Free Live Stream Judo Team World Championships

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 7:36am

Viewable here:

Choice of 2 mats.

Contest and team progress can be viewed here at Ippon.org

http://217.79.182.227/www.judo-world.../tta_menue.php

Men's today, ladies was yesterday.

Ladies' day can be viewed here

USA lost their first match against Cuba.

UK's first match is against Georgia, Japan against Uzbekistan.

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 10:33am

Final block starts at 2pm local time: 5pm UK time, 3pm New York time, 10am LA time.

Quarters

Japan vs France

Russia vs Korea

Repechage:

Georgia vs Cuba

Brazil vs Algeria

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 11:57am

5 minutes till the final block. To get you in the mood here's Tchrikishvili beast of an Uchi Mata on GB's Tom Reed from earlier.

And the video, 50 seconds in.

**BKR** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 2:10pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

5 minutes till the final block. To get you in the mood here's Tchrikishvili beast of an Uchi Mata on GB's Tom Reed from earlier.

And the video, 50 seconds in.

Huge overmatch there. Looked like a pro vs amateur match up.

Ben

**BKR** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 2:11pm

Those fucking signs in the background are goddamned annoying.

**Ming Loyalist** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 2:47pm

i'm not sure i like the whole team format, personally

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 3:06pm

Originally Posted by BKR

Huge overmatch there. Looked like a pro vs amateur match up.

Ben

Well Reed kicked my arse when I did randori with him, not that that means anything.

Originally Posted by Ming Loyalist

i'm not sure i like the whole team format, personally

I think it's the best format personally, especially for amateur and club level practitioners.

**BKR** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 3:32pm

Originally Posted by Ming Loyalist

i'm not sure i like the whole team format, personally

I like it, as noted by JUK, especially at local/regional level, collegiate as well.It't really exciting, especially if both teams are standing matside cheering.

The world teams, not so great. It's too formal and stiff in a way.

As much as I like Judo, watching it is often a drag, especially on TV. Being matside is a lot more interesting. Kind of like watching pro or college basketball game from courtside vs TV or up in the nosebleed section.

**BKR** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 3:34pm

Originally Posted by judoka_uk

Well Reed kicked my arse when I did randori with him, not that that means anything.

I think it's the best format personally, especially for amateur and club level practitioners.

Well, then his opponent was a real animal, as was evident from early on. Among elites of course there are levels of "elite" even.

**judoka_uk** · Posted On: 10/28/2012 3:59pm

Originally Posted by BKR

Well, then his opponent was a real animal, as was evident from early on. Among elites of course there are levels of "elite" even.

Reed is no.2 in the UK, behind Euan Burton, so yeh absolutely he falls into a lower tier of elite. Not sure where Qwertyuiopishvili comes to be honest. Hard to keep track of the Georgians with all their funny names.

Originally Posted by BKR

I like it, as noted by JUK, especially at local/regional level, collegiate as well.It't really exciting, especially if both teams are standing matside cheering.

The world teams, not so great. It's too formal and stiff in a way.

As much as I like Judo, watching it is often a drag, especially on TV. Being matside is a lot more interesting. Kind of like watching pro or college basketball game from courtside vs TV or up in the nosebleed section.

The matside camaraderie bit of it is really key and what makes it a great format. During the early rounds the teams were pretty much matside, not sure if that continued later on I didn't catch all of it.

I know I'll never forget fighting the final match, in the team final at Sheffield with 200 odd people lining the mat edge, closest we Judo plebs are ever going to come to Judo stardom.

Also it's great for binding your club together as a team rather than a bunch of guys and girls who just train together. At University there were team competitions that were uni-sex with girls filling the bottom two weight classes and men the top three. Really good format for that demographic, maybe not so much for your ordinary adult clubs, but wouldn't be a bad thing for improving female participation and making them feel part of the club.