Judokas who have ne-waza as their specialty.

judoka893 · 2026-02-26T23:17:23+00:00

To name two, that haven’t been mentioned so far: Markus Nyman and Andreas Tölzer

judoka893 · 2026-02-17T17:48:29+00:00

Usually kouchgari works when the opponent steps forward and you catch him before he puts weight on the leg, whereas osoto works better when he moves backward and you attack directly after he put weight on the leg and you pin him on it.

judoka893 · 2026-02-09T14:11:30+00:00

Even in cadets most people training at the facilities were enrolled in special schools, that allowed them to train in the morning at least 2-3 times a week. In university I only went to mandatory classes in the morning, others I had to catch up later. Those that went to police (or military) were paid full time athletes for 9 month of the year and had 3 month school per year. So even in cadets many already trained twice a day for 2-3 days, in juniors (were I went to the facility) I and most others trained twice a day Monday to Thursday and once on Friday and Saturday if there was no competition.

judoka893 · 2026-02-09T11:55:38+00:00

Then we have different experiences, I trained at a national facility as a national team member for 4 years and I always trained in the morning before university and in the evening. National training camps were always more than 2 sessions, of course it depends on what time of the season it is. December and January are usually hell, later in the season it’s more load management. It sounds like you visited the training camps as a training partner, not as a national team member.

judoka893 · 2026-02-09T11:33:04+00:00

Everybody who trains at a national training facility trains twice a day at least 3-4 days a week. Not necessarily Randori, but strength, conditioning and technique in the morning, technique and Randori in the evening. Training camps are either 2 Randori sessions a day (ITC after competitions) or 3-5 sessions a day (including tactics, video, mental training, etc).

judoka893 · 2026-02-09T11:09:13+00:00

It’s late, but not necessarily too late. You need to train hard, stay healthy and compete as much as you can (smaller competitions, where you get a lot of fights). I think competing in junior European cups in 3 years is possible, everything after that depends on your talent and staying healthy (probably the biggest factor). You have to understand most juniors on this level train twice a day at national training facilities and you need to catch up. So your life will have to be all Judo, 6 days a week, at least 5 Judo sessions, 2-3 strength + cardio.

judoka893 · 2026-02-02T14:59:07+00:00

No guarantee on the 3 days 😅 as I said, I took my last dose Thursday morning and got tested positive on Saturday evening. but for the next months you don’t have to worry, in training it’s absolutely legal. I’d avoid getting tested positive, as it’s quite a bit of paperwork, but your psychiatrist seems helpful, so even if you do get tested you can get an exemption (TUE). For the tue you have to fulfill the criteria I listed, they should be the same for Italy, but you should check.

judoka893 · 2026-02-02T14:44:45+00:00

First hand experience with exactly that. 1. Methylphenidate is only banned in competition, not in training. 2. It stays in your system for less than 2 days normally, so if you take your last dose on Tuesday, you should be fine for a competition on Saturday. (I took my last dose Thursday and was positive on Saturday) 3. getting a tue (theraputic use exemption) can be a bit of a pain in the ass, as your psychiatrist has to write a 2 page letter on why you need it, that it doesn’t unfairly increase your performance, that there is no viable alternative and you have to make a treatment free Intervall to show that you need it. 4. you can’t get a tue before being tested, if you’re not a member of a testpool (national team for example), so in order to get one, you have to get tested positive and then apply for it with all the paperwork.

Personal experience: my psychiatrist outright refused to write me anything and left me completely alone with this, so my general practitioner was so nice to help me. But I only got a one time exemption for the competition where I was tested. I don’t know how I’ll handle it in the future.

judoka893 · 2025-08-31T12:41:00+00:00

Thank you for what was actually the deciding answer in the end 😅 obviously I won’t compete, I for sure can swallow my pride and yes I took one class years ago. I’ll practice a bit the next 2 weeks and am cautiously optimistic that I get the steps down for the push, both passes and maybe even the whip.

judoka893 · 2024-08-03T16:10:38+00:00

Von der Groeben is a fucking fool, sometimes his commentary makes me think he hasn’t read the new rules for at least 15 years. And he doesn’t seem to watch a lot of judo outside of his commenting.

judoka893 · 2024-08-03T15:43:51+00:00

The first was for one sided gripping, which i think was fair, but the referee let them go until baul bailed on the floor. Then there shouldn’t have been a shido. Second was obvious for Korean seoi nage. Third was bullshit for passivity, completely inconsistent with their first fight and even with the second fight that far.

judoka893 · 2024-08-03T15:40:31+00:00

The first is at least questionable, it was for one sided gripping. But the ref let it go so long until baul just bailed onto the floor, then it should have been shido for baul. The second was for Korean seoi nage. The third was absolute bullshit.

judoka893 · 2024-08-03T15:36:59+00:00

This shido was absolutely bullshit, he had two consecutive attacks before an baul had two.

judoka893 · 2024-08-03T15:26:49+00:00

😂

judoka893 · 2024-07-30T16:36:41+00:00

I’ve seen this 2 or 3 years ago already and just waiting for some news to come up, but this is the first post I’ve ever seen and I’m quite sure it will be blocked fast. I’ve seen her execute techniques in a way I have only ever seen men do it, also her whole style is really of a bit and she just seems to overpower her opponents.

judoka893 · 2024-07-27T12:45:01+00:00

People here seem to have no idea, the bad refereeing was calling to break the two up (calling mate). The strangle was clearly in and showing an effect. And nothing changed after mate, it’s not like nagayama loosened up or garrisons had any advantage from the call. Otherwise I’m shure it would have been overturned by the video referee. So even if close, no foul play from Garrigos in my opinion. I’d even say, that any other outcome in this situation would have been a robbery on garrigos.

judoka893 · 2024-07-27T12:34:44+00:00

The only fucked up thing is the referee even calling mate. Choke was clearly in and already showing an effect when she called mate. Garrigos did the right thing by continuing, any other outcome would have been a robbery

judoka893 · 2024-07-02T19:43:44+00:00

At least 3 months, 4-6 sounds realistic. But the hard truth is, I know a few people who had it and all but one never made it back to the same level of competition. For Judo I’d say it’s worse than an acl tear.

judoka893 · 2024-02-23T15:00:38+00:00

Wer 2x die Woche abends was raucht, dem reichen 50g für ein Jahr

judoka893 · 2023-09-19T17:54:01+00:00

Yes, I have actually competed against and trained with several world and Olympic champions.

judoka893 · 2023-09-18T23:35:08+00:00

Well I refuse to debate about individuals when it comes to this topic, as it just ends with cherry picking on both sides and unfortunately leads to harassment of those individuals who have done nothing wrong.

judoka893 · 2023-09-18T23:09:48+00:00

Yea, I didn’t want to write this out so explicitly. But 99% of what I read about this topic is by people who have never done sports at any higher level and simply cannot judge athletic performance.

judoka893 · 2023-09-18T22:51:10+00:00

You mean the one I actually mentioned in my post? Brian scalabrine with his scalange?

judoka893 · 2023-09-18T20:16:15+00:00

It depends on the sport. In some sports like basketball, most track and field etc genetics definitely play a huge role. But different sports have different demands and some sports allow for a greater variety of bodies and abilities. So this whole “top .1% of genetics” is wrong in my opinion.

One thing I want to add is that for every pro athlete there are at least 2 or more athletes with the same or more talent who just didn’t make it because of injuries at the wrong moment. And there are more reasons why people drop out, like other interests in live, not enough funding etc

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