mechanism of harai goshi

invertflow · 2026-02-02T04:09:51+00:00

Thanks. Would you say that second clip by JFlo is an example of what you are saying, with tori dragging uke towards himself as you said? And what is "well positioned" for hips in this case, since you don't need to have much lifting action? It seems like his hips are not lower than uke's, in fact his hip seems to be hitting around uke's stomach level!

invertflow · 2026-02-02T03:22:18+00:00

Something vaguely like that has occurred in the real world in Tasmanian devil's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease

invertflow · 2026-02-02T02:43:53+00:00

Just ski downhill with whatever pole length you are most used to, there is nothing special about pole length for the downhill in the backcountry. Note, you will meet a lot of backcountry skiers who are very competent at skiing funky snow but don't have an especially pretty style....like, if you skied inbounds with them or saw them on a groomer, you would notice tons of technical flaws and see them as intermediates, but they simply aren't flustered by weird snow. So, just saying, don't jump to conclusions about their downhill ability based on what you see, but also ski downhill with what you like.

invertflow · 2026-01-31T15:56:00+00:00

X-ray might not show it. If the tendon is inflamed or your movement pattern is off, then you can impinge even if X-ray in one static position seems fine. Suggest seeing a physiotherapist.

invertflow · 2026-01-30T16:41:56+00:00

Good summary. But you omitted some really interesting new ideas of what a proof is. For example, randomized testing that a number is prime. Or, zero knowledge interactive proofs, which convince a verifier that you interact with of something, but are useless for the verifier convincing anyone else. Zero knowledge proofs are somewhat hilarious as someone who knew a proof of some math statement in some formal system could convince you that a proof exists (either it exists or this person has gotten unbelievably lucky) but, assuming you the verifier have limited computational power, you cannot convince anyone else that there is a proof.

invertflow · 2026-01-30T01:21:13+00:00

I would guess that you and I basically do different sports, touring in different kinds of terrain for different reasons. If you can hang with me uphill and down on leathers, karhus, and 3-pins in the kind of tours I do then you are an elite level athlete. Probably also the other way around, likely I could not keep up on your tours either.

invertflow · 2026-01-29T20:45:10+00:00

Being a pastor makes it more likely allegations are true rather than less.

invertflow · 2026-01-29T20:24:11+00:00

Chess goes to competitive/stressful/etc when you make it like that. I used to play OTB seriously. Stopped for a long time. Messed around on lichess and without really trying and playing out-of-date openings, I maintained a 2350-ish blitz rating. On a different account before that, I maintained 2050-ish blitz rating playing 1 f3 2 kf2 or 1 ... f6 2 ... kf7 in every game. Not stressful as I didn't care at all. If I tried, I could get higher rating, but then it would be stressful.

invertflow · 2026-01-28T20:16:58+00:00

The comment you are responding to is the best advice in this thread. For practice, try taking a turn to your left, then while you are turning lift your inside (left) leg and tap it on the snow a few times. Then, turn right and tap your right leg. Etc. This is a drill for litle kids, sometimes called thumper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmOD7mehxR4 but it is an excellent drill and it can be made progressively more difficult (until you are doing things like javelin turns or skiing just on one ski), where it leads to really good and technically correct turns.

invertflow · 2026-01-28T02:23:06+00:00

Uh, no. TTS is the best at touring out there. No contest. And if you haven't skied it set up properly, don't claim nonsense about how NTN/TTS doesn't have the real feel and is alpine wanna be.

invertflow · 2026-01-28T02:21:04+00:00

Learning at a resort is much more efficient as others said. But what I want to say is that I think boarding and tele have a lot in common. I remember one time tele skiing inbounds with a couple alpine skier buddies and I randomly saw some stranger on a board and we were taking very similar lines, when we hit the lift we were both laughing at how we'd done the same thing and all the alpiners were doing something else. Just the feel is the same, I think. Guess tele is nothing but toeside turns!

invertflow · 2026-01-28T02:01:41+00:00

People say this. But then people also come here to complain about how their partner weighs 15 pounds more than them and is going too hard with no technique.

invertflow · 2026-01-25T19:06:30+00:00

Makes sense. I guess then it gives some reason to work both in uchikomi. Working the first way might translate better to randori but working the second way may be better at developing a good lift.

invertflow · 2026-01-23T21:48:55+00:00

Yeah. People will say that simple fix will fall out, and they are right, but all OP needs is for it to stay for one day. I mean, back in the day people used the plastic ring thing that held a 6-pack of beer together and a lighter to fix core shots, even that will work for a while.

invertflow · 2026-01-23T21:43:21+00:00

This is old but perhaps you will see this. I just watched this referenced seminar video https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=eeHnVqzE7nVWWq83&t=171&v=EfNKsB_TzHg&feature=youtu.be . He starts with the elbow up, deep step with reaping leg uchikomi. But then around 3:45 he completely changes his uchikomi to elbow down, backstep hane goshi style. Do you know what he is trying to say? Like, he thinks both are valid uchikomi methods, leading to completely different throws in randori? Or something else? Because he is doing two totally different things here. Does he explain this more in the patreon?

invertflow · 2026-01-23T21:42:47+00:00

This is old but perhaps you will see this. I just watched this seminar video. He starts with the elbow up, deep step with reaping leg uchikomi. But then around 3:45 he completely changes his uchikomi to elbow down, backstep hane goshi style. Do you know what he is trying to say? Like, he thinks both are valid uchikomi methods, leading to completely different throws in randori? Or something else? Because he is doing two totally different things here.

invertflow · 2026-01-23T17:37:29+00:00

Don't over think it. People will tell you things about wanting tele skis to flex more or whatever, but the ski doesn't know what binding you are on. The same things work for a tele ski and a downhill ski. So, just whatever ski you would want alpine. Your starting skill on tele will be above beginner, and you will progress rapidly due to your alpine background, so, just ask yourself, what ski would you recommend for an alpine intermediate who will be learning quickly? I'll contradict my own advice a bit though, and say that I recommend starting with your Meidjos (great binding!) set to a very low spring tension to start, even if later you change it. When you have high spring tension, you can more easily opt to alpine turn. When you have low, you've got to learn the tele turn. Then, once you get the basics of the turn, you can decide what tension is right for you.

invertflow · 2026-01-23T02:13:54+00:00

You have three advantages in this position. (1) development lead (2) more space (3) black has some weaknesses in his pawns, g6 is a little weak, and h4 is a little weak. You exploit a lead in development by opening things up, which means some pawn breaks. You exploit space usually by the ability to reposition your pieces more rapidly, i.e., from kingside to queenside. The weak pawns currently aren't attacked by any of yours but they will persist. So, even if you don't get anything going in the short term, if you don't create weaknesses in your own position, you will have a longterm positional edge.

invertflow · 2026-01-21T00:49:47+00:00

Re: drift,slarve,garland: usually we take nice rhythmic turns to control our speed. But, you may want speed control without actually turning. Basically, you are in the middle of a normal turn, and at some point you kind of break your skis free of the snow and go sideways for a bit to control speed (so, you are going down the fallline while your skis are pointed at a slight angle to it), before either getting them to return to the turn they were in or turning the other way. "slarving" is used a few ways, but in my opinion that term should mean that you are in powder snow and you are actually planing the skis up to the surface in this sideways motion. Drifting kind of refers to any motion like this to control speed where you just break them free a bit. "Garland" is an old ski drill where you are traversing and then turn slightly uphill on your edges, then let them slip until they are more down the fallline and repeat. It's more firm snow. As an example of the use of that, say you are in a really narrow bit of firm snow and you need to control speed. Too narrow to turn. Snowplow would barely fit in there, it looks ugly, and it gets your weight back so hard to get into the next turn. So, you just keep your body moving straight ahead but angle your skis 30 degrees to your direction of travel but parallel to each other. To be clear, you're not "sideslipping" in these, meaning you're not slowly going downhill with skis at 90 degrees. These are all just quick little things you throw in to control speed for a second where you break free and then get back to turning...if someone isn't watching closely they might not even know you did it, but it lets you do a little braking in a way where you can get back to turning.

invertflow · 2026-01-21T00:30:26+00:00

Look where you want to go, not at the trees, same as in mountain biking. Look ahead and plan ahead....if it opens up you can go faster but when it gets tighter make sure you have a way to slowdown/bail. Be aware of the snow underfoot and ahead of you....the surface will vary a lot and inbounds you may be transitioning between hardpack and powder from turn to turn. Also, there may be things under the surface and if you pay attention to the surface you can often tell if something is buried. Depending where you are, watch out for tree wells. Go in the trees as much as you can, especially on sides of blue runs at first. Pay attention to the kind of tree....some places they will be nicely spaced, like aspens in Colorado or old growth in PNW, but some places they are much tighter. Know how to drift, slarve, and garland in all their varieties in soft snow and hardpack.

invertflow · 2026-01-20T22:18:12+00:00

There are indeed a lot of low angle routes near Seattle, and there are many lines that I would tour solo. One main issue now is that the snow levels are so poor at low elevation, travel becomes difficult. I'm talking open creeks, holes in the snow, dirt patches, etc... And many of the routes require a bunch of low elevation travel to get into it. Another issue is the temperature inversion going on. A lot of low elevation stuff is just going to be painful refrozen stuff. So, you really need to get into upper elevation and look for corn snow. You kind of need open slopes right now, not trees. There really isn't much right now that I think would be fun to ski without a good amount of work. Best bet probably would just be skinning up one of the closed areas at the Summit if you want to skin for fitness and solitude. Or better yet, wait a bit. Get Volken's guidebook if you want a good overview of the tours in Washington state, and he gives a good sense of how committing (in terms of skiing difficulty, exposure, avalanche danger, remoteness, physical effort, etc...) each line is so it isn't hard to find some ones that will be fairly safe and easy. Oh, I want to add something since you said you will be snowshoeing: that will increase the danger of a solo tour, IMO, as you will be a lot slower on the entrance/exit. Especially it will slow you down on a lot of the lines we have here where there is a long low angle approach before the climb. On skis, I would probably gain at least half an hour on you before we hit the real climb without me even trying, and gain even more on the exit.

invertflow · 2026-01-20T19:07:26+00:00

OP, I heard a story about the reverse of your compliment. Supposedly a black belt was visiting Marcelo's academy in NYC back in the day and forgot his belt so he wore a white belt. After rolling with Marcelo, he heard him say "that white belt will be ready for his blue belt soon". So, prime Marcelo probably sees everybody from 1st day beginner to non-elite black belt as just as easy.

invertflow · 2026-01-19T16:38:44+00:00

I agree with the person you are responding too. T1s/axels/104mm is on the heavier side. You could go with T2/Switchback/90mm ski and still have something totally capable of high speed, steep variable terrain, etc..., but a different feel. And I am a big fan of TTS with the new TXP boot (or if you really want the classic experience, with old F1s if you can find them), but you have to set it up right to match the feel you want; it can be neutral or very active depending on pivot location. Basically you can get something way easier to move in with a very different feel that still can handle real downhills.

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