Went to spectate the Ontario Judo Open tournament. Well, we arrived kind of late, so we were only able to see a few matches. It was still pretty good though. One of the blackbelts ( well, they are ALL blackbelts ) was really good, and always get Ippon within seconds into the match. I enjoyed the atmosphere of the event. It was held in a gym ( it was more like a big tent really ) behind a private highschool. I've always liked the discreetness of martial arts. The event didn't have many audiences, most/all were the competitor's familiy members or students. I heard that the event wasn't successful this year. Judo is fading in popularity, at least in Canada. Went for sushi afterwards, and joked around as usual. I find it difficult to have a conversation with the guys in Judo sometimes though. I mean, aside from Judo, what else can we talk about? I know that all of the guys there are very knowlegable about all kinds of stuff. They are most doing their masters or Phds or what not. Yeah, so we didn't talk all that much. Had some talk about Chinese and Vietnamese political and education system with Hein. Political discussions are too sensitive however and are best avoided in Canada imo. We probably needed more sake :D All in all, it was a fun day.