Tatami Talk

In Episode 61 of Tatami Talk, we start off talking about our friend at 510 Judo and their beach  Judo/Wrestling event being held at Alameda Beach in the SF Bay Area on  September Sunday the 11th. An open grappling event focuses on takedowns  with no pins or submissions. No winners no losers just a bunch of  grapplers coming together to have a fun time on the beach. We then go o...

In Episode 60 of Tatami Talk,  We open up talking about a local team  tournament Anthony went to the day of the podcast and competed it. How  he did in his first competition since his knee surgery and how the  competition was run. Then we go into the passing but Hollywood Judo Dojo  member Judo Gene LeBell. A brief look into his history at Hollywood  Judo. Memories st...

In Episode 59 of Tatami Talk,  We talk with former USA Judo national  team member Ajax Tadehara. We talk with him about growing up in Judo.  His adventure of getting to and being on the US national team and  competing internationally. As well as talking about life after  international competition retirement. How it has been building his dojo.  Schnauzer Judo from the...

In Episode 58 of Tatami Talk,  We review the California State Games for  Judo and we discuss our thoughts on Judogi types, enforcement rules, and  frustration traveling with judogis. What type of judogis should you buy  for competition? Do you need more than one judogi? Make sure to check  our past short videos on Judogis if you haven't seen them.   ------------------...

In Episode 57 of Tatami Talk,  We discuss all things Kata! Our own experiences and thoughts on it's utility and limitations. ------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com   Follow us on Instagram: @tatamitalk Juan: @thegr8_juan   Anthony: @anthonythrows   Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: @donaldrickertCover   Art by Mas: @masproducePodcast &nbs...

In Episode 56 of Tatami Talk,  Anthony talks about his Judo and BJJ  vacation where he traveled to Portland and Seattle to visit different dojos and clubs, his experiences, thoughts and what he has learned.   -------------------------------------------    Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @tatamitalk    Juan: @thegr8_juan     A...

In Episode 55 of Tatami Talk,  we have the pleasure of interviewing  British Judo player and pro wrestler Rossy Rascal. We talked to him  about his Judo career and pro wrestling career. How he made the jump  from judo player to pro wrestler. As well as balancing his pro wrestling  career and being owner and had instructor of Kaidokan Judo Academy in  Blackpool England...

In Episode 54 of Tatami Talk,  Anthony talks about his plans to compete  in his first BJJ tournament. We discuss the 2022 USA Nationals and  Golden State Open. We also share our opinions and thoughts on how many  Judo and martial arts clubs do their warmups and what we think could be  improved and what should be kept. *Correction: Anthony mentioned training 2 days a week f...

In Episode 53 of Tatami Talk, We open up talking about our home dojo.  Hollywood Judo Dojo celebrating our 90th anniversary. On the day of  recording. How incredible and rare it is for a dojo to celebrate its  90th anniversary. Then we going to the news that the British Judo  federation is following the new IJF rule of not allowing chokes for  people over 60 years old in t...

In Episode 52 of Tatami Talk, we talk about the three dojo scrimmage  tournament we had with Sawtelle, Goltz and Hollywood at our Dojo last  Sunday. We then went into the Judo news. With the European Judo Union  saying they are not going to strictly enforce the new Judo Gi sizes for  now. Then we talked about the All Japan Open Weight Tournament that just  happened. We fin...

In Episode 51 of Tatami Talk, we answer a few listener questions and  comments. What are our thoughts on dojo/club back patches? How can we  encourage our students to start their own clubs and promote brown belts  to black belts? Then we talk about the eternal question. What other  grappling style should I do to supplement my Judo? BJJ or Wrestling? We  also talk about som...

In Episode 50 of Tatami Talk, It's our 2nd anniversary episode. We talk  about the Antalya Grand Slam, All Japan Judo Championships by Weight  Category, and our thoughts on this past year and plans for the future  for the podcast. ------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com   Follow us on Instagram: @tatamitalk   Juan: @thegr8_juan   Ant...

In Episode 49 of Tatami Talk, we open up by talking about the first Judo  tournament held in Southern California since the pandemic started. How  big the tournament was, how it was run and how long it took. We are then  going to talk about how Japan has gotten rid of their elementary School  National tournament for Judo and has plans to replace it with something  else, to...

In Episode 48 of Tatami Talk, We conducted three interviews after the  three club scrimmage tournament we had with Hollywood Judo Dojo, Goltz  Judo Club and Sawtelle Judo Dojo. We talked with the head instructor of  Hollywood Judo Dojo Philippe Morotti about the three club scrimmage and  how he came up with the idea of having a small three Club tournament. As  well as talk...

In Episode 47 of Tatami Talk, We talk about the Nanka coaches / referee clinic we attended together.  To go over and discuss the new rules and regulation changes to the IJF rules set, how they will affect the local and national tournaments we attend. Then we then go into our thoughts on the Paris Grand Slam. As  well as the Tel Aviv Grand Slam. We finish up by talking about the  can...

In Episode 46 of tatami talk, We open up talking about the first international Judo competition  of the year, the Portugal Grand Prix. Then we go on to talk about  American community center Judo. What is the reputation of learning  martial arts in a community center in the US? What are the pros and cons  of starting Judo in a community center? As well as what are some of the &n...

In Episode 45 of tatami talk, we talk about the new IJF World tournament  tour. Then go into high level judo competitors retirements. With one of  Anthony and Juan's favorite judo players Munkhbat announcing her  retirement from the Mongolian national team. So what do high level Judo  players do after they retire? -------------------------------------------   Email us: tat...

In episode 44 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony.  We talk about the  new IJF rule changes for the next Olympic cycle. What we like, what we  don't like. How we interpret the new rules and how other people are  interpreting them. We also talk about some of the answers we got from  viewers from our open question on our Instagrams.   ----------------------------------...

In episode 43 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony.  We talk about the  2021 All Japan Judo Championships. Anthony had with one of our listeners  who actually competed in the USA Judo Submission Grappling division at  the President's Cup in Texas this past year. Then we go into the news  update we received from 510 Judo regarding USA Judo and American Judo  System ent...

In episode 42 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony.  We talk about the  small crosstown tournament we had at our dojo with Sawtelle and Goltz  Judo. How it went and how it was trying to stream it on Twitch for the  first time. Then we went on to our egg versus tatami mat experiment. Did  the egg crack or did it survive? You may be surprised with the outcome.  Either w...

In episode 41 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony.  We open up with a  quick discussion about USA national team member Nick Delpopolo's open  letter he wrote to the US Olympic Committee. Then we go into two great  viewer questions. The first question was. What do you think of USA  Judo's "Judo Submission Grappling" division? And the second question  was. What are you...

In episode 40 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony.  We recap on how the  Nuway Judo fanatics tournament in San Diego went. We had a chance to  interview 2020 Tokyo Olympic Paralympian Liana Mutia from Team USA,  about her experience competing in Tokyo.   --------------------------------------------    - Intro / Corrections from past episodes  [0:00] &n...

In episode 39 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony. We talked about Kayla Harrison the two-time Olympic Judo gold medalist becoming the two-time PFL women's 155 world champion. We also talk about the former Olympic Judo gold medalist Satoshi Ishii going into kickboxing and having his first K-1 match. And finish up talking about Judo Fanatics holding a tournament near San Diego in San Marcos under...

In episode 38 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony. We discuss the Paris Grand slam that happened last week. The first major tournament after the Tokyo Olympics. A look at the future of Judo for the Paris Olympics. We finish off talking about what IJF rules we think might be modified and changed in the upcoming year. What we think might get changed, what we want to get changed. Some suggestions on...

In episode 37 of Tatami Talk with Juan and Anthony. We're talking about a  new scam targeting martial art dojos, gyms and fitness instructors. We  talk about what the new scam is doing, what to look out for and how to  avoid falling victim to them. Then we discuss Anthony's trip to watch  the 2021 US Sumo Open at the new Terasaki Budokan in Little Tokyo Los  Angeles. And f...