Kodokan judo guys

[Doop]

I hopefully will be starting some kodokan judo soon and it would be cool for some of you guys to tell me what will be some of the first things i will be learning?

[Frodo]

ukemi. tai sabaki. ukemi. grip fighting. posture. ukemi. osoto gari. ouchi gari. ippon seoinage. o goshi. ukemi. ukemi. and ukemi. These are generally the first things you learn in judo. Oh, and ukemi.

[Rinksterk**]

Originally Posted by Frodo

ukemi. tai sabaki. ukemi. grip fighting. posture. ukemi. osoto gari. ouchi gari. ippon seoinage. o goshi. ukemi. ukemi. and ukemi. These are generally the first things you learn in judo. Oh, and ukemi.

I think you forgot ukemi

[Bubble Boy]

Frodo, you should have mentioned ukemi. It's very important.

[Balto]

If they're real big on the "Kodokan" part, expect them to show you a lot of crappy throws that don't really work that well.

The classical forms of the throws shown in the official Kodokan judo books rarely work in actual sparring without some modification.

Some judo schools are cool about modification for actual use and will show lots of very useful variations on throws. Other schools are very traditional and will get mad at you for doing stuff that isn't "in the book."

Oh, and I'm assuming you mean you are training at a place in America that says it teaches the Kodokan way. Usually judo people in America who talk about the Kodokan a lot are fat old black belts who like talking about judo more than they like actually training judo.

Maybe I'm biased though.

[QingTian]

You will learn "the way". Seriously. It's not the techniques but the principles...

[blanko]

aaaaaaaaaah kodokan the great myth of judo. do a search oh doughbelly and kodokan/kosen and you will find out all theinformation you need on it. He, unlike most/ if not all of the 'judo' posters knows about 'high lvl' international judo and kodokan/kosen judo.

[Real Deal]

How to fall.

[Q mystic]

To bow(rei). Then ukemi.

[Thalion]

Originally Posted by Balto

If they're real big on the "Kodokan" part, expect them to show you a lot of crappy throws that don't really work that well.

The classical forms of the throws shown in the official Kodokan judo books rarely work in actual sparring without some modification.

Some judo schools are cool about modification for actual use and will show lots of very useful variations on throws. Other schools are very traditional and will get mad at you for doing stuff that isn't "in the book."

Don't work cause u don't have timing to pull it off.
It's like say that "Sweeps from the guard" don't work the way are showed.

To pull it off on resisting opponent you need skills. then if you haven't you have to use strenght and unorthodox move.

Unorthodox throws are usefull sometimes, but give bad abits.

Koga make Suwari seoi work pretty well

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mrmIrPyTwiI

Inoue the same with uchimata and o uchi

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gEGkX2jJ17M
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v8y6C_TNDNA