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Where judo grapples, others will follow 11:44am on 10 Sep 2008 ive been involved in Judo for almost 30 years now, begining as a kid at school, bearing in mind i am just your average club level player/coach i hav'nt the experience of the elite athletes or the set up but in my humble opinion its the kids at the very start of there Judo career that will provide the champions of tommorow, and getting them through the dojo door and ignigting a passion for the sport is where the governing body should be looking to make a big investment, i would love to see a development officer that has been at the top of the game coming round small clubs speaking to the kids and the coaches and finding out what we need to get and keep numbers, with kids having so many options now Judo is the hard work option so making Judo appealing to the masses is what we should be doing, get back in the schools have judo as part of the physical education curriculum like it was while i was at school, after a month of Judo at school our local club was chock a block with eager young kids, this would be a good start for the long term future but as well as that what about at the other end theres the Judoka that dont want to compete but still want to enjoy the sport and be involved, theres a lot of experience there that the governing body should be looking to retain rather than these ex players falling away from the sport as they feel theres no where to go after contest, it only takes one of these more mature Judoka to inspire a youngster to stick in at judo and go on to an olympic medal, theres a thousand guys like me out there with no intrest in financial gain or the politics of Judo but just a genuine love and passion for our sport that the governing body should be tapping into to try and turn around our lack of olympic success.
All the best
Ray. Edinburgh Bushido

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