Daniel McCormick is representing the USA as a Judo Olympian in Beijing, China. Daniel is a former student of Jim Irvine. (Jim is an instructor at the club who recently came to us from Texas). The head instructor for Daniel during his 10 years in Dallas was “Ace” Sukigara assisted by Judy Choquette)

Ni Hao...I'm becoming quite fluent in Mandarin.

I have been very busy since I fought. I've been going to alot of events. I watched China vs. Germany and USA vs. Spain in basketball. Next I we went to the Bird's Nest to watch track and field. Then I watched the quarterfinals of men's boxing. I've seen 2 days of wrestling, the middle weights and the heavyweights. And yesterday I went to sycronized swimming finals and the indoor volleyball finals. On top of this I have done all the touristy things I could find. Luckily for me I have a friend here from Boston who is the head of the New England Patriots (and incase you didn't know went 18-1 last year but lost the only game that really counts) promotions in China. He speaks Chinese (or atleast he claims, we have been trying to find a way to check him, we think he may be bluffing) and he has been helping me get around the city and see the sights.

I have good news from Beijing. My teammate and roommate Ronda Rousey has won the Bronze medal in the 70 kilo division. She is the first female American to win an Olympic medal in Judo.