Judo Blog: Catching Up on Kayla & Ronda

5th Sunday – Nanka West Coast Invitational, Westminster, CABut what about Amanda Nunes? Abdelaziz says Kayla “looks up to Amanda very much” but he’s confident Harrison could handle the consensus greatest female MMA fighter ever and it’s a fight he wants to set up. “Listen, if somebody writes the check for 8 figures, we can make this fight happen tomorrow.”

April – 2024June – 202329th Sunday – Fight for a Cure Women’s Tournament & Clinic, Riverside, CAOctober – 202420th Saturday & 21st Sunday – Senior National Championships, Spokane, WA16th Sunday – CA State Games, San Diego, CASeptember – 2023May – 20238th Friday to 10th Sunday – Nanka Winter Nationals & Clinics, Azusa, CARousey then shifted to pro-wrestling, immediately becoming a main eventer. Her WrestleMania debut was surprisingly excellent, and she displayed a natural mastery over the theatrical, controlled violence of the medium. Ever since losing the WWE Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 35, Rousey hasn’t stepped inside the squared circle. She has recently become a mother and is enjoying her new role.

Former WWE Raw Women’s Champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 01: UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey of the United States rushes forward against Bethe Correia of Brazil during the UFC 190 event inside HSBC Arena on August 1, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)Round Rousey had no trust in her coaches. She even thought they could not help her with the things she needed. Rousey didn’t like the fact that the entire US team had one coach and that too was a fortunate event. She further added, “It wasn’t only about coaching. I would have traded our coach for some athletic tape and ice. The French team had a dedicated physiotherapist who had dozens of rolls of tape and a cooler full of ice. “By AKSHAY PALLAV

The Hudson Yudanshakai board met tonight (4/28) and decided to cancel hosting the summer nationals.28th Friday to 30th Sunday – USJF & USJA Summer Nationals, Tacoma. WA

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Please inform the judo community of the recent development, Boris Munoz. It is not what we wanted, not what we planned for, but too many issues have blocked our efforts, beginning with the non-agreement with USA Judo. This forced us to look at a smaller venue since it was not going to be a point event.

4th Sunday – Nanka Spring Tournament, Westminster, CA 27th Saturday – 7th Annual Nagase Cup Tournament, Piano, TXDecember – 2023Kayla’s manager also brought up Ronda Rousey. Kayla’s former roommate and Judo teammate. “[Kayla’s] everything that Ronda Rousey was supposed to be. She’s Ronda Rousey 6.0. You know what I’m saying?” Abdelaziz says. Before Kayla fights Nunes or Shields … she continues her quest to win another million-dollar prize (her 3rd) when she takes on Cindy Dandois Friday night at PFL 6.DIVE DEEPER

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Published 01/06/2023, 1:45 PM ESTRonda Rousey observed the difference in coachingEight years ago today, Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche made history as the first women to fight in the UFC Rousey would win the bout at UFC 157 by first round armbar to retain her bantamweight title. 5th Sunday – Nanka Team Tournament, Westminster, CA6th Sunday – Nikkei Games Budo Tournament, Cypress, CAI’ve been tracking articles on two of my favorite female American Judo Champions Ronda Rousey and Kayla Harrison. Ronda took a bronze medal in Beijing 2008. Kayla is the only American to take a gold medal and she did it twice in London 2012 and in Rio 2016. During the 2004 Junior World Championships, Rousey‘s coaches could not provide vital information about her opponents before matches. Although she won the tournament, she didn’t share any credits with her coaches and didn’t hug them even after winning dominantly.In fact with Ronda I introduced her to my dear friend and long time student Dr. James Lally, DO. Dr. Lally is a successful physician, business person and entrepreneur who substantially funded her training prior to her going the Olympics in 2008. November – 2023I’ve had the pleasure to know both of them as they grew up (Photos – Ronda Rousey through the years). Remembering the times when she was climbing up her career in Judo, Rousey recounted an incident from a training camp in Spain where she was training with athletes from other countries. She wrote, “I saw the enormous disparity between the resources provided to athletes from other countries and what we had as members of the US judo team. At Castelldefels, USA Judo sent one coach, which was more than we usually had. Other teams had a 1:1 coaching ratio.”July – 2023May – 2024

27th Saturday – Olymp’s Tournament – North Hollywood, CA October – 202317th Sunday – Nevada State Judo Championship, Las Vegas, NVKayla & Ronda Videos 2From Your Site Articles7th Sunday – Nanka Spring Tournament, Westminster, CARonda Rousey was a world-famous name before her WWE days. An Olympic medalist Judoka, she transitioned into MMA with great success, becoming an inspiration for women to enter the combat sport.This decision didn’t come lightly. Last week, the venue that we elected to use informed us that the gym floor was going to be done and that it would take a week to set in. We asked for the week before or after the floor was being done, we were told that they couldn’t help us since they didn’t have the people to help us. We even asked for a date in August and were denied.Dr. James Lally, DO in 200625th Sunday – U.S. Adaptive Judo Championships, Riverside, CA
With 2 months to go, the board has decided to cancel the event and not go forward with looking into another venue. 22nd Sunday – Fresno Invitational Tournament, Fresno, CA16th Friday to 18th Sunday – USA Judo Junior Olympics, Shreveport, LAHow about Olympic gold medalist and boxing champ turned 1-0 MMA fighter, Claressa Shields? “It’s kind of disrespectful when people bring Claressa Shields in the same sentence as Kayla,” Ali says. Abdelaziz says Shields is an amazing boxer … “probably a future Hall of Famer” — but she’d stand no chance against Kayla in the cage. “In reality, you know, it’s 187. It’s a murder. You know, it’s a fact. If Kayla fought the boxer, that wouldn’t make sense. Claressa fighting in MMA, it’s not going to last probably 60 seconds.”Kayla & Ronda Videos 1To that end, we sought and found an alternative venue, but were told the other day that they do not rent out the gym to outside agencies. ” I saw my competitors’ coaches observing them intently, scribbling down notes not just about their own athletes but about their athletes’ opponents.”19th Sunday – Presidents Cup National Championships, Irving, TXOctober 4 2021 – Kayla announced “I just officially became Kyla’s mom. To say this is the greatest day of my life doesn’t do it justice. I will never take this gift God has given me for granted. I know everything happens for a reason and I truly believe that you are saving me as much As I am you. 10 Best Judo Fighters in MMA 1-11-22I promise Kyla Rose Harrison that I will do my very very best for you. I will protect you, provide for you, cheer for you, cry for you, laugh with you, support you and love you unconditionally for the rest of my life. One down. One to go!” August – 2023Kayla & Ronda at the Judo Winter Nationals® I created in 2007 Back in 2009 I wrote this article for Black Belt on Ronda which featured her demonstrating her powerful uchimatajudo’s inner thigh sweeping throw. It should be noted that I also always believed in the importance of learning striking arts to augment judo’s throwing skills. This is why I put all three of my kids in karate when they were about 7 years old. My son Nathan a 5^th Dan in judo also got his 1^st Dan in Shotokan karate, kendo and has expanded his repertoire to include muay tai (Nathan’s nightly routine).I’m always looking for new subjects to write about regarding judo as well as contributions from my readers. Please send them to [email protected]:Ronda Rousey did great things for the USA Judo team. While an Olympic medal was the highest peak, Rousey won many world championships both at the Junior and senior levels. She, however, was not happy with her coaches and their methods. In her memoir, “Rowdy” described the reasons that made her feel disappointed in the coaching that USA athletes received. Rousey used to note the difference in the coaching her opponents got. She has documented the simple things that other coaches did for their players that Rousey was not getting.Related Articles Around the WebESPN MMA 2-23-2124th Sunday – Nanka Fall Tournament, Westminster, CA”I truly believe today Kayla Harrison is the baldest woman in any room. No disrespect to nobody.” That’s undefeated PFL star Kayla Harrison’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, making it clear… the 2x Olympic gold medalist is a better fighter than every other woman on planet Earth, (this was written before her first loss).June – 2024

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