I know I have been a bit remiss lately on posting, so  wanted to try to get caught up a bit.

Class has been a bit slower, gentler pace lately.  What I am finding is that there is a real trade off when you are doing Judo… Fast and hard burns lots of calories, and gives you a great cardio workout… but you don’t actually learn very much.  Slow and methodical still works you and gets you sweating good, but you learn a ton more.

Lately, we have definitely been more int he slow, methodical camp.  I think part of this also might be because Jerry hasn’t been around for a while (Jerry’s a nice guy, and I love to spar with him from time to time, but slow and methodical is definitely not his style… he always trains like he has a big fight next week and has to be ready for it… hell, maybe he does

I have really enjoyed the learning we are doing (will touch on a couple moves in a minute), and have found that by supplementing the workout with some of the elliptical in the evening (my foot seems to be able to handle it now), I am starting to drop pounds (giving up soda hasn’t hurt either.)

So a couple of nice moves we have learned… One I really like is the gator roll into an anaconda choke.  You see, a Guillotine choke is not legal in Judo, so if someone shoots the legs, and I sprawl, I am left wondering what to do instead of a Guillotine.  This is a nice alternative.  There is some video of Mark Kerr doing this choke Here.

Also, we have boon workign on a throw that I do not know the name of.  Basically, it’s a top-grab with a fall back.  If you take a normal Judo (or even a wrestling) grip, then take then hand near the neck, and reach it over, past their head and grab the gi on their back.  I’ll see if I can get some pictures of this, as trying to explain it is just never going to work :)  But it is a really great throw for when someone locks up really tight with you.

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