Japan's brother-and-sister act eye more Olympic judo gold

Good luck. Bring gold to Japan.

All the very best to Hifumi and Uta in successfully defending their gold medals in Paris!

Japanese judo is one of the highlights of any international sports competition.

Uta is gorgeous. If she does get gold, she will be the darling of the media and will become a megastar,

Japanese judo is the real thing and retains its original spirit and beautiful technique.

Going “international” with judo was a double edged sword, with the resultant change in rules, uniform color, and the degradation of technique. Jigoro Kano would weep.

Going international was Kano’s dream. The only weeping would be about the domestic abuse of women in judo. I really hope that is behind us.

Going international was Kano’s dream. 

Yes it was. But he’d hate to see what became of that, as do many judo purists.

Good luck.

Hopefully those will be my kids in the future.