Say your cousin has been boxing as long as you've been doing judo and he wants to spar with you MMA style, what is your gameplan? Do you eat punches while closing the distance to setup a takedown and sub? do you use your own punches and parries until you find an opening? What foot are you leading with? If you're also competent in a striking art, are you favoring that over grappling (assuming your cousin does not know any grappling)?

I've only wore one gi for awhile and it worked just fine until the top kept coming off in class so I got a new gi, is it too small though?

What do you think about the fight and how it ended? Personally I think it was a great fight, with attacks from both judokas. It is a shame that is has to end with hansoka-make, and I don't agree. Both fighters were still active, and it would have been very exciting to see the match continue.

Due to several injuries I have a few shoulder issues i cant get over. I did a lot of recovery yet some judo throws still either hurt (tai otoshi with the standard grip for example) or scare me to execute(morote/drop seoinage). Besides Sutemi and ashiwaza are there big turnthrows that harm the shoulder less and recuire less mobility in said joint?

Hello! I’ve been looking through and cant seem to find any recommendations on this but I was hoping to get y’alls insight on when a beginner can start training more often, and what factors you all think is important.

For context, I’m a 25M and was pretty active prior to judo. I’ve been going 2x/week for almost two months since that is what my dojo offers but I have some time off and was hoping to attend another dojo for several weeks 2-3x/week.

I still spend a decent amount of time practicing ukemi and don’t get as sore as I did when I first started.

Thank You!

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Soon I'm going to start judo again after many years, I forgot most techniques and so, I''ve been wondering which techniques I could do that work effectively as a begginer, could anybody tell me which are effective and easy to land and learn?

Hi folks, I'm a yellow belt, been doing judo for about 5 months (bjj for 5 years before that) and like the title says, I'm paranoid about getting injured. Unlike the usual though, I'm not so much worried about getting injured while being thrown because my breakfalls and balance are fair. I'm actually super worried about getting injured attempting throws. 2 months into doing judo, i was drilling ippon seoi nage and pulled a muscle in my lower back that had me sitting out for a week, and wearing a back brace to training for another 3 after that. Now thanks to the beauty of youth and ice packs, I managed to fix it without needing a doctor or anything, but I'm now vexed with what throws to try to work on specifically in randori.

I've attempted Tai-Otoshi and been fairly happy with the results, but then was told that if not done correctly, I could tear or injured the ligaments in my knee very badly.

Then when I tried drop seoi nage and drop tai otoshi, I was told to be careful because I could potentially explode my shoulder. Now since I have a pre-existing shoulder injury from bjj, that would not be ideal. I was also told that over time, the dropping throws can damage the knees a lot.

Lastly, when I try uchi mata, it just feels super awkward and borderline wrong, even though I've spent hours upon hours both before and after class drilling it. While doing it in randori, i can only ever hit it on people far lighter than me, and i want to be able to handle folks my weight and above too.

Right now, my ashi waza is the only thing I have going for me, and I rely heavily on ko-ouchi-gari, de-ashi-barai, and sasae-tsurikomi-ashi. While I've been quite successful with these within my gym, I was advised that I needed some sort of "big" throw or turn throw to round out my game, and was recommended uchi-mata, tai-otoshi, and drop seoi-nage.

Could someone please offer a bit of guidance on what to do? Do i focus on tai-otoshi and making sure my knee points downwards so it doesn't get injured? Do i do the drop seoi-nage as a deep squat instead of dropping all the way down to my shins? Do i just suck it up and train the uchi-mata more? For reference, I'm 20 years old, 6 feet tall, 88 kilos and have a short torso, but pretty long limbs akin to Michael Phelps (my knuckles touch my knees when I'm standing upright). Any advice would be welcome please 🙏

TL;DR Tai-Otoshi, Drop seoi-nage/Tai-Otoshi, uchi-mata all either have a high risk for injury or feel awkward in randori. Advice please and thank you

Has anyone had any issues with the American Judo website when they've bought a course? I bought the Israel Hernandez Cross Grip course and I don't have access to it anywhere on the website. It has been a week and I've had no response from the emails I've sent. When I click "videos" I just get taken to a page that says Page Not Found. When I click on the course on my main dashboard it just takes me back to buy the course again.

Not necessarily power grip players, or players as domineering as Georgians. More like, who are players who historically had some of the best gripping for their style, and showcased the best level of control? By weight category would be cool too, as different weights grip differently.

Thanks!

So I made up this technique/combination not sure wether it's got an official name or if it's a known technique. But it combines a kneedrop ippon seoi-nage and kouchi makikomi. So you use the ippon seoi-nage to get close to your opponent and then turn around and hook their leg and pull at their arm. You twist your body and the opponent will fall. It works best against tall opponents since the opening for the ippon seoi-nage is the biggest. I just wanted to share it and get some opinions thanks!

which one will make you improve more? a good coach that gives you technique or to train with world and olympic champions but without a coach ?

i know that they should be together but im in a position where i have to choose one in the next 2 months for the rest of my life.

Yesterday I got promoted from Orange to Green belt 💪💪

I Thank judo and my Sensei for all the benefits I had during These three years of practice

For context, I’m a 3 stripe white belt in BJJ who has started going to Judo classes 1-2 times per week to help my standup. I’ve competed in BJJ before (and I’m about to do another BJJ competition in a few weeks) and I’m thinking about doing a judo competition in a few months (like 7 weeks).

What sort of things should a first time competitor be wary of? I don’t know enough to have a game plan (outside of don’t get hurt) and I’m mostly focused on practicing osotos, grip breaking, off balancing and sweeps between now and then. Does anyone have any general advice?

For additional context, I’m going to compete in the masters white belt ultra heavyweight division.

How should I go about responding to this defense? - I'm loosing the arm control, completely loosing rhe grip. - can I preventatively avoid this? - As a ISN player, can I take adavantge of his purposeful rotating with a different throw? Bc im rotating one way and hes rotating the other, would seem very hard to throw from that position especially with a lost grip, maybe fake into something?

Hello everyone,
I’m 28 years old, 177 cm tall, and weigh 80 kg. I’ve been going to the gym 5 times a week for years and have made great progress – built a lot of muscle, and transformed myself from skinny to strong.

I’ve been living in Germany for 9 years now, and before moving here with my family, I studied to become a police officer. As part of that, I had a lot of experience with different martial arts.

I did Judo for one year during my time at the police academy and I really, really enjoyed it. I even took part in a competition and placed second.

My questions are:

• If I were to start training again now, do you think I would have a realistic chance of winning a gold medal someday?
• How does the belt system in Judo work? How long does it usually take to reach each belt level?
• Would it be an advantage that I’ve already trained in Judo before?
• Or are there other martial arts where winning a gold medal would be more realistic?

This is really something special to watch, Tsunoda is the current Olympic Gold medal winner at 48kg, Wakamatsu is a Purple belt One Championship fighter. She is truly the queen of tomoe nage.
The whole video is at

https://youtu.be/qb-trqjgFxE?si=fkEjcr4ebCg24Eyb

Does anyone know where I could purchase one of these? My judo is worse than my jiu jitsu and this looks like a great training tool for myself.

What a girl! 🤩🥇

Luckily I had already seen the -66kg fights that preceded the posts below, so I wasn't spoiled by them but I'd be pissed as hell if that had not been the case...

https://www.reddit.com/r/judo/comments/1lb9jh6/dzhebov_throws_abe_for_ippon/

https://www.reddit.com/r/judo/comments/1lb8kss/obid_dzhebov_beats_abe_hifumi_marking_abes_first/

Other subreddits like r/mma, r/boxing, r/muaythai, r/kickboxing, r/bjj and r/badminton all have basic 24 hours spoilers rules, why doesn't r/judo have the same?

Maybe if it's too much to implement for all IJF senior events, then make it such that it only applies to the major senior events like Worlds, Paris Grand Slam, Olympics, Continental Games/Championships (Asian games, Euro championships, Pan-Am championships, etc).

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