Neil Adams

There's just a whole, you know, and there are different levels of, you know, the majority of people are just not informed as to what's out there and the different levels that there are out there.

Ezio was one of them. And I fought him, you know, and I beat him in the European Championships. I beat him in, you know, two times and then lost to him in the Olympic Games two months after I'd beaten him in the European Championship. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah. So it wasn't, that made it even more difficult, right?

Ezio was one of them. And I fought him, you know, and I beat him in the European Championships. I beat him in, you know, two times and then lost to him in the Olympic Games two months after I'd beaten him in the European Championship. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah. So it wasn't, that made it even more difficult, right?

Ezio was one of them. And I fought him, you know, and I beat him in the European Championships. I beat him in, you know, two times and then lost to him in the Olympic Games two months after I'd beaten him in the European Championship. Oh, wow. Yeah, yeah. So it wasn't, that made it even more difficult, right?

So that made it more difficult. And so he, Ezio was one and getting hold of, I remember getting hold of Nishida of Japan and he had me going up and down. And I just, I thought, wow, this guy is amazing, you know, and I'd never fought, first time I ever fought Japanese. in a major tournament, you know, and, um, I felt the danger.

So that made it more difficult. And so he, Ezio was one and getting hold of, I remember getting hold of Nishida of Japan and he had me going up and down. And I just, I thought, wow, this guy is amazing, you know, and I'd never fought, first time I ever fought Japanese. in a major tournament, you know, and, um, I felt the danger.

So that made it more difficult. And so he, Ezio was one and getting hold of, I remember getting hold of Nishida of Japan and he had me going up and down. And I just, I thought, wow, this guy is amazing, you know, and I'd never fought, first time I ever fought Japanese. in a major tournament, you know, and, um, I felt the danger.

I always talk about the danger when we go out to Japan to train, uh, I could go probably, uh, months without getting thrown in training here in Europe. And, and I go to Japan and, you know, everybody's throwing you, you know, and that's difficult to accept. And the reason that that kind of danger and that kind of, um, um, A feeling of danger is something that puts a real edge on, you know.

I always talk about the danger when we go out to Japan to train, uh, I could go probably, uh, months without getting thrown in training here in Europe. And, and I go to Japan and, you know, everybody's throwing you, you know, and that's difficult to accept. And the reason that that kind of danger and that kind of, um, um, A feeling of danger is something that puts a real edge on, you know.

I always talk about the danger when we go out to Japan to train, uh, I could go probably, uh, months without getting thrown in training here in Europe. And, and I go to Japan and, you know, everybody's throwing you, you know, and that's difficult to accept. And the reason that that kind of danger and that kind of, um, um, A feeling of danger is something that puts a real edge on, you know.

And so that was the first time when I got a hold of Nishida, I thought, oh, my God, you know, this guy, you know, it didn't matter which way he was turning like that. He stretched out and I thought this, I want to do this, you know. And then I ended up fighting him again in Japan.

And so that was the first time when I got a hold of Nishida, I thought, oh, my God, you know, this guy, you know, it didn't matter which way he was turning like that. He stretched out and I thought this, I want to do this, you know. And then I ended up fighting him again in Japan.

And so that was the first time when I got a hold of Nishida, I thought, oh, my God, you know, this guy, you know, it didn't matter which way he was turning like that. He stretched out and I thought this, I want to do this, you know. And then I ended up fighting him again in Japan.

It's a different... It's a different thing, isn't it?

It's a different... It's a different thing, isn't it?

It's a different... It's a different thing, isn't it?

So, I mean, mine was kind of a mixture. I liked it to be a mixture because there was... The gripping is definitely the key point. So if you get high-level guys that are gripping up, and I always used to put this to the referees when we were doing referee seminars when we first started them. And I'd say, how many... Because they would referee to their understanding of the match. Mm-hmm.

So, I mean, mine was kind of a mixture. I liked it to be a mixture because there was... The gripping is definitely the key point. So if you get high-level guys that are gripping up, and I always used to put this to the referees when we were doing referee seminars when we first started them. And I'd say, how many... Because they would referee to their understanding of the match. Mm-hmm.

So, I mean, mine was kind of a mixture. I liked it to be a mixture because there was... The gripping is definitely the key point. So if you get high-level guys that are gripping up, and I always used to put this to the referees when we were doing referee seminars when we first started them. And I'd say, how many... Because they would referee to their understanding of the match. Mm-hmm.

So they were penalizing for certain grips that were, you know, and actually, so. As an ex-athlete, high level, I would say, have you ever gripped up with high level?