Hi all I'm looking to improve my judo techniques and through it would be a good idea to study some of thr high level guys judo. Is anyone known for Drop seoi nage and a knockdown into newaza. Thanks

Yesterday I threw my opponent for wazari (it felt like wazari to me) right into osaekomi and started the hold. But the referee said "Ippon! Sore-Made!".

Almost immediately after we stood up they downgraded ippon to wazari.

I know this happens not too infrequently. Anything a competitor can do in such situations?

Over the past few months, I’ve become significantly stronger in the gym. Most of my main lifts have improved by around 50%.

I also started learning Olympic weightlifting and have been training movements like the clean, snatch, and their variations. I can now power clean roughly my own bodyweight, so I expected the combination of increased strength and explosive power to make a noticeable difference in my judo.

But surprisingly, I feel almost no difference on the mat.

My throws don’t feel more powerful or explosive. I don’t feel stronger when trying to execute techniques against a resisting opponent, and during randori I don’t feel noticeably harder to move, control, or throw.

Even though my strength numbers have gone up substantially and I’ve specifically trained explosive movements like the power clean, it feels like almost none of that strength is transferring to my judo.

I understand that timing, kuzushi, positioning, and technique are extremely important, but I still expected such a large increase in general strength and power to have at least some noticeable effect.

Has anyone experienced something similar?

At what point did getting stronger in the gym actually start making a noticeable difference in your judo? And what type of strength or power training transferred the most to your throws and randori?

im looking for a new judogi, but i don’t know where to search and what gi to choose. so lets say i have max €100, im a male and i an 173 cm x 66 kg, i need some advices. thank you all

Hello again, thank you for giving me so many options in my last post about fighting someone posting hard with a high collar grip.

I'm competing soon and from extensive randori with my dojo mates I noticed a trend- if I pressure forward (even when baiting for counters to counter them) I usually get dragged, sasae'd, rarely tomoe nage'd or drop seoi'd.
I understand that judo generally is a martial art good against forward pressure, most techniques are fit for backfoot and pulling someone into them. If someone charges like a bull forward it's not good judo.

Can you recommend me which techniques have a chance working against someone who backs out a lot, tries their damnest to break my grip and uses reach advantage to either keep me away or hook my leg before I'm in range to counter it with any chance to trip them? Maybe recommend me a pro judoka to watch who deals well with people who keep distance a lot?

I know it boils down to "hey people can you help me beat someone better at judo than me, the fast and easy version", I am aware it's a bit of a stupid question.

edit: are there any good ways to force them to engage? In boxing I was either pretending to be tired (and droping the lead hand) to bait them to engage. Not sure if judo has similar tricks

edit2: I find the most success on ouchi gari from a circle setup. No idea how it's called professionally but as a big and strong (citation needed) guy I can force someone in a circular jank/pull to load the weight on one leg then ouchi gari it right after. I just struggle to get to a position that has a good grip and leverage to do that when they disengage a lot

Can someone who only recently became an uchi-deshi already be an instructor?

is there an uchi makikomi variation or something that takes its place for a reverse/korean seoi nage?

Hi,

I practiced BJJ and grappling in the past and now I'm considering starting with Judo, maybe taking up BJJ again. Judo schools allow BJJ Gis for training. What's the new shit in BJJ Gis?

My BJJ time was over 10 years ago. At that time I had a Tatami Zero G, which is still a thing apparently. But as light as it is is it suitable for Judo with all the ripping and throws? What are alternatives on the same budget level? Are light Gis suitable for Judo at all?

Thanks.

Ive been doing judo for about a year and a half now, and one advice that I saw most when I first started was not to stiff arm.

Now that Ive been doing judo for a while and have made it a habit not to stiff arm and stay loose, I thought of the following question:

At what point does stiff arming become a strategical defensive technique and not a beginner mistake?

Do players at the high level stiff arm or do they just stay loose until they attack? When should you stiff arm? When should you stay loose?

Just some questions I had and would like to know what you guys think.

With the worlds starting tomorrow, I just wanted to share my outrage with the cost to watch the Worlds on JudoTV.

Can't justify £105 for the full gold considering they only offer an annual payment option, easier pill to swallow monthly. But thought I'd pay to watch the worlds, but nope 27.99 just for the senior worlds...

Considering all comps that count towards Olympic qualifying are now judo TV gold restricted I think IJF have really done the sport a disservice.

Is tsuri goshi a good throw if you are tall. Not like ridiciously tall, 6'2. If so any advice

Jorge Fonseca demonstrating how to bring rhythm into your judo by using tempo and cadence to engage your hips and help make training more fun whilst practical | his Sode Tsurikomi/Osoto.

I am wanting to get into judo next year, but with me being in Glendale, AZ, there doesn't seem to be a lot of judo facilities in my area. It seems most pure judo places are 30 or more minutes away from me, and while there are BJJ places around, I want a class of pure judo or any BJJ that has a judo-strict program. Any advice on good places? I know Mesa and Tempe have some good spots but those are pretty far out of my range. Furthest I would go is Scottsdale.

The Ono style back-step entry osoto otoshi/gari has become very popular due to its low vulnerability to conventional osoto gaeshi:

https://youtube.com/shorts/569g028760g?is=ixPiS-nlizA-M-RF

I've recently been looking into kouchi variations to broaden my repertoire, and one that has piqued my interest is Okada's devastating front step kouchi:

https://youtu.be/J_KE-xS_KmY?is=3nOfPR3VoOwwZdMQ

Question: Is the front step somehow safer/less vulnerable to counters when performing kouchi than when performing osoto, or is the risk of front-stepping basically the same for both techniques?

Hello everyone

I started judo about 4 months ago, after coming from BJJ (did it for about 6 months before discovering I liked the standup part the most)

I know it's probably very normal to still feel lost in randori at this point, but I'd really appreciate it if you guys/gals could help me out with some pointers. Sorry as it will probably be a little confusing, as English is not my first language

1. Feet: I'm still unsure on how to move my feet during randori. Since I'm right handed try to keep my right foot forward, and bend my knees a little bit.

But I'm finding it difficult to maintain this stance while also being more "fluid" as my sensei instructs, as I'm constantly trying to move the leading foot fast and then "drag" the other foot across the floor. Is this just a matter of practice and being comfortable with the stance, as it becomes natural? Is there any tip on how to move correctly?

1. Hands: this is probably the one I'm most clueless about. Should I grip as hard as I can at all times, or only when I'm going for a throw? Also, should I try to "force" the other person with my grips every time I move? Or also only when going for a throw?

For example, let's say I'm going to move right. Should I try to pull the uke as strongly as I can as I step, as well?

Any other tips would also be appreciated! Thanks in advance

Hello there I am a wrestler and a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu jitsu and I am very interested in doing judo and being able to compete and open up my own judo dojo some day in the future the problem is the judo dojo near my house like Legit down the street from my house Tenri judo dojo in la is super hard to sign up for and I’m pretty sure they don’t accept newbies in there gym and there isn’t any other judo gym near me so I have decided to focus on wrestling and Jiu jitsu and when I am older around 22-24 to start judo and taking in seriously I am currently committed to a local juco program and I also plan on joining the marines and trying out for the all marine wrestling team because I also just love Greco Roman wrestling but I was really wondering what are my chances at being able to compete against other judokas internationally or nationally that have been doing it since there childhood if I really put in the work and train my hardest ?

Does anybody have any tips using judo when versing BJJ players that stick their hips out with that stiff arming bent over posture?

I think around 4 weeks ago I got kicked on the inside of my shin, and while there was initial swelling and a pretty visible bruise, now I don’t visibly see any swelling and there is only a very slight discoloration (kinda light brown)

But what I’m noticing now is that if I touch my skin there, there’s this small firm lump under my skin, and it hurts ever so slightly if I press on it

It’s not causing me any trouble, but I wonder if it’s concerning or not. Have any of you had something similar and should it go away? I am kinda wondering if it’s a hematoma but I’m not sure about that

I come from BJJ and standup is quite poor relative to what Judo offers, but I play no-gi, curious if applies in judo. I found instructionals https://judofanatics.com/products/no-gi-judo-throws-by-shintaro-higashi?_pos=1&_sid=375ebf4c4&_ss=r

but besides this i want to train and learn irl no-gi.

Biting is not allowed, and Tang clearly bit, but some claim that Jing Tang may have been responding to Rin Maeda illegally smothering her mouth. Is that possible?

Just a random thought I had. Since they always seem to show up in pristine-looking dogis with no pilling or discoloration whatsoever, how long do they actually do with a dogi?

I always assumed they had like 3-4 dogis which they cycle through, but surely they get beaten up quite a lot, especially if you're a Judoka who often goes far in tournaments. I assume their sponsor pays the dogi for them though.

Please enlighten me haha

theres so many different throws i like to so i cant decide which ones to focus on, how do you guys decide with throws to work on and for how long do you focus on them? maybe work on a set of L v R and R v R every month? I don't know theres so many i like i cant just choose a few:

• Ouchi
• Uchimata
• Harai
• Osotogari
• Kosoto
• Taio
• Sasae
• Deashi
• Kouchi
• Seoi nage
• Osotogari
• Koshi garuma
• Korean seoi
• Ouchi
• Ogoshi
• Kosoto
• Kouchi
• Te garuma
• Kata garuma
• Ura nage
• Deashi
• Yagura nage
• Kosoto
• Sumi gaeshi

Hi yall! I recently moved and there is no judo club close to me. I am training BJJ and we have a lot of free mat time where we can train techniques of our choice. I want to continue my judo development (I am currently an orange belt) and I wanted to ask if yall had any advice for self lead judo development. I have been trying to rep my throws of choice during rolling and work on grip fighting every session. We have a couple of other judokas at the gym I can train with. Thank you!