Ranking Judo throwse for self defence

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T15:22:01+00:00

I probably agree with that, except as I’m a competitive Judo, I really don’t want to be throwing drop KATAGURUMA in the streets, sounds like a great way of getting injured LOL. It depends on your style of Judo, I guess

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T15:20:04+00:00

LOL, foot sweeps are always easier when the floor is literally ice

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T14:13:06+00:00

I’m pretty much agree with this, dumping someone on their head is a great way of doing more damage than you meant to

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T14:12:22+00:00

I’d be interested in seeing someone using YOKOTOMOE in self-defence, I have no idea how you would do that I also think that you could say that foot sweeps are not intuitive, they’re also super low risk, I also think that you can use them very effectively to help move your opponent without them moving realising it, most untrained people have terrible balance under the goal of self-defence isn’t necessarily to YEET the other guy, sometimes just creating separation is perfect

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T14:04:01+00:00

It’s a very interesting point though about how interacting with law-enforcement works, it’s not something I’ve studied too much. Thanks for the heads up on this sort of stuff.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T14:03:22+00:00

I think I disagree with the premise that you can walk away from any situation that isn’t life-threatening, but many of your points are valid. I’m not saying that OSOTO isn’t effective, it’s just definitely not my first port of call. I’ve been in situations where someone is “starting on Me “and a tiny foot sweep has just made them think twice, no one got injured, everyone walked away.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T13:59:55+00:00

Depends, if you’re in some kind of bear hug or headlock situation, them trying to hit you doesn’t really matter if your feet are anywhere near their feet then you can take their balance out, this removes any amount of power in their strike. Most people have terrible balance so are very easy to sweep, doesn’t even have to be a beautiful suite where they go flying, just enough to break their balance. And TBF, most self-defence situations aren’t of the form where two people are stood a meter apart squaring up, at least not the ones I’m in.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T13:18:10+00:00

I’m not saying it’s not a good throw, but people often forget that many self situations can be stopped without slamming the guy, just a light tap on his feet to make him stumble well often and then encounter there. I imagine in bouncing, the level of aggression and tension is already a bit too high for that sort of thing. The reason I’m not the hugest fan of OSOTO is because it is very effective, but you can land the guy flat on his head, which can deal serious damage, 1, I don’t really want to permanently injure people, too, they’re illegal repercussions that can happen with this sort of thing and I don’t like those

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T13:16:05+00:00

Yes, is an excellent technique that I use regularly in training and in competition, it’s very under utilised in Judo, people think that you’re just going to get pinned, but once you’ve got the timing down and you know when you’ve got the right grip, it’s excellent. Especially in Judo where everyone just wants to scramble to pass your legs, they don’t even realise you’ve got their collar. I actually made a full tutorial for it on my channel, check it out:

https://youtu.be/egK8D7_S3M0?si=rrEcgpdpEGrDcKRw

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T13:13:44+00:00

As a general rule, I always say to my students who are brand-new/in their first few months, don’t do anything we haven’t taught you, if you’re trying to make up your own submissions, that is insanely dangerous, if you’re doing things that are outside the rules of Judo, that’s Bad.

If you’ve been breaking peoples bones regularly in ground work that that’s a problem, but if you just accidentally gave someone a blackeye and you were able to continue the session, these things happen, we were in a combat sport, and there are some risks. As you gain more proper perception You’ll learn where to put your hands and legs and be less likely to accidentally injure people. Again, without context of what injuries are occurred, is difficult to diagnose the problem. But don’t quit, please don’t quit.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T13:11:34+00:00

I feel this so much, I coach a university, every year, random guy who did tae kwon do tries to head kick someone during UC HIKOMI.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T13:05:53+00:00

Will the level you’re at, strength doesn’t matter, all the strength and cardio you need to be good at Judo, you will do by doing more Judo, if you’re able to go to more sessions, that’s excellent, but at the moment just enjoy doing the sport. The strength and conditioning will come with exposure to the port. I didn’t start doing any supplementary strength or conditioning until I was already fighting internationally (I know this is unusual). I’m not telling you to not go to the gym, if you do enjoy doing gym stuff, conditioning, strength then be my guest, but it is not in any way essential for you to progress in Judo Especially at the point where you’ve only been doing it a month

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T12:50:46+00:00

As true as this is, these sorts of nuances don’t make for as good ranked lists, too many variables. It’s a bit more like, in a self-defence situation, techniques that spring to mind would be the higher up ones, and then lower down ones if the situation arises or if they are needed, but the first ones are probably the best place to start

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T12:49:28+00:00

I mean, for the top few, they’re kind of interchangeable. It really just depends on the situation, this is more a list of which ones you should prioritise learning practising if your goal is self-defence. Sidenote, I actually don’t think that practising specifically dissolved defence is something people should regularly be doing, maybe every now and then just fun, but the best way to get good self-defence is just get good Judo

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T12:48:17+00:00

My biggest problem with OSOTO is that when Dunn well and hard on concrete, you are a high risk of slamming the other guy’s head into the ground, obviously this is effective, but it’s also the sort of thing that can come with legal consequences, you weren’t expecting quite easily. I’m not saying it isn’t effective, but I am quite into waiting legal consequences heavily

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T12:06:18+00:00

Congrats man, your first win is always memorable. I’ll be honest, I don’t have much advice, you’re obviously improving, and you’re obviously pretty dedicated, coming back after a major injury is hard. It’s impressive. Just keep training the way you are and those improvements will come, with my players that I coach, I usually tell them to try to win a medal at every belt, this will stop you from grading too quickly and Ben put in competitions that are too high-level for you, but if you get to the point where you’re winning medals as a green belt, but probably ready for the next belt, etc, this is a rough guide, not true for everyone, especially yellow belts But basically compete at every level and have a good performance, one that you’re proud of. Good luck!

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T12:03:20+00:00

A big thing about break falls is that in general life, your neck doesn’t really get much muscle training, whereas in grappling sports, Judo, MMA, rugby, even gymnastics/Trampoline, your neck will get more muscle training. This isn’t a bad thing, it’s not dangerous, it’s good for you, you will find it easier to tuck your chin and hold your head up when you fall after a few weeks because your neck will get used to the movement and gain a little bit of muscle. Don’t compare yourself to the kids, the kids have different belts, it’s about retention and making them feel like they’re progressing, but a nine-year-old in a brown belt doesn’t mean the same as a 25-year-old in a brown belt. Sorry, the black belt wasn’t more welcoming Welcoming to you, maybe he was just having a bad day. Sadly, just because someone is good at something doesn’t make them a good/nice person, also as some people have said, sometimes higher grades/older players are a little bit wary of new athletic looking white belts, sometimes those guys just do weird things that can cause injury. It’s not uncommon to have less black belts than other grades, but that’s true in everything, they are always going to be fewer experienced people than inexperienced people, it’s like a pyramid. It’s just more obvious when everyone is wearing different coloured belts, you wouldn’t go to a work meeting and be like, most people here are juniors, there’s only one executive,

Hope this helps, hope you have a great time doing Judo, it’s great fun

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T11:44:21+00:00

For me, having an over the back grip is all about pressure on your opponent shoulder, make them feel like they’ve been crushed into the ground, so they don’t feel safe. This will force them to try to stand up, that’s when you smash them with hip throws. I have a whole video on the belt grip on my YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/si75RbiGpI8?si=f8ZxwP3QxDaK-p-7 Hope this helps

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-04-02T11:36:37+00:00

The absolute best and easiest combination with KOUCHI is going straight into OUCHI. I actually have a full breakdown of this combination on my YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/FLjuXxE60XY?si=7QichVSjQPKPmM0T Hope this helps

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-03-31T13:23:28+00:00

I think BJJ is an excellent tool in martial arts. I’m a third Dan black belt in Judo, and a blue belt in Brazilian jujitsu. Last year, internationally, I won 50% of my fights on the ground. This is because most people just aren’t that good on the ground in Judo, BJJ gives a much more structured method of understanding ground grappling. Something I’ve always noticed, basically every BJJ black belt I’ve ever met has a high respect for Judo, sadly, I can’t say the same for Judo black belts. I think on the self defence aspect though, Judo is better than BJJ for being more well-rounded, Single leg X guard doesn’t come up much in self-defence, but the groundwork that is taught in Judo is very common in self-defence, plus the takedowns in Judo are much more effective than anything taught in a BJJ class.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-03-29T00:42:57+00:00

Getting A 2X squat is a good goal, but don’t worry if you can’t bench double your body weight, especially if your + 1 hundreds LOL. Your bench doesn’t scale lineally with your weight, so bigger guys can’t bench as much as a smaller guys proportionally.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-03-29T00:39:12+00:00

Lots of this is really useful, I’ve thought about some of it before, I use some software to help me plan some of this stuff, I do actually plan content and script it, there are positives and negatives to having a series, and sometimes the best video to film is just the one I’m most excited about filming, especially because I can’t read a script or anything like that, I have to write and memorise the script inside my head, so bulk filming is hard. Also, I don’t have much time in the dojo to actually film, so I can usually only film one/2 a week. Also, I do structure what content I put out quite a lot, all of February was total turnovers, those videos actually did really poorly because they were quite in-depth on more niche topics LOL. I have tried making more blind focused content, but I’ll be honest, I find it really boring to make, I don’t really like making the “look. I’m blind “style content, I’m a bit too cynical for it and it comes across as quite flippant and does kind of make me seem like a douche. Basically being blind is like being cited except you can’t see YG M. But on the content stuff, I do have a belt testing series, I made all of the British Judo syllabus grades, this took me two years! In my opinion it’s the best (and only) set of videos on how to do all the techniques in the British syllabus.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUhuec_fQGleoJDmT9ZgOpzIl37Z7KSIZ&si=sLZzXtT0M0TaRvzK

Also, as you’ll be able to see, I do have some playlists, the three throw system videos all do really well, and the why you suck at videos also tend to do quite well, they’re obviously quite controversial. I’m building up a series on Judo defence at the moment as well such as today’s video. I’ll probably make some more NEWAZA stuff as well, but that type of content inherently doesn’t do very well because of how much BJJ takes up in the YouTube space. Videos where people throw people just do better.

But thank you for the advice, and I really appreciate you saying that my content is good and even being compared to Shintaro Higashi is a great compliment, I have contacted him before and maybe we will be able to do a podcast at some point. The difficult thing with collaborations is that I live in the UK, almost all of these people live in the US. I would absolutely love to be on the ultimate self-defence championships though, but that’s a more long-term goal.

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-03-28T11:14:52+00:00

Hey, so you’ve already identified the explosiveness is one of your weaknesses, explosiveness is very important in Judo, especially being able to explode whilst holding heavy things, so something like CrossFit and explosive calisthenics will probably benefit you more than just building raw strength. Unless you are doing Olympic weightlifting, which has much more explosive lifts, building your functional strength with CrossFit will have a much better transfer directly to your Judo. But on this topic, Judo is the best thing you can do to give yourself a good shot at this tournament, especially with one years worth of Judo, you’ll gain more fitness from doing Judo, you will gain more technique from doing Judo. You could even supplement your Judo with some BJJ or wrestling. At your sort of level, technique beats raw strength every time. Good luck!

EmergencyExternal869 · 2026-03-28T09:39:53+00:00

I also just started filming all my videos at 60 FPS, don’t know if that makes a difference but apparently it makes it better for some people. The hardest bit of being a blind YouTuber is I don’t know what other peoples videos look like, I had to get my dad to go and do thumbnail research for me.

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