2024 Judo Grand Slam Paris
Some thoughts on the judo weight classes and this weekend's event.
When I was a teenager, I had the habit of hanging out in video game stores watching people play a game called Resident Evil 2. The player controlled a girl wearing small shorts who ran away and fought zombies. There was a time when the player found a bazooka. But it wasn't worth using against normal enemies, it was better to save it for use against the stronger enemy, The Nemesis! Then the player would press pause and save the bazooka in the item list. He continued playing normally with the pistol. When the Nemesis appeared, the player went to the list and changed the weapon. There was no loot animation. The girl had a pistol, the player paused, when he came back from pause she had a bazooka.
Those playing didn't have time to examine logistical details, but those watching couldn't help but wonder, "Where did she get that bazooka from?"
And this was repeated in a lot of games, but there are role-playing games, tabletop RPGs where there is the possibility of stopping to think about the weight of items and how to carry them. Many despise this approach and prefer to keep everything on the list, spears, horses, chariots.
Even those who have some concern about the cargo that each character carries, hardly care about the cargo that a ship will carry. In other words, when the characters need to board a ship, it is not calculated whether there is actually the capacity to travel with all those characters and their cargo.
I'm not one of those people, I care a lot about these details, and thinking about a possible adventure on a Viking ship, I started to investigate the subject. Reading and talking to Chat GPT. I ended up discovering that the Vikings, the adventurers of the Norse civilizations, used to take female warriors on their travels. These warriors were not sailors. They only knew how to fight, they didn't know how to row, how to change sails, much less how to pilot the ships. What were they for?
Obviously they were used to fight, when they reached the enemies. But the other question that arises. Why take women instead of men?
Someone could respond that they also took men, which is true. And there is no historian's answer as to why they took women. But I started to think that maybe it would be more worthwhile to take two female warriors weighing less than forty-eight kilograms each than one warrior weighing over a hundred kilograms. On the ship, every kilogram makes a difference.
The weight category in judo that catches my attention the most is the under forty-eight kilograms. Those little warriors moving through an area that seems gigantic to them really captivate me. I keep thinking about how much more cost-effective it must be to assemble a team with six fighters in this weight class. Because if you modify a popular car, adding four seat belts at the back and get the changes approved by the vehicle registration authority, you'll have a car suitable for transporting six athletes. Imagine how much more challenging it is to transport six athletes weighing over a hundred kilograms.
The accommodation for those under forty-eight kilograms can also be smaller. The ceiling height in the training space can be lower. Two guys weighing over a hundred training in a low-ceilinged place run the risk of one accidentally bumping the other into the ceiling.
I'm also reading a comic where the character is a judo fighter under forty-eight kilograms.
That's why it bothers me that they are always the first to fight. The coolest category to watch is the one that starts with fighting and then the heavier and heavier fighters come. It could be a draw, or the categories where the favorite fighter is fighting at home could be left until the end.
Luckily this weekend there was the Grand Slam in Paris and the order of the categories didn't affect the show. Because the final fight was fought for him. The most charismatic man in France. Yes, that's him. Teddy Riner!
I'm not even going to talk about how he fights, everyone already knows he fights a lot. But have you paid attention to how he deals with everyone around him? He calls defeated opponents to celebrate victory! It's impressive. He lifts his fallen opponent off the ground, as if inviting someone to a party.
You must be saying that it's easy to celebrate winning. But when he loses he also celebrates! At the Tokyo Olympics he celebrated with the athlete who won gold. Joking that he was going to steal the gold medal, trying to convince the guy to keep the bronze one instead.
He deals well with referees, coaches, teammates and the fans! What a beautiful thing this weekend, him interacting with the French fans who filled the event venue! It's very common at the Olympic Games for several events not to be full because there's too much going on at the same time, but I'm sure the judo competitions this year in Paris will be full!
I invite anyone who hasn't seen it to watch it. Look for the last fight of the finals of the third day of the Paris Grand Slam. Who doesn't want to see it because they already know the result. Don't fall for this nonsense. I knew this weekend that the Brazilian had lost the bronze medal because I had already seen it on the Brazilian Judo Confederation's Instagram. You think I let such a frivolous detail stop me from cheering. Of course not.
Good training, studies and work for everyone.
PS: the comic I read is called Nagatoro.
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I take Judo classes at Ikigai Dojô in Crato, Ceará and I am currently 4rd kyu (orange belt).
My plan is to teach about sport and war through chess and judo.
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Cost estimates to fight in Cearense 2nd stage:
White Kimono installments to be paid 3x US$ 9,38
Blue Kimono US$ 77,00
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Bus ticket US$ 41,60
Overnight in guesthouse US$ 30,35
Food US$ 25,00
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