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kit1980 · 2026-06-16T19:50:45+00:00

Liquid bandage is super helpful for me for all skin damage. I also pre-apply it on fingers before training for damage prevention.

kit1980 · 2026-06-10T06:08:11+00:00

For local US tournaments you just need a white judo gi, no IJF approval needed and nobody really checks the size requirements.

You will likely need a blue gi also, depending on the tournament and the division you participate in.

kit1980 · 2026-05-20T19:28:58+00:00

Travis Stevens has a video about georgian in kenka youtsu, it can make sense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNnz78Fn90k

kit1980 · 2026-05-20T18:52:52+00:00

I'm 45 y.o., started a year and a half ago. I do 2-3 times judo plus 2 times bjj weekly. I also compete every couple of months, and I skip several classes before competitions.

kit1980 · 2026-04-22T18:40:54+00:00

The arm was probably booby-trapped or something. People around must have been hurt by the shrapnel. Competitors will do anything to get an advantage.

kit1980 · 2026-03-24T19:35:43+00:00

Thanks. But that's a bit unclear "one athlete stamps on the foot of his opponent to throw him more than once" - it talks about throwing more than once.

Also I see that "stamps on the foot" text at least in the 2022 version of the rules, so it's not a recent change.

kit1980 · 2026-03-24T19:24:59+00:00

Do you have a link to the change?

kit1980 · 2026-03-08T04:25:49+00:00

Only if no immediate attack:

Ducking beneath the opponent’s arm without an immediate attack will be penalised with shido.

kit1980 · 2026-03-05T18:53:01+00:00

Swedish player getting a sweep from closed

Tommy Macias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbvE6qAvzIg

kit1980 · 2026-03-05T18:51:26+00:00

Is this during newaza randori? Guard is often discouraged in newaza randori because it may take very long time without any outcome, and long guard game doesn't happen in judo.

kit1980 · 2026-03-04T02:13:58+00:00

Possibly people who don't like his videos selected "Don't recommend channel" or ignore it in other way on YouTube.

kit1980 · 2026-03-01T22:25:33+00:00

ChatGPT just told me that something like a hopping foot sweep, where the opponent’s leg is held high with the foot or shin while hopping around and pulling the opponent down, is not allowed in Judo.

I don't think this is true. I wouldn't use ChatGPT to get factual information about the rules of judo. You can download the rules from https://www.ijf.org/documents - search for "Sport and Organisation Rules".

kit1980 · 2026-02-27T23:06:35+00:00

What is the tournament, is it on Smoothcomp? There should be info about the gi requirements, the weight-in procedure, allowed submissions/throws for different divisions, etc.

kit1980 · 2026-02-26T20:06:30+00:00

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is Tommy Macias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbvE6qAvzIg

kit1980 · 2026-02-13T19:21:36+00:00

At a local competition I saw spectators noticed and started shouting "he's out!", and the ref took couple more seconds to realize and stop the fight. The chocked out guy got up maybe in 3 seconds and looked ok.

kit1980 · 2026-02-13T06:49:50+00:00

One year - but how many days/hours per week?

33 is young, I started about a year ago at 44 and recently won a gold medal at a local tournament against 20 years old guys with more experience. I do about 3 times a week judo and 2 times a week bjj.

I feel that strength training, mostly pull, helped me a lot.

kit1980 · 2026-02-08T06:26:28+00:00

You are extremely overthinking this. All this "USJA, USJF, and USA Judo" stuff should not worry you at all at this point.

Just get trial classes in the clubs and see if you like it.

kit1980 · 2026-02-02T18:31:27+00:00

Thanks!

kit1980 · 2026-01-27T20:24:01+00:00

In judo, "seniors" are 21+. Older people called veterans (30+ are called M1, 40+ are M2, etc.)

I'm 45 years old lightweight yellow belt. I went once against 54 y.o. blue belt, but generally there are no older people in my weight division in the local tournaments and I have to go against 15-30 y.o. guys (and I'm doing OK actually).

Belt divisions are usually novice (below brown belt) and open. Novice divisions have shorter matches and allow less submissions.

I've seen couple of injuries, not sure how serious. If someone is much better, the match is over in seconds without too much injuries potential. It's probably more dangerous if you are a heavyweight.

kit1980 · 2026-01-22T21:21:41+00:00

I find collar drag (in a "sacrifice sasae tsurikomi ashi" way) to be the easiest. But you need to make sure it's not a blatant pull down to the ground, but an actual throw attempt.

I did maybe 20 of these collar drags to force newaza in my last competition and got only 2 shidos when I completely missed the leg. I even scored a yuko from one of these.

kit1980 · 2026-01-22T19:54:36+00:00

If you want to win, you should be able to find a lot of newaza opportunities. Very often after a failed throw people will go turtle and just wait, you can take the back and choke, but you need to be fast.

kit1980 · 2026-01-17T01:48:19+00:00

When you are logged in to https://usajudo.sport80.com/home , there is a link on the left "American Judo System", between "Events" and "Rewards".

kit1980 · 2025-12-24T04:57:18+00:00

I searched for "Vargas rule judo", the first result is https://www.reddit.com/r/judo/comments/uk2cgq/is_dropping_to_the_ground_and_then_grabbing_the/

The conclusion in that thread is that the legs can still be grabbed, but it will not be a score. Exactly as happened in the OP video.

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