The GB Judo Community

The GB Judo Community came about as a voluntary initiative to improve judo in Britain through information and action.  

It was also part of a self-learning process I went on, initially with social media, later in creating and maintaining a website.  This one you are now visiting.  
Learning started from scratch and I have made more mistakes than possible to remember.

Speaking up & asking questions …

I have been at the receiving end of the abuse, lies, accusations by Bullying regime culture in British Judo.  Multiple times. 

That I will soon, time permitting, document – one by one.  

From outright lies, to distract from facts and information published, to threats made against supporters, friend, against my children and myself.  

But, the postives are many and outweigh the past negativities.  

Watching Management and their “Minions” lose control over the narrative,
due to more and more realising things are going as BRILLIANTLY, as always being stated.  

Seeing the community starting to find its voice,
speaking up and asking questions.

What you can do in this specific selection case, is ask for clarification and ask questions!    

I, unlike most others, don’t shy away from the confrontation that comes with exposing facts, information and outright lies,
that the “Favoured Few” don’t want to be known.  

Whether it is about:

Safeguarding!

A junior selected for the 2024 Junior World Championsips, despite not fulfilling the weight group criteria, he was selected in.  
IMO, a perfectly good selection choice due to the section 12.6 selection possibility!

“An athlete’s future potential as a junior or senior athlete;”

But, since this selection had been secretive, by pointing out the selection criteria led to a spurious and ridiculous BJA Safeguarding “concern” raised over my comment “Who ate all the pies” – as possibly being “Fat Shaming”?  
Look up what “fat shaming” actuially is defined as!
“Concern” outright rejected.

Or his mother getting a Judo Parent in the GBJC FB group to copy/paste snide comments about me attacking “poor defenceless cadets”,
when being critical of the Cadet development structures, policies, strategies, etc.
As you can see in this blog, I am not attacking cadets but very critical about the strcutures and support they are given to make them prepared to compete internationally.  

But if you are one of the “Favoured Few” that benefits from how the system currently workss, or not as may be the case, receiving “favours” “secret funding”, etc.  

A judo politician or a “favoured” will rather attack an individual than discuss the facts & issues – openly.  

SO …

If you want to support what GBJC is right now?  

Help us get the Fighter Stas verified on the GBJC website’s international competition pages.  
See section below.

Read – Sign – Share …

The ongoing petition for BJA coaches to be exempt from having to pay to be a member of the BJA.  

Join the GB Judo Community private FaceBook group and discuss issues not allowed anywhere else.  
Post Anonymously?

Join the GB Judo Events public FaceBook group,
share judo events for better promotioin – all judo associations events allowed.

What you can’t do.  

Is do nothing! 

And expect change and development with British Judo to happen! 

SBE, 

#GBJudoCommunity

#StrongerTogether

#MakingChangeHappen