Joshiro Maruyama and Hifumi Abe faced each other in a winner take all match that would determine the 2021 Olympian for the men's 66kg division. The Epic Battle took place in the main floor of the Kodokan in Tokyo Japan in front of a small crowd of coaches & media.
The Grand prize was a ticket represent Team Japan in 32nd Olympiad, to be held in Tokyo, next summer in 2021. For the first time since 1964, Judo will return to its Olympic Birththplace the Nippon Budokan, and this weekend Hifumi Abe who the Japan times is calling the Marathon man, sealed his spot on the most coveted Olympic teams on the planet. d today on Judocast we will discuss the Abe Maruyama super fight, and everything surrounding it!

This Judo podcast is all about the Olympic run. Committing yourself to a lifetime of training that is capped off with a 4 year or an 8 year hyper focused Olympic run is an honorable endeavor and something you will never regret. Today we will discuss The Olympic points races around the world with some detailed reviews of the European and Pan American Championship events. Who has the best chance of getting a medal next summer in Tokyo and what can we do to get more medals in the future?

• IJF Rankings- Race to Tokyo
• European Championship
• Pan American Championship
• Joshiro Maruyama vs Hifumi Abe
• Crista Deguchi vs. Jessica Klimkait
• Judo Development in the United States

Be seeded or not to be seeded? A Study with Olympic Judo athletes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412487/

A Judo Podcast about Ed Cerna who is a former National Team member who represented his Native country of Mexico at competitions around the world. Highlights of his competitive careers include medals at Pan American Championships, US Open and a silver medal at the 1983 British Open where he faced World Judo Champion Neil Adams in Final. At the conclusion of of his competitive Judo Career 1984, he traded his Judo Gi for a suit & tie and his career took upward trajectory that led him to become one of highest grossing agents for Marcus Millichap, which is the #1 commercial real estate investment sales brokerage in North America He has executed over $900M in real estate transactions, equating to almost 9000 multifamily units.

Today we explore one man's passion to constantly become better in life. He is the founder and CEO the Cerna Group which is is a full service real estate investment firm, that represents owners and investors with the sale, acquisition and management of commercial real estate properties.