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Brian Jacks - What an athlete!

creeper1 · 2012-02-28 23:36:30

I remember when I used to watch the old VMA videos on martial arts. On there was a segment with an interview with Brian Jacks. He said something like "When people see me, they don't think of me as a judo player. They think of me as someone who done the superstars on tv." I took a look at what he achieved back then. What an…

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I remember when I used to watch the old VMA videos on martial arts. On there was a segment with an interview with Brian Jacks. He said something like "When people see me, they don't think of me as a judo player. They think of me as someone who done the superstars on tv."

I took a look at what he achieved back then. What an athlete Brian Jacks was!

It reminds me of another interview I read with Neil Adams who talked about how he got a bunch of karate lads to try judo and they remarked how tired they felt after it. They were really surprised at the conditioning needed in judo.

So here is Jacks, credit to judo that he is, in all his glory.

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