Saturday 25 February 2012

XX1V International Judo Tournament, Lithuania


This was my first event in Lithuania and also my first abroad at -50kg. I was expecting a tough competition and camp but was surprised at the standard of the Lithuanian fighters. There are only 22 judo clubs in Lithuania but the standard is very very high considering these low numbers.

There were 22 fighters in my group.

Vladimir Proscenko (Latvia) First Fight
I started well throwing for a wazari, 2 yukos then holding Vladimir down for ippon

Ilja Bitarasvili (Lithuania) Second Fight
Ilja was from Georgia but now living in Lithuania. I beat Ilja with a strangle

Edgaras Lizunas (Lithuania) Third Fight
Edgares was one of the local favourites for the competition and I soon could see why. He was super strong and dominated the grip. It was no surprise that Edgares went on to win the Gold Medal. I came off the wrong side of a drop morote and was thrown for ippon.

Robertas Mingaila (Lithuania) Fourth Fight
I threw Robertas for Wazari then held him down for the ippon.

Maks Vrublevskis Latvia (Fifth Fight)
Maks was a tricky fighter but I threw him for Yuko then won with a sangaku strangle.

Anton Gorelik (Lithuania) Bronze Fight
In the bronze fight I was a yuko up before putting on another sangaku strangle right on the buzzer

Saturday 18 February 2012

North West Age Band

I attended the North West Age Band ranking Event on the 18th Feb 2012.
I was in a pool of 5 along with Dominic Reilly, Jack Murphy, Jacob Gehlan and Daniel Laws.
I won all my fights with ippon throws to win the Gold Medal.

Results