The funding for athletes in Canada is a bit confusing. However, I’m running a MAKEACHAMP crowdfunding campaign right now so I feel an obligation to explain it to my supporters. The questions I receive are always the same: "wait, you have to pay for your own travel to international competitions?" or "You don’t get paid by the government to represent our country internationally?" Well, the answer is yes, I do get a bit of funding, but not a lot. Some athletes get more, and some get less. To clear up this vagueness surrounding the funding system, I’ll do my best...

I just finished up month long South European judo tour in hopes of capturing critical Olympic points for Rio 2016. On this trip I was fortunate enough to check off some major goals of mine such as training with the best in the world at an Olympic Training camp in Turkey and in Georgia as well. These are some of the best countries for judo. I also had the chance to represent Canada at two World cups in Romania and in Belarus. Besides the judo lessons I learned, I’ve also gained a bit of experience on traveling abroad for competitions...

Judo will always have a special place in our hearts. Our two co-founders, Michael Shpigelman and David Ancor are accomplished judokas and the idea behind MAKEACHAMP actualled stemmed from their judo competitions. As such, excellent platforms such as JudoInside, are very important to us and judokas worldwide because they rally the community, and put in hundreds of hours to make sure all judokas have the latest competition information and media updates. What's more amazing is that JudoInside is (almost) single-handedly run by Hans van Essen. Who is Hans? How does he manage JudoInside? Read below to find out.   MAKEACHAMP:...