We need a judo thread.

[YeahBee]

Rules should be

Ippon= throw straight into a pin that you have to hold for a while and sub and pin for 25-30seconds

Throw into guard or throw were you roll over or is left standing wazari

[YeahBee]

I love digging out arms

keep pressure on them, get the same side arm you're on in and get a hold of his arm, then push with your knee on your own arm, it pops out you eithersit back with your ass close to his hips use your stomach as fulcrum

or

you sit your ass down clsoe to his shoulder/head either use stomach again or push down your forearm on his upperarm and jsut move his lower arm up, his elbow should be locked to the ground

I have used these with alotta succes, too much succes really as I have broken two dudes arms like this in comp

[YeahBee]

I love digging out arms

keep pressure on them, get the same side arm you're on in and get a hold of his arm, then push with your knee on your own arm, it pops out you eithersit back with your ass close to his hips use your stomach as fulcrum

or

you sit your ass down clsoe to his shoulder/head either use stomach again or push down your forearm on his upperarm and jsut move his lower arm up, his elbow should be locked to the ground

I have used these with alotta succes, too much succes really as I have broken two dudes arms like this in comp

[PikeKing]

[christ0ph]

So I broke my fibula and tore the ligaments on the inside of my left ankle. I was going against a guy that's got some weight on me (probably pushing 280, I'm 235). He got a single leg (my right), I drove the right through the middle of his legs and tried to plant the left to uchimata and he drove as I tried to plant. Big pop/explosion sound and my heel is facing up and toes pointing down. Out for about 3 months.

[Happy Boy]

Well chaps, I went to a local club here in Ireland to try out my new skills, and nothing has changed.

In Japan, they look at judo as a test of the self and in doing so there in no attitude about them. They look at the training partner the way a weight lifter looks at the weights in that they don't have any personal ego tripping and there is nothing but business between tori and uki during training. As such, its highly technical and they fight hard but with no emotions other than drive to keep going and not quit.

When I got to Japan, I had to learn to calm down and not be so tough in training. It was easy, and I realised that fighting tough and full of agression makes you i) more vulnerable to sweeps and combos ii) more exhausted iii) more prone to injury and most importantly iv) it makes all your attacks very obvious and your stiff arms and hands betray everything you are about to do.

Anyway. Went to a club here the other day to try out my new skills in a different environment. Walk in and the atmosphere was completely different. Guys walking around with chests puffed out and the middle belts all trying to alpha male it up. People sizing each other up. Anyway, got on. Started with some ne-waza reversals to warm up and I was with the instructor so that was grand, good player and had nice technique so all fine. Then some uchi-komi. First big difference, stiff as a board were most of them and they were putting so much force into the execution and hardly any into kazushi, kept my mouth shut and just did my own, even though I felt several of them doing thier utmost not to get off-balanced when I was doing mine. Then randori.....oh dear. First dude was a 6'0 fat 110kg green belt. Staring me down for some reason while we are waiting for the buzzer. It goes and he actually rushes me!! He was gripping as if his life depended on it and within the first 15 seconds he had actually run me off the mat, afterwards grinning and looking around to see if anyone saw it as if it was something to be proud of. I hadn't fought angry since day 1 in Japan, but when we gripped again he actually got a high grip on the lapel and in trying to o-soto me punched me in the jaw, so much so that I could taste blood inside. I was angry then, and after that he brought out the vindictive side of me and I pulled out every throw I could think of which landed me on top of him hoping to knock the stuffing out of him, which I did with a huge o-soto/o-guruma combo. He sat out for the last 30 seconds. I thought maybe it was just this one moron, 4 of the others I fought were the same, rough necking was all they could do and their judo was shocking. I however, finished the sessions covered in bumps and bruises and was pissed off. The instructor was the only one who could actually do any technique, even the browns were all treating it like mud wrestling. I dunno if this was a bad club or what, but I remeber judo being mucb more physical here than it was in Japan where I never got those sorts of injuries despite the quality of the opponents and at the end of most sessions I was just exhausted, not battered also.

Bit of a let down, gonna try another one. Im not soft, don't mind a scrap but this just made me angry fighting these morons. The first guy muttered something at me as we were leaving and was giving me dirty looks. WTF!!!

[LeftyC]

I am pretty new to Judo and have a question for some of you better ones. This pertains to Newaza. Sometimes when I get the back of other players they turtle up and bring their gi jacket over their head to make sure i cannot get the choke. What are my options in this situation? I normally just try and go for a juji gatame, but when this fails, as it sometimes does, I lost my position and we are normally stood up.

[YeahBee]

Left under his arm grab his right lapel and try to get it down, the usual defense fro mthe turtled side often leads to him opening up his neck for a regular rear naked choke hadaka jime

[LeftyC]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[MUFC]

I'm gonna try and consistantly take 1 judo class a week (all my mma club offers) any advice on stuff i can work in BJJ class or at home to help?

Doesn't even have to be drills, even exercises for increasing balance/base.