4.000 judoka, you got to be kidding man, as far as I know our judo assoc has 50.000 members
to be selected for the Olympics they have to get a medal at the European Championship
I think If you compare that would be Pan American champion for you
but seriously Kevin if the US has only 4.000 people to choose from, it isn't thaat strange that a medal is hard to obtain
Its 1 judo for every 67.500 people
My country 1 in 320 people do Judo
to have an equal chance you would need 843.750 judoka even if your training was as modern as it could get
Like I said before in the other thread, po[ularity is very important for a country's chances
You proved that with mentioning wrestling, in Europe, wrestling isn't very popular (as often stated by Bas Rutten during PrideFC commentary) it is in the US so your chances are much higher there
In a country like Turkey, it is popular too and they do rather well too
You and your teacher should look for way of making judo more popular
And try to involve others too, don't do so by starting about the technical trainingsmethods and the bowing, if your ways are better, people will draw too you anyway, no just work on popularising it
Do demos, where the audience will think: that's nice, I could do that!"
Make it look nice but easy and fun to do
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