Paul Sheals Rocketfish - Judo Videos

Having been involved with Search Engine Marketing for many years now I have recently been converted to working with video. It has been proven in America that companies are having a lot if success embedding video into their web sites and publishing tutorials (covering all manor of activity) on You Tube and every other video streaming web site.

Having never worked with video it has bee a steep learning curve and i have now created tutorials regarding various different aspects of Search Engine Marketing however most of these have been created using Keynotes and slide shows.

Over the weekend I decided to start working with film and began by creating a video on Judo. The video is called Judo Ippons and is a compilation of some great fighters and some great throws. The exercise has really wet my appetite and I would like to create more however good footage of older fighters is difficult to come by. There is a lot of coverage of modern fighters and events and companies like Fighting films do a great job of producing really professional footage and films for specific events however older footage is more difficult to come by.

I would like to create compilations that include fighters like Densign White, Kerith brown, Martin Mcsorley, Neil Eckersley, Paul Radburn, Chris Bowles, Carl Finney, Dennis Stewart, Elvis Gordan, Paul Sheals, Gavin Bell and Ray Stevens along with the foreign players during the same period - Thierry Rey, Alexander, Nakanishi, Yoshida, Kashawazaki, Bodavelli, Podubni, Dyot, Wienekke and many more.

If any one has footage of this period or any of the fighters mentioned have footage please contact me - don't really care what format the footage is in as i can convert it to a suitable platform.

I would also like to compile competition footage of specific techniques on one video i.e. a full video of Ippon Seoi Nage from different fighters, different countries and different years.

Paul Sheals

Paul Sheals Rocketfish - Judo on Sky

For those that haven't seen it Judo looks like it has a regular slot on Sky. It is the World Cup circuit and the boys at Fighting Films look as though they are producing it for the the International Judo Federation. All Judo fans around the country need to support the programme if we are ever going to get more coverage and raise the profile of the sport to a wider audience. I really think we need to try and ride on the back of the success of the UFC which is now massive and Judo players always seem to do well. Yoshida had some pretty spectacular fights against all comers and there is a pretty strong Korean fighting at the moment who has come from a Judo background.

I still believe we need to change how Judo is presented on television (although I suspect there are some restrictions in place by the television stations). Judo is spectacular as we all know however it never comes across this way on television due to the fact we only ever tend to show final and semi final fights which historically are close affairs.

There is a video on You Tube (The Best of Judo) which has been put to music and is amazing, great throws, well produced and dynamic.

We should show the best throws, armlocks and strangles for the whole tournament at the start of any programme followed by the actual contests. We need to translate what is happening in a way that the layman can understand, let them know how much skill, strength and fitness is required, relate what is happening during a contest to something everyone can understand.

Keep watching and lets hope this isn't just a flash in the pan

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