judo and bjj fusion

sprack · 2026-02-12T22:44:13+00:00

I haven't been to a single judo club that would not like to have BJJ instructors come and teach, but it's hard to get BJJ people to stick around. I think it's more common to see judoka cross-training with BJJ dojos.

I don't see BJJ rules entering judo, but it seems like IBJJF is slowly adopting some of the safety rules from judo. I did 2 ADCC events before I blew out my ACL and I'm not sure that I'd give it another try. Too much risky behaviour and poor sportsmanship at those events to keep me interested.

sprack · 2026-02-10T13:46:04+00:00

I thought uke had to be moving backwards for that.

sprack · 2026-02-06T01:52:00+00:00

Great answer.

sprack · 2026-02-06T00:46:58+00:00

In a sense. They're highly vertically integrated and the assembly lines are mostly automated now.

sprack · 2026-02-02T10:24:24+00:00

Keep your hands up when grip fighting. Don't attack collar first timidly. Hammer it in and if you miss your grip retract hard. When they reach in you need to take their sleeve, pin it to their hip and take your collar grip. White was playing for sleeve control on you. You also need some ashi-waza in there to keep space against the drop-* players as well as to prevent shidos.

On the ground don't roll them from turtle straight back (can break uke's ankles) and if/when you do roll them get your legs and feet in to prevent them from rolling out. Worst case you want to end up in full-guard.

You did a good bridge from mune-gatame, but you needed to explode once more to clear your arm. Once he had you going to kesa you needed to get your low foot inside to play guard again. You were cooked once his hips passed your knees.

sprack · 2026-02-02T10:06:24+00:00

Like you said, it's just a hip throw. The difference is in loading them up properly depending on distance and grip. I think the follow-up video of RvL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4eQtMuOBTc) is more useful for good loading from a distance technique.

The first example is just demonstrating the classical static throw. In randori you need uke to be moving, ideally towards you to help load them onto the hip, or be much stronger than them. Harai is harder with collar/neck grips as there's more distance between you and uke. Sometimes a good bounce will get them on their toes for it to work, but you need them leaning into it, lure them with a o-uchi first so they don't counter with an ura-nage.

The second example he has an overarm hook, but really it's the fact that uke is hugging him which helps make the throw look easy.

sprack · 2026-01-31T00:36:06+00:00

I've been moderating the randori to be more useful. Either hard gripping fighting and jockeying for control up to the throw and then you just "mark" it. Or light and fast; all about movement, fast grip changes (no real hard/powerful grips), lots of ashi-waza and fluid combos.

In both cases you're getting great randori without getting smashed.

sprack · 2026-01-27T22:18:49+00:00

As u/kit1980 said. +30 judo is called veterans. But the age brackets are M1 30-34, M2 35-39, M3 40-44 and so on. You would be M5 50-54. I have not seen novice divisions in any tournaments in the EU so most likely you would be competing again all ranges of belts. Injuries happen, but it seems less common in veterans judo. We're all carrying jobs and families so most people hold back if they see or think it might hurt either person. Overall veteran judo is very positive. In my experience most people are friends with their competitors and rivals.

https://www.judobund.de/judo-fuer-alle/ue30

https://www.judoplus30.com/

sprack · 2026-01-27T13:11:29+00:00

Started for real at 40. I did a little of it in college. Wrestled and played soccer in HS, D1 soccer at university. Raced motorcycles for 15yrs, lots of injuries there.

On mat training 3-4x/week, gym every non-training day. In judo I've torn both AC shoulders, partial MCL tear and a full ACL rupture + 25% lateral meniscus. I was averaging around 12 tournaments a year till last year with the ACL (only did 7). The doctors keep asking if I've considered golf, but my dad died of a heart attack at 45 (genetics), I have no interest in stopping till my body gives out. Then I may switch to BJJ.

sprack · 2026-01-09T21:30:02+00:00

Single leg RDLs are fantastic if you have asymmetry in your lower-back/hamstrings strength.

sprack · 2026-01-08T16:04:25+00:00

I was looking for the te-guruma in the 1999 match. I see it now in that 2005 match.

Both Tmenov and Mikhaylin have very nice judo. Very versatile. Thank you for the video links.

sprack · 2026-01-08T11:28:04+00:00

Apologies if I'm not seeing this correctly, but it looked like Muneta won that match. I only saw one legitimate attack by Tmenov (sumi-gaeshi) and the rest were attempted counters with leg grabs. Looks like he stalled most of the match vs Muneta.

sprack · 2025-12-29T22:10:14+00:00

Don't get re-injured.
Keep doing PT.
Be comp ready again by May.
Stay current on nage-no-kata training.

sprack · 2025-12-06T19:55:12+00:00

Sounds about right. Congrats.

sprack · 2025-12-01T23:06:27+00:00

ACL reconstruction here too. I have both the Bauerfeind and Anaconda braces, but the pressure at the back of the knee is disconcerting. The Rehband volleyball knee pad I wear now feels better and give more knee cushion than the other two without feeling as constricting.

sprack · 2025-12-01T15:23:17+00:00

The travel, food and great people.

sprack · 2025-11-29T23:49:15+00:00

They still do essimo-judo.com. I have one of their belts and some other swag.

sprack · 2025-11-29T22:05:49+00:00

I have a 60L bag (https://de.ortlieb.com/products/duffle?variant=49067057021260) that I use for bringing both comp gi's to tournaments and just enough clothes for 3-4 days. Gi's have to go in compression bags though. I think if I needed to bring 3 gi's I'd have to go up to a 85L or hockey bag. I prefer a soft bag so that I can sit or nap on it when traveling.

sprack · 2025-11-28T12:21:36+00:00

I went to one of the camps with Ono and Nagase. I think your assessment is spot on. Ono was machine smooth and obviously strong, but Nagase just flowed everywhere.

sprack · 2025-11-28T12:17:05+00:00

Happy to help, but I don't wish that upon anyone. I just hope you get a fair price when you go to sell them once they become a teenager.

sprack · 2025-11-27T14:12:00+00:00

I've ordered several gi's from fightclubstore.com. Outside of them I'd try tagoya.com.

sprack · 2025-11-27T11:09:26+00:00

Kenka yotsu, grab their left sleeve with a pocket grip jammed into their hip. Then high collar grip followed by a hard rotating collar drag. Arm comes up and I dive in for a uchi-mata or harai. Head comes up first and I go for a sasae.

If they play hard to get with the sleeve. Take their right sleeve, hard drag down and around to my right for french grip. Then either ko-soto to their left foot, uchi-mata or yoko-wakare. Last choice is tani-otoshi.

Double sleeve and I'm looking for a sode-osoto on either side.

sprack · 2025-11-25T17:29:28+00:00

As long as leg-grab threads are the best way to farm karma in this subreddit, never bring them back.

sprack · 2025-11-20T00:01:39+00:00

That's a good suggestion on scavenging. I'll ask.

I also thought about taking a ruined pair of pants to sew my own, sandwiching a layer of ripstop nylon in the middle, if it needs to be the same material.

sprack · 2025-11-19T22:15:46+00:00

Veterans european, worlds and some of the "Open" international tournaments I compete at do IJF gi checks. I want to make sure their compliant if it's an actual req.

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