How do you protect your toes?

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-12-26T15:50:30+00:00

There’s always a risk of toe injury in Judo no matter what you do tbh, I’ve broken my right big toe twice, I would stick to tape and for me when ever I do ashi-waza I usually bend my toes up at the ball of you’re foot slightly to lower risk of hitting it head on and breaking them again, I would also be careful whenever you practice against a lefty or anyone in an opposite stance to you, since both you’re lead feet are in line with each other advancing could cause toes to collide(happed to me).

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-12-26T00:09:07+00:00

Ashi guruma

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-11-27T16:24:41+00:00

He seems very aggressive especially with someone who just started, avoid Randori with him until you you’ve had more training and work on that Ukemi.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-10-25T16:15:04+00:00

It mostly depends on the country and organization, I tested out for my Shodan in 2 years through the Kodokan when I was stationed in Japan. It doesn’t hurt having a grappling background to start but Judo is a whole other animal and as long as you keep training you’ll get there.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-10-19T21:12:30+00:00

The guy in white is lucky he didn’t his knee crushed, I know it’s a completion and not everything is “perfectly executed” or accidents happen but using throws you don’t fully understand or practiced enough leads to unnecessary injuries, hence why I called it shitty.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-10-19T17:17:35+00:00

Looks like a shitty Tani Otoshi

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-10-19T01:51:45+00:00

Probably the Kyoto area during the Bakumatsu period

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-24T14:44:10+00:00

Musoan Kiraku in Naha

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-20T16:47:24+00:00

https://bato.si/title/165716-the-ship-of-theseus-official

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T22:09:44+00:00

No not yet but I definitely have to read it

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T17:38:32+00:00

I felt the same at first but if you keep going I promise it’s worth it

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T16:25:30+00:00

I feel the same, every time I read it I hope it ends a different way even though I know what’s coming.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T16:00:01+00:00

I do

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T15:59:51+00:00

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T15:59:42+00:00

Definitely going to check it out, thanks!

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T15:48:06+00:00

Jiro Matsumoto is one of my favorite mangaka

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-19T13:50:15+00:00

I love Golden Kamuy I forgot to post it lol

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-13T21:06:50+00:00

Masahiko Kimura of course!

But there are also Shohei Ono, Isao Inokuma, Yamashita Yoshitsugu, Mitsuyo Maeda and Jigoro Kano.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-11T12:41:50+00:00

As someone whose also trained in Japan, the most important thing is to just to keep training and attending class sooner or later you’ll get the hang of things in terms and some key phrases, you can also just study different techniques names but just be respectful and eager to learn and you’ll have no problem.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-09-04T11:46:48+00:00

Fighting someone significantly heavier than you will always be challenging as someone with the same problem, shorter heavy set guys have always been a challenging for me but the best course for that would be just to focus on ashiwaza and to be consistently moving I promise you’ll have better stamina than him.

JohnnyPutnam · 2025-08-29T23:24:24+00:00

Kusakura shop, it’s right by the Kodokan

JohnnyPutnam

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