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
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
Here is a collection of videos of Judoka who do awesome things to ensure they don’t get thrown on their back:
It is very important that the workouts you are completing as part of your fitness and conditioning are catered towards Judo. Judo fights are 5 minutes in length and you need to be fit enough to be able to fight hard for five minutes, have 5 minutes off and then fight again. Therefore your training
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
Grip strength is a must in both Judo and Brazilian Jujitsu. A stronger grip simply means a stronger overall game. If you are stronger than your opponent then you instantly have an advantage over them. I like to perform a range of forearm and finger circuits that will not only have your forearms screaming but
Have you ever wondered what the OPTIMAL diet is for a fighter? You know…the way top professional athletes eat. As a combat athlete, you have to fuel your body with proper nutrition. I’ve seen lots of guys try diets, starve, sweat, pop handfuls of supplements and more… but the fact is that so few fighters
Osoto gari can be taught a number of ways and recently I have really found myself to be throwing a stack of people with an osoto gari/osoto otoshi which has been really fun. In this blog post I will highlight a few different variations you can do when doing osoto gari. In Isao Okano’s Osoto
Here are 7 super huge and really nice Ippons for 2014 so far: #1 – Nice Kosoto Gake: (This is the danger of locking in) #2 – Huge Ura nage (this iw why top gripping can be dangerous in todays modern Judo) #3 – Ippon seoi nage (he pins the sleeve before laucnhing his attack)
