The Original Judo Podcast

This week we're joined by Mark Law, author of The Pyjama Game, talking about his latest book, Dispatches from Planet Judo. We talk through the inspiration behind Dispatches, his life in Judo as well as some of the stories from the book. Dispatches from Planet Judo is on Amazon at- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dispatches-Planet-Judo-Mark-Law/dp/B0D8THK71T/?dplnkId=6156d415-a162-4f93-af1f-b6a5697ef534

This week we are joined by GB’s multiple Grand Slam medallist Kelly Petersen Pollard, and talk through her career so far and her goals for the future, including Commonwealth Games, winning a junior European title, and qualifying for Paris Olympics only to miss out on the team selection.

After an amazing nights Judo we reflect on the Ares show with co-founders Aaron and Joe, competitors Neil MacDonald and Jamie Death, and finally Tommy Jackson, who, like me, was enjoying the showcase from the stands.

Fresh from the Paralympics and just minutes after coming off randori we're joined in an impromptu interview by Paris Paralympian Evan Molloy, and Tokyo Paralympian Jack Hodgson. They talk through their Paralympics experiences (as athlete and training partner), and how it feels to be returning to the mat post games.

This week we are joined by British Judo’s world bronze medallist and Paris Olympian Emma Reid. We talk through how she joined the British Judo performance programme, the rollercoaster last 3 years with highs in winning Commonwealth Games Gold, that incredible Worlds performance earlier this year, Olympic selection and the low of disappointment in her result in Paris. Finally we talk about how she'...

Fresh of the back of the Olympics we welcome Core Judo's Aaron Turner, and Wycombe Judo's Joe Chraniuk to the show. Aaron and Joe are cofounders of Ares Judo a new team event theyve created to showcase judo. We talk through the inspiration behind the event, what the event is going to look like and how they hope to grow it. Ares Judo Live is taking place on 19th October and the last few tickets are...

This week we welcome Double Paralympian Jack Hodgson to the show to preview the upcoming Paris Paralympics.

Finally sit down to get some post games chat discussing all the ramifications of Paris. We're joined by Chris Barry and dig into the major stories from Paris, including Teddy, the Japanese performance, the Abe siblings and many more!

GB -66kg Judoka Sam Hall is back to chat briefly through the Judo from day 2 and day 3 of Paris Olympic Games

This is a review of day 1 of the Paris Olympics. Joined by British Judo's -66kg player Sam Hall we talk through the medals, surprises and controversies of the -48kg and -60kg categories.

More predictions! This time we hear from some of the British squad about their predictions for the games. Promise this will be the final predictions episode. And thank you to everyone who got involved- you were right, it would have been better as an post for Instagram!

Our regular contributor Chris Barry joins the show and we break down each category. Talking through the russian withdrawal, who benefits the most and then finally make some fresh predictions for the upcoming games!

This week we welcome to the show former British Champion and owner of United S+C, Wayne Lakin. We talk through his career in judo, following his journey from athlete through to working with and sponsoring several of the current crop of British players. Wayne also runs the Building Better Bodies podcast, which can be found here- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/building-better-bodies/id1484866...

This week we have a second look back at the Worlds, with Fitz returning to the show following his experience with his players at the Worlds.

This week I'm talking through some of the fun stuff from the world championships.

Delighted to welcome this weeks guest to the show. Eric Ham is current British Champion at -73kg, has competed through 2 Olympic cycles, and is currently rehab-ing from a horrific accident that caused him to break his back. We talk through the challenge and stress of Olympic qualification, his injury and what a return to Judo looks like, as well as picking up Eric’s thoughts on the -73 division at...

This week, in the wake of the European Championships Fitz rejoins the show to discuss the state of the rules, refereeing and Olympic selection challenges.

This episode, following on from the news that Luka Maisuradze failed an anti-doping test, we delve into the murky subject of doping in Judo. I’m joined by double Paralympic medalist Sam Ingram, and we get into the incidence and impact of potential doping in judo. This is the second episode the podcast has done on doping in judo, and i’d love you to go back and listen to the original, episode 45 wi...

Predicting the Olympic Champions Part 2 the women. With British Judo’s Chris Barry.

This week we welcome to the show British Judo's Performance Analyst Chris Barry to discuss who this years Olympic Champions are going to be. This week we go through our predictions for the mens categories

This week we welcome back to the show double paralympic medallist Sam Ingram. Sam is a return guest having graced the show way back in 2017 on episode 2, when he was still considering having a run at the Tokyo Paralympics. Long since making the decision to retire, we have a look back over his incredible career, competing at 3 paralympics, medaling at world and paralympic level, and becoming the fi...

This week Fitz joins the show to wrap up the year with a brief review of the recent British Championships. Get in touch on twitter and instagram @originaljudopod

This week on the pod we welcome back double Olympic medalist and former World Champion Kate Howey to talk about Canada's dilemma at -57kg. After a cycle where both athletes were consistently at the top of the world rankings Jessica Klimkait got the selection nod over Christa Deguchi for the Tokyo Olympics after winning her first world title. She justified the selection by winning Bronze at the Gam...

This week we're joined by British Judo's Performance Analyst and Technical Lead (and former host of the Final Block Podcast) Chris Barry, to talk about why Japan have selected so early, ASMR and obviously Germany's selection dilemma at -78kg, deciding between former world champion Anna-Maria Wagner and current European champion Alina Boehm.

This week we have a look at the dilemma the French are faced with at -73kg, as well as a brief look at the major results from the recent European Championships. We're joined by Caleb Drysdale, a fellow Hardy Spicer Judoka and talk through the two French athletes leading the chase for selection, Gaba and Axus, as well as the prospects for Ugo Legrand, the French legend who recently returned to comp...