A guide to judo and to watching a judo contest

[MarkF]

Here is a site with a very good description, in fact a very good description of watching judo matches. Go to http://www.usjudo.org and on ytour left, you will find "media" information." Click there, and when the page loads, scroll about one-quarter way down and you will see "A guide to judo and to watching a judo contest." You may want to read the entire page to see the history of US judoka in the Olympics and other international events, and national.

Just a thought for those who want to know, and for those who want to see the changes in shiai.

[MarkF]

oops!

[MarkF]

The following is from an answer to my inquiry as to a guide concerning viewing judo matches:


Dear Mr. Feigenbaum,

Thank you for your email message.

We do not have a section like this in our web site, but we think it is a
very good idea and will include a section like this in our web site in the
very near future.

Thank you for your kind advice.

Sincerely,

David Yoo
International Judo Federation

I do not know when it was included but I had always thought that this was on one of it's pages, but I couldn't find it. Today, before answering this mail as to when they might post it, I found this link which is directly from the USjudo.org site. There are other links to this site concerning judo and a medal count and all American teams since judo was included as a permanent sport of the IOC, including all women's teams since, I believe, either 1988 (exhibition only), or the 1992 games in Barcelona. If you are interested, this is the most complete description of a judo match for novices/fans, or wannabe fans who do not know what is going on. This is understandable.

Anway, if you go through http://www.ijf.org , it is second from the top of the main page (there are a couple of annoying pop-ups, one concerning a contest to pick the winners of Gold in fourteen weight categories (women included) which will give the winner a VIP seat at next year's world championships, including first class accomodations and transportation (no, not by inner-tube and oars :laugh: ). Close them and you will find the links. If you wish to bypass this "drec," go to http://www.usjudo.org . On the left click media, and the descriptions and history starts about a quarter way down. Of course, if you are not interested in the judo venue than do not, I repeat, do not read this post:burnup: