Thanks very much from Journalist Patrick Lewis for writing this article. 10) Fictional super spy James Bond has a Judo black belt! Author Ian Fleming who created the British secret agent described him as a judo expert who also knew karate and made sure Bond knew ‘five ways to kill a man with a
Ronda said: “My mom was known for her armlocks and she would finish like 90% of her fights that way. She showed me how to do them when I was a little kid, so I’ve pretty much been practising them since I could walk.” Check out the below examples of Ronda’s juji gatame from her
A few years ago I was doing a ton of no gi Brazilian Jiujitsu and started to think I was getting pretty good at newaza. Which was true, I was getting pretty good. But the problem was I was getting good at no gi, and NOT gi. I entered one of the big Judo comps
The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement. You ought not be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat, but to let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment. – Bruce Lee Being that a few Australian Judo competitions have passed, I thought this was
Coming soon… Over the years there have been hundreds and hundreds of fitness and strength training fads that have come and gone but the kettlebell stays strong. This is simply because Kettlebell training works. I am currently doing a few kettlebell sessions a week just to help keep my shoulders strong and mobile, to develop
I found this great article by Martin Rooney: and thought I would share it with you: By Martin Rooney MHS, CSCS, PC NASM Have any of you ever watched a weight class fight in which one fighter looks far bigger and heavier than the other even though they weighed exactly the same amount the day
Due to the fact that I write a lot of eBooks I do tend to sit quite a lot. When sitting down your hip flexors get shortened which tilt the pelvis resulting in lower back pain. In this short video below Eric Wong shows us a good stretching sequence you can do to loosen the
Paulo Miyao’s fingers after years of BJJ I just read on the BJJEE website that multiple time world BJJ champion Keenan Cornelius is struggling to keep his fingers free from injury. He says that at the ripe old age of 22 he has already lost 20% of movement in his hands. And if you check
It is now day 3 of the world championships and there has been some cracker fights! Throughout the tournament I have seen some trends coming through that need to be addressed if you are looking at competing at local, national or international events. Trend #1: Shidos Shidos are given out frequently by a referee, and
I was talking to Jonas Gaversjo from www.judo4life.com and he was talking about groin, knee and ankle injuries usually stem from tightness in the hip and the hip capsule. Jonas told me that most people who suffer from groin and knee injuries almost always have tightness in the muscles surrounding the hips. In order to fix
