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  ExPrinceska at 10:25 AM JST - 1st August

  ZenBuilder, I do not believe 30 min is responsible training for an Olympic participant.

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  Zen_Builder at 10:39 AM JST - 1st August

  ExPrinceska.

  It can be. I myself train atleast 4~5hrs a day, and much of it is split up in small time-slots.

  Like I said it depends on how you train. My students I can put into 2 categories: those that go through the motions for a lengthy time and those that train hard with intent for a short period.

  A good and hard 30 minute workout will leave you more exhausted than one that lasts hours where you don't really push yourself.

  Also the body and mind need time to absorb what happened during the training, etc. This is needed, you can't just train for hours on end(you can but you won't improve much).

  For those people their sport is their life and they incorporated it into their daily lifes too.

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  ExPrinceska at 04:16 PM JST - 1st August

  Zen Builder, you train 4-5hrs a day? How do you have time to post here then? :) I still think that Olympic athletes should train about 5-6 hours a day min.

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  Zen_Builder at 04:21 PM JST - 1st August

  How do I do it, for one I wake up at 04:00am and train for 2hrs prior to Breakfast(best training), add to that 1hr for lunch rest is after-hours/before I go to sleep and of course classes I give 4 times a week. That is weekdays.

  As for posting I am self-employed so I call my own hours.

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  ExPrinceska at 04:35 PM JST - 1st August

  Ok, I understand but please note that you are neither Olympic coach, nor Olympic participant, so as much as you are experienced andknowledgable, you still do not have Olympic experience to prepare an olympic champion.

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  westurn at 04:48 PM JST - 1st August

  What tough battle ??? Japan is the only country that takes Judo seriously ! I just hope to god that, once again, television coverage of the Olympics is more than just the Judo tourney ! Every 4 years its the same thing... a two week judo tournement !

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  Sarge at 10:17 PM JST - 1st August

  I don't understand judo. The contestants will be grappling away, and then the referee will inexplicably order them to stop...

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  JeromeInJapan at 01:07 AM JST - 2nd August

  He doesn't need to an Olympian to know what it takes! Do you people have any idea? I am an athlete and I train between 2 - 4 hours per day. It depends on the individual. 1 of my coaches went to an Olympics and the other didn't but it doesn't mean they can't train me better than the other. They just know different things. So athletes do gym some do not. Some train certain hours some don't. So to you tv experts out there don't give up your day job.

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  ExPrinceska at 01:14 AM JST - 2nd August

  30 mins of training is not enough even for a warm-up... I wonder what Tani will achieve in the competition. I will be surprised if she qualifies for the next round after the first one. She should have retired because there are others better than her and the Japanese Judo federation broke their own rules to include Tani in the olympic team instead of the girl who beat Tani in the nationals.

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  smithinjapan at 11:02 AM JST - 2nd August

  I don't think the Japanese will have such 'luck' at the games this time. I'm not at all suggesting they were lucky and unskilled in previous Games (by luck I mean, fortune, here), I just mean I don't think they'll do as well overall. Other countries are getting stronger in the field of Judo, while Japan seems to be losing its foothold in most if not all of their original sports (sumo is a prime example). I'm sure they'll fair better than they did in the last Winter Olympics, but that's not saying a whole lot.

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  kendodan at 11:22 AM JST - 2nd August

  Sarge, Judo is a sport involving throws, the only time grappling(newaza) is involved is immedialty after a throw, if the throw wasnn't ippon.That is why the shipan don't let them wrestle.

  ExPrinceska, Tani is in all means a Judo God, NO ONE has won more World Championships than Tani or more matches.I think you should try Judo and then you would have some idea, what it means to have a child and then come back to this sport.

  By the way, I'm not for sure about the olmypics this year, but the Koka and shido points are being removed from scoring and the lowest score will be a yuko point.

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  ExPrinceska at 11:32 AM JST - 2nd August

  kendodan, but Tani lost at the nationals (I think two years in a row) by another girl, but still the Japanese Judo Federation preferred Tani to the other girl (forgot her name). Maybe she is a Judo God who should retire at the right time, and not lose by people she should not lose from.

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  ExPrinceska at 11:44 AM JST - 2nd August

  I checked the judo informatin and yes, Tani lost in two straight years from Yamagishi but despite Yamagishi's wins, Tani was chosed to represent Japan at Olympics. I am really sorry for Yamagishi and for her work as she is denied the greatest forum where an athlete can show her skills

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  TokyoGas at 03:14 PM JST - 3rd August

  I don't follow judo that much and I did not know that Tani lost at the nationals.

  Perhaps the Japan Judo Federation or Olympic Committee felt that Tani has better name value so Yamagishi got bumped.

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  ExPrinceska at 10:37 AM JST - 5th August

  We will see the value of Tani at the Olympic games. 30 mins of training per day maybe good, after all.

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