I was looking for a particular video today as I surfing through youtube and stumbled across these (one of my students had them posted) so I thought I'd share.
The first is from 2000 when I won the Open Division (Open is esentially the absolute division in Judo). The way it works in NYS is there are 6 regions all with regional championships, the regions champs fight a month or two later at the Empire State Games, all round robin.
Yes I was a super heavy weight back then
The next one was in 2006, the last time I stepped on a Judo competition mat, I announced my retirement right before, and told my regional coach I taking home the gold today, don't blink I don't plan on being out there long, its too fucking hot in here. I won the Super Heavy Weight division with my longest match being just over a minute, the rest were under 20 secs each, with the finals being about 6 secs. Sorry no music on this one.
The first is from 2000 when I won the Open Division (Open is esentially the absolute division in Judo). The way it works in NYS is there are 6 regions all with regional championships, the regions champs fight a month or two later at the Empire State Games, all round robin.
Yes I was a super heavy weight back then

The next one was in 2006, the last time I stepped on a Judo competition mat, I announced my retirement right before, and told my regional coach I taking home the gold today, don't blink I don't plan on being out there long, its too fucking hot in here. I won the Super Heavy Weight division with my longest match being just over a minute, the rest were under 20 secs each, with the finals being about 6 secs. Sorry no music on this one.