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:...

In October 2014, MAKEACHAMP decided to produce our official video. Now that it's on the home page and YouTube, we wanted to give the MAKEACHAMP community a little taste of what it was like behind the scenes. Take a look at the making of this video -- no holds barred. Yet another explainer video? A good video can get people excited about your product, even when they've been using your product for years! Not only that, but a video is a powerful tool to spread the word about your product on social networks. The vast majority of startups choose to have an explainer...

I had an incredible start to my the 2015 year. I’ve had the opportunity to represent Canada at 7 world cups in the past 3 months on my road to Rio 2016. Starting the journey in Tunisia, Africa then visiting France, Belgium, Poland and Bulgaria. The going over to South America to compete in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. As amazing as it was, it did come with its challenges : making weight every single weekend without an access to a kitchen.   Making weight meant I had to lose 3-5kg to step on a scale on Friday night weighing less...