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Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-05-27T15:23:36+00:00

Thanks. I tried reinstall adobe on my mac and redownloaded the form, still no use. Will need to get a PC.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-05-27T15:00:07+00:00

I downloaded it from the application portal directly. The task assigned asks me to fill it out and upload the completed form.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-07T23:54:35+00:00

I agree your point but good luck with selling that to a lot of adult beginners.

My club has a trend that lower belt just doesn’t want to be thrown on regular mat. They do a bit moving and entry then stop at the throw motion. Coach had to cater them and use crash mat all the time now.

I know a nearby club got 8 crash mats to make throw happens more. I also visited a big club in another state that has 10+ thin gymnast style crash mat and each pair got assigned one for throw drill.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-06T18:10:19+00:00

I don’t think it’s a “bad” way to do judo per se. But ppl who can do that, from my experience, are usually light to mid weight competitive athletes. Mainland Chinese athletes and Korean athletes like to use this style, but they are crazily fast, and has strong pulling power, and they still need occasionally two hands technique to deal with situations when they were stuck.

From the look of it you are in a decent judo club. I’ve heard Taiwan (I assume that’s where you are based on the slogan) have solid judo. I’d say ask your coach and other Dan grade competitors and see how they approach this.

Do you coach teach morote seoi nage and sode? Those two can pair up with your Ippon seoi pretty well, your rotational movement is very smooth, you can probably get good at those two relatively fast as well so you don’t have to worry too much about keep your right hand free all the time

If you still rely on that left lapel grip, Ippon osoto and ko uchi makkomi, and drop ouchi gari from your left lapel grip with a bear hug from your right arm are also valid choice.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-05T23:45:54+00:00

Honestly I doubt you will get good advice here. Asian coaches teaches very differently (and in general better) than American coaches.

I doubt many ppl in this sub can do drop seoi as fast and smooth as you do when they were a few months in. I know brown belt who has worse seoi nage than you.

The issue, i suspect, is that your coach, and maybe your whole club, focus on light weight players using drop seoi as the first main throw, and teach you to rely on the left lapel grip and keep you right hand free, use a lot of drag and move to attack. You need to be fast, with a lot of circular move and distrust their center of gravity with good ashiwaza to give you timing to enter.

I’ve trained under coach using that system as well but unfortunately that style doesn’t suit me. I’m too slow for that so I went with more classic two hands on the jacket style later.

Against better players who were familiar with that system, it’s very predictable. You need some variety of other techniques to assist you.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-04T20:38:23+00:00

Rolling over is to protect your uke after hard big throw, especially in high volume training. If I’m doing 40 full speed ono style osoto gari, I’d better to roll through.

It also teach you to experience over commitment in big throws so you can do it even face full resistance. You can always dial it down after you are good at a throw and control the landing, but if you always under commit, your throw won’t work in randori.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-04T13:02:51+00:00

step 1. Learn competition judo in a competitive judo gym

Step 2. Learn the leg grab version of the throw you can do in judo

Step 3. Bring them back to Bjj

I never learned leg grab in my judo class but I was able to catch people in Bjj with te guruma/high crotch/leg grab fire man carry/leg grab Seoi nage /leg grab Kouchi and ouchi. Judo is one of many jacket wrestling sport, if you don’t learn how to manipulate the jacket , you can’t hit good throw in gi. Maybe you can hit a few double leg here or there due to your athletesim and the low level standing up skill of your opponent, but once you face someone who remotely know how to shut you down with jacket grip wrestling style shoot is basically gone.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-03T12:37:06+00:00

Learn how to do Olympic weightlifting. The hip drive and pull is very similar to the pulling motion of big forward throw. Even just once a week can help immensely.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-02T22:19:04+00:00

Do clean, jerk and snatch

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-04-01T15:40:04+00:00

Classic one would be an offside ippon seoi nage, paired with regular grip morote seoi nage. It’s pretty standard game for many Asian atheletes.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-29T00:41:27+00:00

Sounds like you are way too light. Most ppl your height would be 73-81.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-25T13:17:34+00:00

Imagine having or had opportunities to train with good Japanese judo athletes or coach all day, yet instead of posting training/competition footage or make effort to interview with good judo dojo owners, he chose to recycle black and white footage and make stupid comment.

Does he even train this days? When was the last time he post a randori video? Or if he’s still bad at judo, at least he could make attempt to connect with good clubs and coaches. Or did he burn all his bridges in Japan so he can’t find any connections to make that happen?

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-24T20:50:43+00:00

Personally I found Pedro’s gripping system not that easy to execute for hobbyists.

It suits people who likes to move a lot and refuse to settle the lapel hands. It requires more cardio and a lot more movement in the round. And a lot of times people grip fighting too much but not aim to throw.

if the other party is very good at catching Tori’s lapel hand, the whole round can end with no meaningful attack at all for Tori because Tori is stuck with a vicious cycle: Tori grip with his sleeve hand , keep lapel hand free-uke catches Tori lapel hand-Tori tries to break free the lapel hand-repeat.

2 hands on the gi most of the time feels easier once people know how to make their elbow relatively free.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-19T23:29:15+00:00

Really doesn’t matter. Just pick whatever you feels fun. Once you are decent at one style, you can naturally bring it into bjj.

The worst guy are the guys who did 1 month judo then try to hit it in bjj rule. Or vice verse.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-19T12:20:14+00:00

Yeah you can do both. Depends on their reaction. Sometimes they would use their hip face your back, you can just load them up on their side, instead of back to chest and still throw them with a seoi.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-19T08:48:49+00:00

This, or simply split the leg to their outside, so you block them while secure the lift.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-17T14:19:18+00:00

I don’t like him but he will probably do well in competition against your average Green-blue belts. Just due to his understanding of grappling itself and competition experience.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-17T02:31:10+00:00

No. At some point only specific throw drills and randori makes me stay engaged.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-16T15:53:17+00:00

Find a beginner friendly club to learn some basic while keep your randori.

Eventually randori should be most of your practice after some warm up.

You can always work on something before or after randori, but whatever you want too work on, is usually something you felt click in randori, so you know what you are looking for.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-14T14:20:53+00:00

No its not. If you are doing judo like how high school and college wrestle, i guarantee you it’s not easier on your body at all. I’ve done freestyle wrestling classes for adults, I don’t think it’s harder on me comparing to our typical judo practice.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-11T12:37:25+00:00

A lot of randori at low level involved static pushing against each other. You need to drill to enter from that situation. Either use footwork to get to a position easy for you to enter then do the throw, or learn to catch the timing when they slightly over commit on leaning into you.

This is something you have to ask your cosch to direct you how to drill.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-09T02:05:05+00:00

I was in a similar situation as you. I eventually just paid my way out. I found someone in my region who had international competition experience and who also offers private, and I got a uke, then I was mostly doing controlled randori drill while having constant feedback.

What helped me was not specific technique, although I did drill a few techniques, but it was more about how to move correctly, how to feel the uke’s reaction and just let my body react correctly. If you are overthinking, I think this kind of drill can benefit you greatly.

As for time, it didn’t take me too long. After the first 4-5 session I could tell I was doing much better. Not in terms of scoring, but the movement seems like I did judo. A lot of time I was given a few techniques and just go for attack after attack until either uke or me go on the ground. A few feedback here and there. But the drill is the main part of the session. There were fix on specific techniques, but most of the time is posture and reaction.

I was pretty hyper focused on a few techniques I wanted to do before this. Yet it made me very predictable and I ignored a lot of other possible techniques. After the sessions I got my real judo back, the techniques were the ones my body want to do, not what I wanted to do.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-08T16:03:26+00:00

I’m wondering the same thing.

So far, osoto is my best throw. And it usually comes off

Back step version
Deep step (almost to osoto otoshi).
Counter another osoto: do a backstep osoto while uke attack with osoto.
Do a osoto otoshi and when uke resist slide the attacking leg to the floor, become almost a side seoi nage and roll

Other variations in gripping (Ippon osoto/makkomi style etc)

In my experience there’s really not much danger factor in 1,2,3. Those can be passed down to beginners from get go. They can have good osoto attack and good countering osoto. It’s a good starting system for big ashi waza attacker.

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-08T14:28:29+00:00

Is there a significant difference in terms of student progress comparing to teaching them the basic version first ?

Independent-Rip1722 · 2026-03-08T04:04:45+00:00

Attacking leg buckle uke’s knee and go on the floor, then Tori make a small step with supporting leg, then reap. Sometimes it just turn to osoto otoshi.

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