#470 Precision & Data in Martial Arts with Ali Ghafour, Founder of 20/20 Armor & Toronto CTO Meetup Group
Today we’re talking to Ali Ghafour, Martial artist & Founder of 20/20 Armor and the Toronto CTO Meetup Group; and we discuss how developing strong discipline is key to success, how 20/20 Armor is bringing precision and data analytics to martial arts competitions, and tips for getting the most out of your R&D investments.
All of this right here, right now, on the ModernCTO Podcast!
Check out 20/20 Armor at https://2020armor.com
About Ali Ghafour:
I became a Canadian national team member for taekwondo 4 times, and was in the pool of top 4 athletes nationwide to be selected for the 2008 Olympics. I retired in 2007.
I have a degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, and was founder and CTO of a ventured backed SAAS enterprise company.
My "why" is to inspire people to fall in love with martial arts so they can reach their full potential. I am the founder and CEO of 2020 Armor and the United Battle League
2020 Armor is a sports technology company that develops martial art training hardware and software, changing fundamentally how martial arts is practiced and taught at the club, tournament and home. 2020 Armor on Dragons Den
The United Battle League is a new martial competition series, where the fights of world class athletes take place embedded into a virtual video environment - the UBL Metaverse. The UBL leverages the 2020 Armor technology. UBL Trailer
About 20/20 Armor:
2020 Armor is a sports technology company creating products that inspire people to fall in love with martial arts and reach their full potential. We develop martial art hardware and software, transforming martial arts into a mainstream professional sport like soccer. The company's flagship product tracks and displays impacts on a vest and mobile app using scoring from popular video games like Street Fighter. Customers include the largest martial art clubs in the world, Olympians, the casual at home practitioner and the new professional martial art league rooted in the metaverse, the United Battle League. Founders are former professional martial art players and investors include LeAD sports founded by the family members of Adidas.