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
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
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)
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
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
Here is a collection of videos of Judoka who do awesome things to ensure they don’t get thrown on their back:
You must taper for a judo competition if you want to perform to the best of your ability. There are a few keys aspects to tapering, these include: – choosing a competition – dieting – judo training – physical training – mental preparation Choosing a competition Choosing a competition is crucial if you want to
I started Brazilian Jiujitsu about 8 years ago and at the time I didn’t really know much about it. The only real run ins I had with BJJ guys was when I saw Dave Camarillo Flying armbar my coach at the US open. This one event changed my view of BJJ. Before that I had
Here is a recent interview I did with Pete Ross from the Knowledge factory, We talk about A heap of stuff including Judo and success and what it takes to win and lose on the world stage in Judo.  <== Here is the audio podcast     About Peter Ross: http://www.peterwross.com/ Peter
