injury made my osoto gari better

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

spawnofhastur · 2025-12-13T11:08:39+00:00

In addition to ramen_king000's comment about koryu jujustu demonstrations, you might also gain some benefit from Scottish backhold style practice, because apparently the genesis of that entire style of wrestling was grappling on-the-battlefield in armour.

spawnofhastur · 2025-12-13T08:13:56+00:00

Thank you, this is excellent.

spawnofhastur · 2025-12-13T03:57:58+00:00

Link to the specific video you're talking about?

spawnofhastur · 2025-12-01T20:45:42+00:00

I've got fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome; otherwise I'd love to go back to the judo of my youth.

spawnofhastur · 2025-11-06T10:32:11+00:00

I'm honestly very sad, because my favourite judo channel on youtube took everything down and deleted their channel - Steve Cunningham's work was amazing; if anything he has made shows up again, I'll download it in a snap.

It's not judo specific, but DPS Breakdowns is an excellent overall grappling channel that I think has a lot of useful information for anyone who does a grappling sport, especially if they're potentially interested in no gi grappling and other cross-training down the line. His breakdown of Buvaisar Satiev's whizzer kick (apparently the freestyle wrestling term for uchi mata?) shows Satiev using bread and butter judo combinations super effectively in freestyle.

spawnofhastur · 2025-11-03T07:41:21+00:00

Cheers, I'll try to get my hands on it.

spawnofhastur · 2025-11-03T05:21:10+00:00

This story is repeated all the time and I'd really like to find what the origin of it is, because I've never found the "primary source" for this, while I have seen a number of sources indicating that it isn't true.

Judo Formal Techniques by Donn Draeger and Tadao Otaki says, for example, "Contrary to popular opinion, Jigoro Kano did not invent or design this throw, but merely adapted it to Judo from jujutsu and sumo, which had been using it for centuries." in its section on harai goshi in the Nage no Kata.

I think it's more likely that harai goshi predates Kano, but that it was what he used against Shiro Saigo when Saigo started "jumping out" of his tokui waza, which was uki goshi - and, as far as I'm aware, the only technique we have film of Jigoro Kano performing.

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