Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, and a week at the national centre in Bhopal with coach Yashpal — eyes on the 2028 Olympics.

Special guest at the National Championships, with near-equal numbers of girls and boys on the mats.

Coaching MMA fighters in Bangkok, a school in Chonburi, and a dojo built in someone’s garden.

Kazuki, a Japanese instructor building Lao judo ahead of the SEA Games — and waterfalls instead of chained elephants.

30 hours of bus, egg coffee in Hanoi, and a strong club at Cầu Giấy.

A self-defence seminar in a Siem Reap hostel with Sophea, and six million bats in Battambang.

Back after a two-month pause. National athletes Kamini and Amir Daniel, and Olympic dreams for LA 2028.

The most expensive stop yet, and a warm welcome from federation president Yeo Chin Seng, still on the mat in his seventies.

26 hours by ferry to Medan, 1,400 km of buses across Sumatra, Java and Bali — the first time a whole community funded the project. Sensei Sengoku’s free dojo in Bali.

Arrival in Cairns during Cyclone Jasper, then a tour of every state — Queensland, NSW, Victoria, WA, the Northern Territory — and a special-needs programme in Hobart.

Josateki Naulu — former Olympic torchbearer turned judo teacher — sponsored the stop, and the roots of Fijian judo.

Ten days of judo and travel, meeting Olympian Nazario Fiakaifonu — and the start of a coaching story that led all the way to Paris.

Auckland, Taupō’s DC-3 McDonald’s, Dave still competing at 76, and Paris 2024 Olympian Moira de Villiers.

IJF Academy certification in Birmingham, a London tour, Olympic silver medallist Prisca Awiti Alcaraz, and a 650-member club in Glasgow.

Dublin, Drogheda and Northern Ireland — and a class taught inside Trinity College’s historic library.

The northern lights on arrival, Olympic medallist Bjarni Friðriksson, and the most expensive country of the tour so far.