“The national elementary school tournament, All Japan Judo Federation will be abolished” The news reported by Asahi Shimbun Digital on March 18 has attracted a great deal of attention, such as becoming a trend on Twitter. “Until the All Japan Judo Federation decides to abolish,” the Asahi Shimbun sports department reporter spells out from a series of interviews.
In late January, some boy judo leaders were confused on SNS.
“Elementary school students will be sacrificed again” “What is the goal of the competition for children?”
Around this time, the schedule for 2022 was updated on the homepage of the All Japan Judo Federation (All Japan Judo Federation), and the reason was that “* changed to an alternative event” was added to the national elementary school grade competition held in August every year. rice field. This tournament is a national tournament for individual competition for 5th and 6th grade elementary school students sponsored by All Japan Judo Federation. I didn’t know the reason or details, such as whether it was a voluntary restraint of the tournament due to the corona disaster or a temporary measure, and I was calling for various speculations.
It was about a month and a half after the All Japan Judo Federation issued a notice to the prefectural federations, “About the National Judo Tournament for Elementary School Students,” on March 14.
“From this year, we have decided to abolish the national judo tournament for each grade of elementary school students,” he said.
When the news was distributed by Asahi Shimbun Digital on March 18, there was a lot of feedback beyond the boundaries of the judo and sports worlds.
“# Victory Supreme Principle” has become a trend word on Twitter, and most of the positive opinions about All Japan Judo Federation’s decision, such as “It’s a decision” and “I hope this wave spreads to other competitions” This is probably because some “adults” have become overheated in judo judo. In addition, I was surprised that the judo world, which has been particular about winning more than anywhere else, has begun to correct the “victory supreme principle”, such as winning the largest number of 48 gold medals in Japan at the Olympics under the slogan “It is not a medal other than a gold medal”. There were also many. As a bitter memory when I was in elementary school, there was a tweet saying, “I was crying because I didn’t want to go to practice,” such as being beaten if I made a mistake in a sports boy group in another competition.
“Parents who curse their opponents” “Weight loss of 6 kg with konjac”
According to All Japan Judo Federation, in this tournament, there were some games that were all about fighting for teams because they were so particular about winning. Since the ranks are divided into only two ranks, there are dangerous battles with large weight differences, examples of imposing unreasonable weight loss on growing children, examples of leaders and parents swearing at referees during the match. Was also seen. “In some cases, parents were swearing at their children’s opponents. At this rate, the children would be wrinkled.
