A bit more on Judo and Wrestling

Okay, so I felt so bad that I haven’t actually been making it to class much for a week, and as such haven’t been sharing many insights, so I hunted some down to share… This is a bit of a continuation of my post from this morning about Wrestling and Judo…
First, let’s learn a bit [...]

Missing a few Judo Classes… But watching Judo meet Wrestling

Sorry for the lack of posts folks… We have missed a few Judo classes in the last week, and unfortunately will have to miss the ones on Tuesday of this week as well.
But the reason we will miss Tuesday’s class is pretty exciting.  My son, Ty, who does Judo with me is 14 years old [...]

Uchikomi is not Randori

Arg.  I keep working on my Makikomi (because I have decided that I am better off getting fairly good at one move that sucking at all of them), and it gets frustrating.  By biggest frustration:  It’s really tough ot make Uchikomi’s feel like Randori.
Basically, when you’re doing fit-ins, or Uchikomi’s, the other person tends to [...]

Judo tip of the week: Makikomi… it’s all about the ‘O’

I have been working a lot on my Makikomi before, during, and since the Utah Judo tournament.  One of the problems that I have run into is that I have primarily been trying to throw the “Osoto Makikomi”, which can be seen in this video:

Just as a note on the above video… it really doesn’t [...]

Review of our Judo Tournament Matches

Outside of Judo I am an entrepreneur.  I have been blessed to work with many wonderful people, and by all accounts have been pretty darned successful (there are some details here if you care.)
Through that, I have faced countless trials and challenges, many of which, at the time seemed nearly insurmountable.  The biggest thing I [...]

Utah State Championships Judo Tournament Review

Sorry for taking so long to get this posted… this last week has just been hell.
I have thought an awful lot about how to do a review o the Tourney, and have decided to really do it in three parts… The first is a review of a what a Tournament really is, from the perspective [...]