Nellie Einstein 15 years, brown belt and from Borås Jewish club. Trained for nine years and recently joined the youth team for the 2012 team. A promising successful goal-conscious girl with a lot of contests, training and focus ahead. One thing is certain, we have not seen the last of Nellie Einstein.

When and where did you start training Judo?

 

Answer: I started with judo when I was seven years old at Borås Jewish Club and have been training there since then.

How did you get in touch with Judo?

Answer: My brother has been practicing Judo for many years so it was obvious that I would also start when I had my age.

When did you start compete the first time?

Answer: When I was eight years old I did not remember completely wrong.

How did it feel?

Answer: I was really excited and really looked forward to it. From that competition, I realized that this was what I wanted to keep up with, the feeling you get on competitions is indescribably amazing.

Do you have a sibling or a family who also trains / trained judo?

Answer: As I said before, my brother is practicing judo and even my dad.

What does judo mean to you?

Answer: It means so incredibly much, it’s almost like a lifestyle for me. I practically practice judo every day and always look forward to getting to the exercises. Judo is not only a wonderful sport to practice, but the whole community is absolutely amazing. Everyone at the club feels like a little family to me and I actually spend more time with them than with my friends in school.

What is the best thing about Judo?

Answer: It’s hard to choose something special, I have to say that everything together makes Judon such an amazing sport. All in all, I mean the training, the community, the competitions, the technology, the challenges, etc.

Keeping on with a sport like judo does not just make you better on the sport without it also forming a human being. In the case of competition racing, you have to have the right psyche to succeed, and you have to work on it all the time, helping one to manage the school better as you learn to concentrate and plan.

How does it seem to have been taken to the youth team VT 2012?

Answer: Absolutely amazing! I have almost not understood it, it feels so unreal. That’s what I’ve been aiming for, but I never wanted to hope too much. I see it as a great chance to develop, so it’s so fun to go to a lot of major international competitions and see how to stand.

It’s most important to perform later when I become a junior, so I look the most like something fun that I can learn a lot and bring with me as much experience as possible.

Which medal are you most proud of?

Answer: It’s probably the Sm-gold I took earlier this year, because I took silver last year, it felt incredibly good to win this year. She who won over me last year won me over twice this year, so it became a real revival.

Which age category and weight class are you competing at right now?

Answer: Currently I compete in U17 -48 kg.

What are your plans / goals before the 2012 Judo Year?

Answer: I have a lot of big and small competitions and training camps planned, then I will continue to practice a lot at the club. My goal is to develop as much as possible and place me on international competitions. In order to succeed, I have to work out a lot and analyze both my own judo films and other good judokas.

Which competition is closest right now where you should compete?

Answer: It is the National Cup in Halmstad, after which it is ready for the European Cup in the Czech Republic

How do you motivate yourself to stay in top shape?

Answer: I love to practice so really, there is not much motivation, but of course there are days when I really do not know anything and the best thing to do then is to force myself to work out. Even though you do not want to, you know how wonderful the feeling after and then it’s really worth it. But the best thing to do is train things that you think are fun, then you have something to look forward to.

To me it is important that you have the right attitude to exercise and race, which makes it much more fun. I see everything as a challenge, it will be much easier to look forward to the training.

What is your favorite technique right now?

Answer: I have incredibly many techniques I like, but if you look at what I do the most, I have to answer the morote-seoinage.

Do you like the best of ne waza or tatchi waza?

Answer: That question is difficult, it actually depends. But for the most part, I think I like tatchi waza because there you can do some more spectacular techniques.

Which Judoka do you like best?

Answer: I’m stuck to Ki-Young Jeon, I really love his judo. Then I’m also a big fan of Koga and several other Judokas.

Do you have any Judo dream that you want to experience?

Answer: Yes, absolutely! I have several judo dreams, one hit recently.
The biggest dream at the moment is to compete at the European Championship, but if I look for more long-term, it’s getting taken to the Olympics. Then I have a lot of other smaller goals and dreams, to achieve something, you need something to strive for.

What is your favorite proverb that relates to Judon?

Answer: Practice makes perfect.

What are your interests besides judo?

Answer: In addition to Judon, I also dance, but I do the most for fun. Otherwise, that’s the point

/Nellie Einstein