Nice Judo Throw (even No GI): Harai Goshi

I’m not a small person (6’1″, around 260lbs.)  So I have long since come to grips with the fact that I cannot (as they say in the Motley Crue song) “move like a cat.”  So I’m always on the lookout for a good Judo throw for my body type.  A while back I did a [...]

The Only Thing We Have To Fear…

… is fear itself. In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt made that famous statement.  But never has the statement been so salient for me as it was this weekend. I have not actually competed very many times in Judo.  Also, it has been a year since my last competition.  Until this weekend that is. We showed [...]