Running Judo Tournaments - An Interview With Ramon Hernandez - The Shintaro Higashi Show

In this special episode, Shintaro sits down with Ramon Hernandez, a former competitor and current dojo owner who is an active member of the Tri-state Judo community, to talk about what it takes to run successful Judo (and BJJ!) tournaments. Check out his upcoming tournaments at ⁠grapplersgrandprix.com⁠, and his dojo at ⁠northjerseyjudo.com⁠!
0:48 Ramone's experience running tournaments
2:40 how many tournaments does Ramone run now?
3:35 advantages to sanctioned tournaments
5:00 becoming and running a sanctioned event
6:30 big events in the NY Metro Area
7:35 Ideal number of competitors for tournaments
8:30 biggest local tournament success
9:05 newaza division and BJJ Tournaments
10:20 new tournament tech and streaming
11:30 economics of running judo tournaments
13:00 Internet access at a tournament and smooth comp
16:00 offering services to run tournaments
17:45 margins for tournament execution
20:00 limits to holding bigger torments
20:50 getting more participation
24:45 increases of match density at tournaments
27:20 tech advancements at martial arts events (smoothcomp)
28:45 what smoothcomp provides
31:45 next tournaments on the horizon
34:00 running BJJ tournaments from the Judo world
36:30 Judo tournaments that hold BJJ mats
41:50 Where to find Ramone
44:00 Shintaro's KZbin Page
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