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.

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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.

Our Judo Podcast this week is a monologue episode where I'll discuss some of the hot topics and current affairs in today’s judo world. Lets talk about long term success of Judo players, even after their competition days!

Hot Topics Include…...

The current status of Covid and a possible Vaccine

The Qualification process and the IJF Tour

American Judo Development Model - USA Judo, USJF, USJA

Judo Fanatics with Travis Stevens

JFO Online Training with Justin Flores

American Judo Systems with Jimmy Pedro & Travis Stevens

Discussions of the role that will be played by professional Judo clubs in order to grow Judo in the United States. They will play a vital role if we want to see growth. The current model of non-profit judo has been maxed out for the last 30 years. Hope you enjoy the episode!

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A Judo Podcast with Jason Rivera who is the Chief Executive Officer of Phenix Salon Suites Franchising LLC and a former member of the USA Judo Board of Directors. He is a lifelong Judo player that has had entrepreneurial ambition since his childhood. He was a resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Spring while attending the University of Colorado. Jason co-founded Phenix Salon Suites Franchising in 1997 with his wife, and the founder of the company, Gina Rivera.

Under Jasons leadership, with Gina's vision, Phenix has become a Nationally recognized brand and one of the fastest growing franchises in the the Salon industry. Jason also serves as the CEO of COLOURS By Gina, an exclusive hair color line that will be distributed by industry leader CosmoProf in 2020.


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Judo cast guest Toshihiko Yamada who is most recently been selected as the Sport Manager for the Judo program at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. His selection comes from a lifetime of Multifaceted experiences in the world of Judo. He was a National Judo Champion in High School & college levels. He studied at both Tokai Sagami High School and Tokai Univeristy. He also has 2 medals at the Japanese National Championships!

Upon his retirement from competition he was sent to Turkey where he coached the National Team for 1 year. He was able to coach some very high level Judoka including 4 time world Medalist Selim Tataroglu and 2000 Olympic Champion Huseyin Ozkan.

Following his time in Turkey, he was hired to coach the famed San Jose State University Judo Team in California. He spent 3 years in the United states including 1 year in Tampa Florida.

Upon his return to Japan after several years abroad he soon found himself working directly for his former Sense and Olympic Champion Yasuhiro Yamashita who was the Director of Education for the International Judo Federation at that time. He later went on to become the head coach and professor at Rutogakuen where he has coached many champions including 2021 Japanse Olympic team member Arrron Wolf who will represent Japan next summer in under 100 kilogram division.

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Vlad Marinescu is the Chief Media & Marketing officer for the International Judo Federation. As a graduate of Army Navy Academy in Carlsbad California and He went on to earn a finance degree from Oxford Brook University in England. Vlad soon found himself in Budapest working under Marius Vizer who was then heading up the European Judo Union. He followed Mr. Vizer once he was elected to the Presidency of the IJF. During this time Vlad Played a vital role in the modernization/creation of the World Judo Tour. He has played part in the creation of many of the IJF digital assets we all enjoy including the Judobase website as well as the organization of more than 70,000 Judo videos. He and his team have created some of the best marketing videos you have seen including the series I am Judo, Judo for world & Judo Values for Life. In today’s discussion, Vlad will share his passion for Judo along with the importance of relaying the message of Dr. Kano and presenting Judo to the world as an educational tool to help create better people that will make a positive contribution to society.

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Our Next guest is Dr. David Martin who is the Chief Scientist & Director of Performance at Apeiron Life, a start-up in Menlo Park California that uses leading-edge human physiology and performance science to help executives achieve improved performance while preventing injury, and increasing long-term health span.

His experiences working with high level Olympic and professional athletes from a range of different sports makes him one of the most sought after experts in the field of sports science and human performance.

He spent 4 years in the NBA as the Director of Performance Research and Development for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Prior to his time in Philadelphia, he spent 20 years at the Australian Institute of Sport. His body of work during at AIS was extremely vast, working with all types sports & Olympic Level Athletes.

As a Senior Sports Scientist at AIS He led the initiative for the development of the Combat sports Center which was developed to help the Olympic Combat sports prepare for the 2020 Games in Tokyo. This later connected David and his group to Olympic Judo Champion and Japanese National Team Coach Kosei Inoue

I hope you all enjoy this thought provoking conversation with one of the most interesting people in the world of Sports Science and Human Development.

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