Three weeks until my first judo tournament.

**cuatro76** · Posted On: 1/22/2009 10:52pm

Originally Posted by 3moose1

Pun intended?

Teehee. I see what i did there.

More often than not, yes. But it also gave me and my coach a chance to see who i might be fighting in a tournament and start making mental notes of what they liked to throw as well as what I needed to work on.

**theotherserge** · Posted On: 1/23/2009 9:58am

Der Russ,

Shizda! I should've posted this sooner. But I've noticed two tendencies in movement:

•move hips/legs and arms/shoulders together, as in expanding out of a clean&thrust
OR
•move hips/legs and arms/shoulders in sequence, as in hip-throw or front-throw uchikomi

example A:

[IMG]YouTube - JUDO Le perfectionnement des seoi 2

example B:

[IMG]YouTube - ã“ã‚ŒãŒã‚µãƒ³ãƒœã ã£ï¼ˆ37ï¼‰ Gadavlia

I have a couple of students who are PTrainers (one was a comp. lifter) and they just can't do the Judo-uchikomi that Katanishi can (HA! as if I can move that beautifully either!) but they have an easy learning curve for the front pick-ups, tackles and such.

Just food for thought, I don't know how you lift so your coach would know better, but if you're havving trouble with teh Judo, you might keep these tendencies in mind. Straight ahead lifters vs fastball pitchers...

**Mtripp** · Posted On: 1/23/2009 10:14am

Please watch the Judo vid often. Notice how much more sense that makes than silly off balance ideas. Of course its from Europe.

I have a better gripping plan, and the first move with the push should be a legit O uchi or K uchi attack.... the rest is as you see. Would work for Tai Otoshi as well.

**TheRuss** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 12:36am

So, uh, YouTube totally fucking murdered the video quality. Sorry.

First match:
YouTube - 2009 Sask Open Judo Tournament - First Match

Second match:
YouTube - 2009 Sask Open Judo Tournament - Second Match

Third match:
YouTube - 2009 Sask Open Judo Tournament - Third Match

Fourth match:
YouTube - 2009 Sask Open Judo Tournament - Fourth Match

**theotherserge** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 1:55am

****, Im about to go to sleep. I promise to watch in the a.m.

Any thoughts from you before then?

Xxxooo,
serge

**3moose1** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 5:54am

Good job!

You seemed a little tense, just relax! Whats the worst thing that'll happen to you?

You'll get thrown. Hell, isn't that what Judo is all about? :p.

But yeah, great job man

**honesty** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 6:13am

Looks good! What were the 2 conflabs in your fourth match about then?

**TheRuss** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 4:09pm

Originally Posted by theotherserge

Any thoughts from you before then?

Lots, but I'm going to let them percolate for a while.

Originally Posted by honesty

Looks good! What were the 2 conflabs in your fourth match about then?

Originally Posted by 1point2

And the fourth? What were the ref calls?

If someone knows the hand signals, they can confirm these for me. Here are my best guesses:

My first shido (at 0:45) was for stalling.
My second shido (at 1:30, in osaekomi) was for hands to the face. I couldn't hear what the ref said after the ensuing conference.
My third shido and his first (3:30) appear to be for the same thing - maybe something grip-related?
My fourth shido (at 4:30) and the second conference were for grabbing the pant leg. And that was the fight.

**1point2** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 5:38pm

I think the double shido (signalled by two shaking fists) was for defensive gripping. Often it's for a bent-over posture and no attacks for 5 seconds or something.

**TheRuss** · Posted On: 1/27/2009 5:51pm

Sounds about right. I didn't have any idea how bent over I was playing until I got to watch the videos.

Speaking of the videos, I made sure to cut out my bumbling attempts at the bowing rituals. They sound simple, but to put it bluntly, I had bigger things on my mind.