Reading in The Dark

    Hello readers. 2025 begins. The official calendar of the Brazilian Judo Confederation has been released, indicating that my next fight will be on March 8th. After Carnival. There are several costs involved in actually being able to travel to Fortaleza and fight. I ask that you read this text and at the end contribute a Ko-fi of at least two dollars to support both my trip and my Judo in the Dark project. Which in practice are one and the same thing, each training session, each fight, is a brick in this construction. I intend to open a judo academy in early 2028 and, among other things, teach classes in which all techniques and fights will be applied by students in the dark or blindfolded. Inspired by the tradition of ancient Japanese warriors of being prepared to fight in all possible situations and at the same time creating a space of inclusion for those who want to become para-athletes. But even though everything in my life today is connected to judo, the main t...

  2024 Judo Dushanbe It had been over a month since I wrote about a judo event. The last one I tried to watch was the one in Turkey which was taking place during Good Friday. I was upset because I didn't see the point in an event on that date, but I was watching anyway. When the most important fight for me was about to air, which was Abe Sama, the broadcast went off the air and when it came back on, the fight had already ended. I was very angry about that. Why go back live? Come back from where you fell! It ended up that I didn't watch anything else. I only came back in May. In a slightly sad way. The event took place on May 3, 4 and 5 in Tajikistan. I was planning to watch it later because I had a federal contest to participate in on May 5th and all my attention was on that. But a huge amount of rain fell in Rio Grande do Sul and the competition that was going to be held in all states had to be postponed. Even though I am very far from Rio Grande do Sul, the tragedy affect...