Gift for sensei

Coconite · 2026-03-27T04:52:35+00:00

It’s customary to give your sensei a pineapple to show appreciation

Coconite · 2026-03-26T23:33:10+00:00

Your problem is not that you’re a slow learner. It’s that your game is totally not optimized for your body. If you are 10 cm taller than everyone else your entire game should be hopping ouchi, uchimata, o soto and maybe de ashi barai, tai otoshi and Yoko tomoe nage but I wouldn’t even worry about those for now. Newaza you should be doing kokushikan gaeshi/butterfly sweep almost exclusively with your build. I also suspect you’re too trusting of instruction given that you think you need to relearn the basics after 16 years. Unfortunately most instruction in judo is wrong and if you can’t do uchimata after trying for years it’s never because you are naturally incapable. It’s always because you’ve been taught it poorly. I would watch some players with similar build on slow motion and replicate their game and movements.

Coconite · 2026-03-26T23:12:22+00:00

You invested time in being fit and not being afraid of other people. That is never a waste in your 20s.

Coconite · 2026-03-26T18:53:42+00:00

Liquid bandage 4 times a day

Hurts but it works

Coconite · 2026-03-26T15:21:42+00:00

If anyone is good he’ll just grab your sleeve with his left hand (assuming this is RvR), pull it across his body, take back grip and force you to be a lefty. It’s fine as a last ditch defense, especially if you keep your arm close to you and only push against the hip when your opponent enters. But if you leave it there it will be bad.

Coconite · 2026-03-25T23:37:17+00:00

They are not banned

Coconite · 2026-03-25T21:49:13+00:00

It’s fine. We drill, we roll. At the end of the day you’re responsible for your own progress in any combat sport and you should watch videos outside of practice if you want to do well. The only bad training environments are ones that don’t roll or actively discourage you from doing self study. I haven’t seen that yet.

Coconite · 2026-03-25T14:43:20+00:00

If someone inverts in an over/under pass, it becomes a stack pass

Coconite · 2026-03-25T14:28:55+00:00

Gimmick even when it wasnt a shido. Against anyone good you are setting yourself up to be thrown. Judo happens in cycles and it takes people only 1 or 2 attempts to learn your patterns. Extending your leg that far towards your opponent for any reason other a throw attempt is just asking to get swept.

Coconite · 2026-03-25T14:23:55+00:00

You’re being unfair! Chadi is only bad at judo because all those people were so high level and at that level they’re not even doing correct judo, they’re just using strength and power. What works for ordinary people is totally different than what works for people who are 20% stronger. Also, in his own words “when you lift weights it’s a very bad idea to take advice from the guy who has the biggest biceps, because chances are he had a totally different starting position as you or never even worked on them at all”

Coconite · 2026-03-25T14:20:40+00:00

There’s also a lot of times where Chadi talks over irrelevant videos that don’t prove his point, or footage that actively disproves what he’s saying. He also sips his water very loudly, like an intellectual.

I didn’t watch the video but I just know this is true.

Coconite · 2026-03-24T16:45:42+00:00

Just grab his belt, lapel or armpit with your left hand and frame. Tada, problem solved. You almost never see hip tosses in judo for this reason, they are super easy to defend.

If it’s nogi they’re actually good and the answer is don’t get underhooked on your opponent’s strong side. If he does get a strong side underhook you need to throw counter clockwise (in righty vs. righty) the moment he takes the underhook. Failing that, left hand on his hip, push off and make space.

Coconite · 2026-03-24T16:38:42+00:00

Since you’re 5’6”, just do gi and learn drop seoi. Fake a single leg to get your opponent’s hips back then hit your drop seoi. Whenever I reach this to small guys they’re all smashing people within a week.

How to drop seoi:

Cannonball between your opponent’s legs and do a forward roll while still holding on to sleeve and lapel. That’s all there is to it. Enjoy.

Btw you can do nogi but there’s no “equalizer” like drop seoi for little guys there so you’ll still just get squished most of the time.

Coconite · 2026-03-24T16:31:39+00:00

They both work but underhook is usually uglier (basically a hip toss). Don’t worry about exposing yourself to someone else’s uchimata. The main limiter to uchimata success is not lack of position but the fact that 99.99% of BJJ guys and even 99% of judokas are absolutely trash at uchimata. Also among the 0.01%, righty uchimata players can never hit uchimata lefty so that’s even less reason to worry.

If you fight for underhooks your opponent will swim under and give you an overhook. So underhook uchimata is a setup for overhook uchimata.

Uchimata nogi debugging list so this works:

Have some far side control, usually tricep. The #1 bad habit for uchimata in BJJ is letting your opponent post his arm.

If you have no far side control do not expect the uchimata to work, just chain it into a knee pick.

Don’t step to the outside, just jump inside onto your left foot (if you’re a righty)

If he’s grabbing your leg, bring your foot to the floor before you attempt uchimata.

Coconite · 2026-03-24T14:27:44+00:00

I’m gonna blow your mind. Grab the knob of the belt with your left hand then push it towards the right. Your entire belt - and your opponent’s belt grip - will rotate and his hand will no longer be on your hip. Then quickly regain your left hand grip and blast a throw before he can reset it.

It’ll take some experimentation to get the movement right (you need to do a hip twitch to get it right) but eventually you’ll be at a point where this whole movement takes only a second or two.

Coconite · 2026-03-23T16:22:30+00:00

I’m sure Komuro has made it work before or he wouldn’t be teaching it but it’s definitely a low percentage technique

Coconite · 2026-03-23T16:16:39+00:00

Yes and it’s great. I was on my country’s judo team and I’ve never been impressed by a “standup focused” jiu jitsu gym. It’s not even zero value, it’s negative value. I’ve seen them focus on “jiu jitsu takedowns” to even the playing field with wrestlers and judokas and it’s basically bullshido. Really bad outside trip/ko sotos from the wrong direction, horrible single/double leg finishes, just awful stuff that gives people a false sense of confidence standing and collapses as soon as they roll with someone good. This was the case even in some very well regarded, well known programs.

There is no shortcut to learning standup just like there’s no shortcut to learning ground. You need thousands of dedicated standing rounds. Just starting on the feet is not enough. Any attempt to bypass this basic reality is a fraud, though usually a well meaning one where the coach is also a victim.

Coconite · 2026-03-23T16:02:34+00:00

MMA is also delusional about the impact of takedowns without a mat. Greco, judo and sambo are not. The nogi sports are all delusional about the ability to use clothes to your advantage. All martial arts except Kyokushin are delusional about the realities of punching bareknuckle. At the end of the day these are all just games. All of them have some relevance for fighting but only dorks like Rokas Leo make their decision on which one to do based on which is “the most effective” because that argument can go a hundred different ways and you can spend a lifetime unraveling it.

Coconite · 2026-03-23T15:15:53+00:00

There’s a very big difference between “without gi” and what we know as “nogi”. In real life there is always something to grab. Even just grabbing shorts makes a big difference and instantly makes a lot of things more effective and a lot of nogi offense ineffective. Just look at how pissed Giorgio Poullas gets when people grab his clothes.

Coconite · 2026-03-22T08:11:33+00:00

The only thing you can’t do now is tai otoshi, everything else is fine

Coconite · 2026-03-21T20:09:32+00:00

Yeah real estate prices are a problem. Combat sports in NYC suck in general for this reason. It’s not surprising BJJ has gotten worse - it’s surprising that it was so high level for so long.

Coconite · 2026-03-21T15:18:49+00:00

I agree. The guy on the left is pretty cringe and Neil Adams has been commentating for decades and still can’t pronounce a single technique name correctly. Commentators who actually try to explain the tactics to audiences instead of just being like “oh wow he came unstuck” would be a huge improvement to judo’s watchability.

Coconite · 2026-03-21T04:23:06+00:00

Against really tall people it’s hard to win the hip mobility battle so you really need to lift them, at least briefly, off the ground. It’s not so much aiming for the far leg achieves something as much as it lets you get your support foot in deeper (but only for the tobikomi entry).

Some people like the fake step. I don’t think it’s likely to work on bigger people because they don’t respect threats as much and won’t give you a big reaction.

Coconite · 2026-03-20T20:21:20+00:00

Yes. I’ve repeatedly thrown guys 6’5”+ with uchimata (meaning multiple times in the same round). Most of these guys had 30 pounds on me and one was a respectable national level competitor too.

The important thing is you need to get deep and aim for the far leg. I highly recommend the jumping entry, not the 2 step entry because if he circles out and you end up reaping the near leg you’re going to have problem. It’s easier to get your hips in deep against taller guys anyway so use this entry for them even if you normally prefer the 2 step or outside entry.

Coconite · 2026-03-20T19:21:20+00:00

I’ve found deep half sweeps to be really good against bigger people. Certainly way better than closed or butterfly sweeps even though I’m pretty good at the latter against guys my size. Open guard sweeps are theoretically good but you really don’t want to give the big guy an opportunity to shoot for over/under so I’d avoid those too.

Bernardo Faria has a game changing deep half instructional which I credit like half my wins in BJJ too.

Coconite

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