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
I am getting ready for an exciting weekend with my some Judo and Brazilian jujitsu training (we have a grading next weekend so I am hoping I get a stripe on my purple). This is my last email to remind you (in case you haven’t already) that there is only 24 hours left to get
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
There are times when you are just too busy and you cannot get to Judo practice. There are plenty of solo exercises you can do at home that can improve you Judo training. These exercises include: Mental Imagery of Uchikomi You may be on the bus or on the couch but there is always time
A few years ago, while I was working at a gym a professional bodybuilder by the name of Luke Wood came in and did a full body workout, and boy did he lift some huge numbers. Luke was massive, strong and one of Australia’s best ever bodybuilders. Unfortunately in 2011 he died on the operating
Judo is called the gentle way but it is far from gentle, it is actually a high impact sport. That is why I feel sorry for those Judo clubs who do judo with mats that are laid down directly onto concrete opposed to a nice sprung floor. When I was growing up we did Judo with
Nearly every week I hop online a watch some of the international judo tournaments that are either on ippon.tv or on YouTube on general. I came across this video of Bang performing a really nice ‘switch’ in competition. I decided to do a breakdown of it simply because it is the sort of thing we
This is a guest Blog post written by Paul Mosher. These 3 intense workouts will get you fit for Judo, no matter what age ytou are. They include kettlebells, a tire, a mace and a weighted vest. But forst who am i? I am a Jiu Jitsu students as well as a Vietnam Veteran and former Police
With the rise of mixed martial arts you find that many amateur athletes (Including judo players) don’t bother about dieting for competition as they would rather ‘cut weight’ like the fighters in popular MMA TV shows. If you ever watch top-level cage fighting cards you more often than not hear the commentators mention that a
Check out this really cool choke option that you can do from the Juji gatame position that I saw from Fernando Salvador. Usually I teach that from the juji gatame (spider web in BJJ) position you can do: – Juji gatame – Uki gatame – Sankaku jime But this video Fernando demonstrates a strangle option that
