This is just a short blog post to announce that I was very fortunate to be a guest on Dave Roman’s Judo Chop Suey Podcast. I have been listening to it since the very beginning and I have always enjoyed his insights into judo since I am not very familiar with what is happening in judo outside of Japan.
In this episode, we discuss the match that will take place between Joshiro Maruyama and Hifumi Abe on Dec. 13. I did my best to do some match analysis and give my predictions about the outcome of the match.
This was my first time being on a podcast and I realized after listening, I made a few factual mistakes. It’s really hard to think on the spot, so please forgive me!
- Akira Sone is not training in Tokyo, but rather Fukuoka, where her high school is located.
- Maruyama and Abe have met outside of a finals round on 2 occasions, once in a quarterfinals match in 2015 and once in a semi-finals match at the World Championships in 2019.
- I want to also clarify that many of the top police officers are indeed training, though under more restricted conditions than normal. At the moment, many police departments have opted to cease normal practice protocol until March 31, 2021, with the exception being top athletes with national and international competitions coming up. My interview may have given the impression that the police teams are not practicing at all.
Anyways, hope you enjoy the interview and be sure to subscribe to the podcast. Dave Roman has just hit his 4-year mark on the Judo Chop Suey Podcast, so congratulations to him! It was a pleasure being allowed an opportunity to join his podcast and hopefully we can do it again.
As you may have noticed, I am trying to increase my output with this blog and I am really thankful to all who have continued to follow me after more than 2 years of going silent.