Couples who are involved in sports include not only athletes, but also coaches, and even people who spend time overseas. The Fujii family lives in Rio de Janeiro, including Yuko Fujii, who once served as a technical coach for the Brazilian men’s and women’s national teams, and also as the coach of the Brazilian men’s national team, and currently teaches judo in the country, her husband Haruki, and their eldest son Seitake, who is training hard in the football kingdom. A writer living locally conducted a series of interviews. (NumberWeb “Good Couple/Family Series” 1st of 6 episodes / Continued from #2 and #3)
It would be fair to say that his life in judo has been quite unusual for a Japanese sports instructor, full of ups and downs.
Excuse me, but during my active years, I didn’t rush down the elite path in Japan. However, now that he is 41 years old, he is highly regarded as a professional judo coach overseas. Moreover, with the full cooperation of her husband, she is building a happy family of five.
My destiny changed drastically after studying abroad in the UK
Yuko Fujii is from Obu City, Aichi Prefecture. From the age of 5, he was trained at Oishi Dojo, which has produced the likes of Hidehiko Yoshida, who won the gold medal in the men’s 78kg class at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and Ayumi Tanimoto (the same generation as Yuko), who won two consecutive titles in the women’s 63kg class at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Through his training, he placed high in national competitions in middle school and high school. However, after that, she slumped. Yuko recalls her time as follows.
“I loved practicing hard and improving my skills, and was called a “practice bug.” However, eventually I couldn’t beat the top players of my age. I think they lacked the tenacity to compete. It was very frustrating to see him perform on the world stage.”
While continuing his career as an athlete, he graduated from Hiroshima University’s Faculty of Education and entered the same university’s graduate school “not to study, but to master judo,” but he was unable to achieve the results he expected. After completing graduate school, she retired from active duty at the age of 24. In 2007, she studied abroad at the University of Bath, west of London.
From here on, your destiny will change.
“When I started teaching at a university judo club, I met some wonderful instructors.Seeing them teach beautiful judo while valuing the basics, I became confident in the judo that I had been taught in Japan since I was young.” I thought it would be okay to tell you.”
Crying with athletes after winning medals at Tokyo Olympics
In 2010, she was selected as the technical coach for the British women’s national team, and helped Britain win a medal for the first time in 12 years at the 2012 London Olympics. Her teaching style, which is faithful to the basics and also considers the feelings of the athletes, caught the attention of Brazilian judo officials, and in May 2013, she was appointed as the technical coach of the Brazilian men’s and women’s national teams. She helped her student Rafaela Silva win gold in the women’s 57kg category at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
He remained in Brazil, and in June 2018, at the age of 35, he was appointed as the coach of the Brazilian men’s national team.
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