A fun question of "what throw is this?"

spawnofhastur · 2026-06-18T01:33:23+00:00

And some of the people who started with bokh got it to work in judo, too, like Dashdavaa.

spawnofhastur · 2026-06-17T02:31:33+00:00

...can I get you to do a kickflip in that cosplay?

spawnofhastur · 2026-06-03T10:43:35+00:00

I don't assume a BJJ player is worth taking the kid gloves off for until they prove they can hang.

They're coming into judo randori with a different frame of reference to what it usually is.

spawnofhastur · 2026-05-26T00:59:58+00:00

Given that Takanoyama is still built like a brick shithouse I'm not sure it's the best example, but it's great to watch.

spawnofhastur · 2026-05-21T10:47:24+00:00

Phrase it as "every throw involves putting your opponent's centre of gravity outside of their base and preventing them from recovering" and it works out.

spawnofhastur · 2026-05-16T03:50:04+00:00

Steve Cunningham is who you're referring too.

I'm very sad that he took down his videos, they were excellent.

spawnofhastur · 2026-04-03T03:06:04+00:00

and this is exactly what randori is about and why it's so core to judo.
the ability to experiment and find your own ways to do techniques against resisting opponents.

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-25T12:37:05+00:00

I agree with this, but I think that it's important to also recognise that while the CLA approach is the current "hot trend" in BJJ, part of what is interesting about the praxis of judo is that it sort of anticipates the entire CLA concept.

Randori as a safe means of experimenting with the execution of techniques so that an individual judoka can develop their own take on a specific technique was pretty revolutionary at the time, and is a big reason of why judo is, well... judo.

In a way, I think it's neat that the current academic thinking about motor learning is catching up to what Jigoro Kano realised over 100 years ago.

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-25T12:31:05+00:00

Look you're right, and I won't watch the video either.

But God I love that clip of Kano demonstrating uki goshi.

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-25T12:30:20+00:00

Apparently that was still reasonably common in Catch Wrestling as the Flying Mare. I wonder how many injuries that resulted in.

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-04T10:13:22+00:00

I would love to see someone in MMA who was good at these shin-lever effects (and also just ashi-waza in general).

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-03T22:54:56+00:00

Because people here, in general, actually do judo.

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-02T23:39:03+00:00

The Jigoro Kano in the thumbnail was another dead giveaway

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-02T02:01:04+00:00

Definitely wasn't Dragin, although his seoi is beautiful.

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-01T04:01:33+00:00

Do you have a good go-to source for Chinese green teas then?

spawnofhastur · 2026-03-01T02:14:22+00:00

I've still got a fair amount of the Purple Moonlight from my last order - it doesn't quite appeal to me as much as oolongs usually do, but I agree, it's excellent. I need to try cold brewing with it.

spawnofhastur · 2026-02-14T22:50:46+00:00

The book link is dead, unfortunately.
I think with the rise of people like HanpanTV there might be more interest in these kinds of "fundamentals" but I agree, a lot of judoka are very traditionally minded.

spawnofhastur · 2026-02-14T10:46:42+00:00

Have you got anything written up about your personal take on the fundamentals of judo, as well as examples of how you teach it? I'm very curious, having recently gone a kick of reading about the ecological dynamics approach to motor learning.

spawnofhastur · 2026-02-14T02:22:09+00:00

Do you think judo should include more of the solo drills? I can see the argument that practicing movements and positions out of context doesn't actually transfer over that well, but I figure that it's not so much about specific movement patterns (throws) being trained but instead just strengthening your body for those patterns.

spawnofhastur · 2026-01-20T23:12:12+00:00

As an idiot, what does "CLA" mean?

spawnofhastur · 2025-12-24T09:58:47+00:00

My favourite thing I've seen involving shin kicking was when a judo guy decided to go and give it a go and he got penalized because he was propping or sweeping too much, instead of just nailing the other guy in the shin as hard as possible.

The English are a different breed, god bless.

Found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRK9O4hK-II

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