Flexibility is super super super important in a sport like Judo. Being flexible will help you not only escape a ton of throws and ground work moves, but also help you avoid injury. few years ago I was at a Nic Gregoriades seminar and for the first 30 minutes he went over the importance of
I have been doing a stack of training at home and I really wanted to start doing some TRX band exercises that I saw on the Suspension Revolution page so rather than paying upwards of $200 for TRX bands I decided to make my own. Here is all you need: Rope ($4-5) 20 cms of
This past week was the Judo world championships in Astana, Kazakhstan. I loved it when IJFÂ tournaments are in Asia (and streamed) because it means I get to watch them at normal times of the day opposed to having to stay awake until 2am to watch the competitions like I usually do when they are
This week I was coaching some teenagers at Judo and some of them were lying face down or staying in turtle and not attacking. A lot of the time these guys got turned over and held down, armbarred or strangled. After this happened a few times I got the class together and told them that
Every week I received a ton of emails and Facebook messages from people asking me questions about all things Judo. If you are on my Newsletter list I thought I’d let you know that I am trying to email one once a week with an answer to a question that I get asked from one
At Judo it is crucial that you look after your entire body- including your fingers. In the videos below there are some great tips for you to help keep your fingers safe from injury.
