I’m not a small guy. I’m about 6′1″, 250 pounds.
I’m not super fast.
I find that in Judo however, that there are moves that work really nicely with my realative “girth”. Without question, my favorite throw is the Makikomi (you can see some details on how I do and don’t like to throw it here.) Oddly [...]
Last week in Judo class we did a lot of work on Ashi Waza, which is your foot work (sweep, and fun stuff like that.)
I did a little looking for good pictures or videos on this move, and found this one on Youtube that I think does good job of showing the move in action:
Some [...]
Okay, so first off, why is it so impossible to find a stock photo of someone pulling guard???
Moving on
This week we have been focusing on guard. Guess what… it’s not just a place to lay there! We have been working on three key things so far:
1- a Good guard
2- Arm bars from guard
3- [...]
Last week we work a lot on the Tai Otoshi. Personally, I find this move hard to hit sometimes, because people lean forward far enough when locking up that I have a hard time sneaking in. But I do find that I hit it opportunistically from time to time, rather than as a planned attack.
There [...]