Every competitive Judoka needs to know a few variations of Juji gatame. In most syllabuses around the world you need to know at least 3 variations if you want to get past green belt. Here are my top 5 Juji gatames I believe you need to know to be competitive in newaza both in the
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
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 short motivational film by Stuart Cooper starring the world famous Kyra Gracie. It shows Kyra teaching some BJJ techniques to young children and follows them to what seems to be a local tournament. Along the way there is words from the Hip hop preacher I think, and it covers some great motivational tools such
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
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
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
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)
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
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
