the idea is in America so I'm happy to see the idea being tried more widely.

[@ianbaxter1335]

Have recently come to similar conclusions re: the IJF rule changes (leg grabs etc.) Better for Judo as a sport not as good for Judo as a martial art. Do you think we'll ultimately end up with two different styles? E.g. sport judo classes and martial art judo classes.

[@valanor5994]

Leg grabs are part of the martial art (e.g. Morote-Gari, Te-Guruma,..) Removing them from tournaments was a way of preventing countries where wrestling is predominant from establishing themselves like this in judo. And to say that this will allow judokas to escape from a dominant kumikata from the opponent is a bad argument. It just needs to be penalized like it is currently done with fake attacks.