丸山城志郎 - MARUYAMA vs BASILE, and a French Judo Player vs a Judoka 

I think Basile worked well with what he had, obviously it was a difficult match and it was the first match too. To know you're facing your final match as your first match. They hugged like 2-3 times after the match, there was obviously a lot of personal emotions stacked to this as well. Which made me annoyed for reading all the insulting comments to Basile I saw in another video about the match. Khyar had a really interesting style. Is it his normal style or was it specifically built to challenge Maruyama in a way he wouldn't be comfortable? Because it looked like anti-strategy to me, to deny Maruyama of his judo more than express your own judo. He knew he wouldn't outplay Maruyama in gripping, position and defending that uchi mata, would've been stupid to run with that strategy knowing you're not at his level in those micro parts. If he had succeeded, I'd have said it was well played, he did what he had to in a contest. It wasn't beautiful judo but it was still creative and problem solving. Because you go to an international tournament to win the championship, not to demonstrate Kodokan kata. Especially you don't go into a tournament thinking "ah I face Maruyama, he's better at technical judo than me, I must play in his beautiful style and take an immediate out from the tournament, see you next time". "Everyone" does strategical choices and even sneaky little cheat grips and what they can get away with. But what annoyed me about it personally was the dramaticism, appealing to the referee and audience and acting like it was a show instead of a match, that doesn't carry you far and referees make a mental note about it against you. If you appeal, you gotta do it so that you don't look like a clown but someone who deserves justice. Khyar made himself look like the villain who tries to trick through a loophole in his appeal, the judgment wasn't even questionable. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do. Judging by the highlights he was the closest to take Maruyama out. Excluding Takeoka who didn't seem to be threatened by him as much as the others (maybe living in the japanese system you get comfortable about the gripping and uchi matas). Attempting that style againast Maruyama would've landed Khyar a quick loss in 30 seconds. It was cool to see how well balanced Maruyama is in terms of keeping his cool, focusing on his judo and when Khyar ran out of tricks and wiggle room with shidos, he hit the go button confidently, he knew he had him in the trap. Maruyama didn't hesitate because Khyar's play was difficult and off-putting, he didn't get frustrated. He just calculated if he can stay in the game and how long he has to choke the wiggle room and extend his life by shidos, until he gets to go in.

Jyoshiro Maruyama is a samurai. I hope you will be a commentator on Judo TV one day.

I really love how maruyama caught the French players arm mid throw to score the ippon, incredible awareness and skill

I agree, I think technically Maruyama could have gotten a third shido but I’m never going to be upset with the refs giving the benefit of the doubt to someone actually trying to throw

I'm glad the ref didn't give shido for being pushed out vs Khyar. I saw too many matches decided by shido yesterday. It's becoming atrocious. If Maruyama was given HS against Khyar we would have never saw that beautiful uchi mata.

Khyar went 90 degrees vertical at the end!

Totally agree about your view on the khyar s fight

Maruyama ans Takeoka had fought in the 2022 選抜, Maruyama won that time by 3 Shido

Ukraine should have gotten a wazari for the tani otoshi counter to ippon seoi nage.

It looks like TAKEOKA is the rising star with MARUYAMA nearing retirement. I actually feel sorry for MARUYAMA. He's been fighting ABE for years to be the no. 1 judoka in the -66kg division only to find he now has to contend with upcoming stars. It will be interesting to see the match-up between TAKEOKA and ABE.

It’s your channel and you’re simply offering your commentary so no, it wasn’t harsh. I think the real issue is computer warriors that don’t understand you’re entitled to your opinion.

If tori pushes uke outside of the contest area, it's actually tori that gets a shido. It's clearly stated in the rules 18.1.1. "5. Without there being an attack engaged in a valid position (see Article 5 - Exceptions): • In tachi-waza to go intentionally or intentionally force the opponent to go outside the contest area" Khyar intentionally pushed Maruyama outside the contest area, so in that case the rules say Khyar should be getting shidos.

Amazing,sorry for Fabio tho,good stuff

Hey, love your content and your commentary, and as your viewer I got a commentary tip for you. Sometimes you talk too close or over throws. For example at 1:00 you were talking about Maruyama outclassing Basile, then you started to correct yourself or something like that and it got in the way of the throw, it's much better to leave that stuff to when not much is happening and when a big throw is coming up just tell us that and not much else. In my opinion, that would look much better and your content will be much more enjoyable to watch. However, it's just my opinion and you can do whatever you want with it. Keep up the consistency and the good work 💪

1, you can not play judo by running away from the opponent. And its sad to watch… 2, shido is for punishment, not the tool to win the match, if you guys learn the judo rules ( attempt to push someone out of the mat is getting shido) this is not sumo. 😂 The difference is the traditional judo will try to win with judo technique. To win with Shido is not wining. You don’t gain anything. You don’t get anyone heart by doing that. This video is great. You really make the point of what happened now in judo world. People try to think of winning too much without training the core of Judo. I don’t even know what sport the French guy actually did….Whatever the people comment that it’s his strategy but it’s not Judo. Imagine if everyone plays like that just to win with shido. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Look how both japan playing judo in the end, that’s how it should be but well I’m still glad that everyone learns judo. Please just be kind to each others, it’s the principle of Judoka Even Maruyama didn’t win the match. He already won everyone heart with his determination and pride in his judo

That win at the end feels so wrong.

Was I a bit harsh on Khyar?

Even from a French fan and admirer of Khyar, his strategy, which I guess was validated by his coach, displayed a real lack of confidence in his judo. Moreover, the last time I have seen such strategies was during competitions of my own when I was about 14 or 15 years old... I am affraid this strategy shows both a lack of confidence from the judoka and a poor coaching choice. This is not good to see ahead of the Olympics. Anyway ! Judo did win

Khyar? Hansokumake!

MAYURAMA IS BACK

Judo noob here but it seems they need to modify the rules a bit to discourage this type of behavior. Khyar is gaming the system but he didn't design it. I think a real bottleneck is the point system, just make it ippon only until the time limit and then golden score. You don't need shidos for stepping out or dropping down. The fact that you can "win" by shidos means it will inevitably be gamed.

If this was a score for TAKEOKA in the final, blind me we are forgetting what Judo is. How is that a score, absolutely ridiculous.

People have too much faith in Basile, he hasn't done anything special after (or before) Olympics. Khyar was bit overboard, but these types of push outs usually get uke penalized for stepping out nowadays, it very rarely goes against the one doing the push out.

Khyar is over agressive , in the wrong way. But when is underdog technicly , like he was against maruyama , he's using this agressivity to push pressure on opponent. Sometimes it's work. But i agree: this attitude give him a very bad reputation.

9:46 Maruyama is with one knee on the ground. Should this be considered a score? For example if you are playing in +100 and you are 10 or 20 kilos heavier you can obviously do this ,,Technique''. I asked my trainer and he said: Today this is a score, but in his time that was nothing.

Ridiculous score at the end, what was that???

I think the frenchman was just very unsportsman like yesterday against maruyama, i guess it was because of being at home but still

Everyone saying Basile is world class because he won the olympics is tripping. He had won nothing ever since. He just had a lucky day back then. Not hating, just saying the truth. Obviously he's still in the top 0.1% of judokas on the planet, but what i'm saying is that is light years away from Maruyama (and Abe for that matter).

Hello, I'm french, khyar vs maruyama was a freaking war, but no doubt maruyama was a better judoka, he deserves his victory.

I don’t understand what do you want from khyar he knows he is not going to beat maruyama in a technical fight so he does whatever it takes to win and he did it amazingly and got very close I respect that and you have to remember at the end of the day people will remember your wins and achievements and not how you won

I love Maruyama's Judo but he should have gotten a thrid shido. Even more if you think of the previous shidos during the contest.

Respect khyar !

Pretty lame throw to end it all. He spent a whole second on his own back. I thought there was a rule about not scoring these kind of sacrifice throws?

The Frenchman is a clown. Tbh I am not a big fan of French judoka albeit their rankings a medals.

Nothing new from this channel being biased against French judo, even though it won most gold medals on the first day… The fight between Maruyama and Khyar is edited and doesn’t show Khyar attempts at ashi waza, newaza, sacrifice throws and uchimata + Maruyama dropping on his knees 3 times in a row after being awarded a shido precisely for that. Maruyama dropped to his knees every time he was outgripped…. We might have seen a beautiful throw from Khyar had Maruyama not done that. Anyone that does judo even at the amateur level knows how annoying it is to fight against someone that drops to his/her knees whenever tori establishes grip dominance. As for the intensity, I love that about Khyar (+ he was respectful towards Maruyama as shown when he shook his hand). We are not talking about a randori at the local dojo but about a world class event in preparation to the Olympics! He has every right and more to use agression to dominate his opponent. Furthermore, Khyar’s judo is particularly dangerous in close-quarters, he likes to break the distance with his opponent to use some of his favorite throws, so his agression was not “playing the game” of judo but a strategy to establish dominance and put himself in a throwing position… It was pretty obvious that Maruyama struggled until the very end of the golden score when Khyar allowed himself to become frustrated. I agree with Judo Highlights on that point, Khyar committed a mistake by focusing too much on the referee/public when the third shido didn’t come. Finally, although we all like “beautiful” Japanese style judo, if you talk with world class competitors, the very same we see on these highlights, they will tell you how they appreciate the technique and strategic acumen required to “bully” your opponent in competitive judo. In this respect, Khyar’s performance was definitely worth commending.

Dude literally didn't want to do judo, so why the hell is he in a judo competition? If he wants to push people out of the tatami and only use strength, just go to wrestling or sumo. This is like entering a bjj competition and try to win only by takedown points because you're a judoka, c'mon, use some newaza if you're entering a bjj contest.