Riki Dojo USA in Mesa, Arizona teaches and practices "Ippatsu Shobu" - "Go for Broke" Judo.
Riki sensei began Judo in Okinawa and is a Shichidan with over 56 years of study, practice, competition and teaching. His martial arts education and experience includes Kodokan Judo, Kito Ryu Jujutsu, Ryukyu Kempo Toudi (Karate), Muso Shindo Ryu Jojutsu, Kendo, Tegumi (Okinawan Sumo) and Sumo.
He competed for 25 years at the local, national and international levels and studied with many great Judo teachers and world-class competitors in Japan, Korea, England, Italy, Germany and France.
Judo practitioners will recognize names: Kotani, Judan; Daigo, Judan; Ito, Judan; Olympic Gold Medalists from Japan: Inokuma, Okano, Kaminaga and Nakatani. These are just a few of the great Judoka Riki sensei has studied and practiced with.
The purpose of this RU-vid channel is to pass on the original, traditional, authentic Kodokan Judo that Riki sensei loves so much.
Just came across your channel and I love the teaching style. These videos are incredibly helpful in understanding the techniques and how to teach them to others myself. Thank you for publishing this for free! Stuff like this will better the sport everywhere!
As always, thank you so much for sharing this sweet sweet judo nectar. I just cannot get enough of it. By the way, the students' technique shown at the beginning was really great. I am deeply impressed.
@@RikiDojoUSA there is no point in teaching 'fighting hacks' if they are not in line with present judging rules. We are not talking 'original kodokan techniques' for kata or graduation here!
I didin´t know that lapel trick was ilegal, it´s one the best way I can get morote seoi nage but sadly I have a little injury in my right elbow and can do it better to my "bad" side so the question is: Do I have to point my elbow way too high ? Thanks for sharing, I thought two hands morote seoi nage was eri seoi nage but I love to learn.
I don´t like to criticize my country´s judo but I have seen so many debates with uki goshi that is video has taught me a lot, looks simple and is similar to the way my oldest sensei taught me but some people love to say the real uki goshi is the huge elevation version you can see sometimes in competition or in some sambo matches. Arigatouu !
Riki sensei always tells us to not contradict the teachers in the dojo if they tell you something is contrary to what you know, but boy is that hard to do! Buena suerte!
Hey, it’s been awhile. Wonderful to see a new video from the Riki Dojo. I actually prefer sumi- garaging to tomoenage. I can’t really say why, except that I find sumi-gasehi much easier to enter into and execute successfully. Also I have found it serves as an effective follow-up waza to an unsuccessful attempt at osotogari. Many, many thanks!🥋🙂🌞
Thank you Jun! I've been SLACKING at video editing, but I'm back at it. I have many classes to distill into videos, but we're getting closer to the "finish line" of one video for each waza in Riki sensei's shodan test.
If you demonstrate Kodokan judo, you have to stick to the Kodokan denominations. Hiza guruma is ashi waza, period. Why are you complicating well established things ?
1:33 sorry but I must mention this, that particular action right there is the first movement in Gekisai-dai-ichi kata of Go-Ju ryu karate. It's interesting because the new karate social movement is looking for understanding and explanations of the meaning behind the moves in kata.
Massively different to the wrestlers' style of double-leg attack we see so often in modern combat sports, and a lot easier and arguably more practical for self defense too (at least as far as I can see), given you aren't required to change levels and drop your knee if you have to fight on concrete, etc. Gorgeous and under-appreciated throw!
I love this channel! Riki Sensei's teaching are so grounded in fundamentals, but while being entertaining, insightful, and acknowledging of the complexity of judo. I hope I get the chance to visit the dojo someday!
Watching from Perth, Western Australia. Your Sensei...is a GIFT to judo instruction. Protect this man at all costs! He's got a tonne of wisdom on correctly applying these throws and Judo knowledge that none of the world competitors in my club have!
This is the first time I've ever heard about oikomi, hikkomi, tobikomi, yokokomi and mawarikomi. Thank you VERY much, I'll have to think on it. Please, create more videos if that is possible, onegai shimasu! Have you ever thought of crowd-funding an instructional DVD?
We're so glad you found it helpful! A long time ago, we made the decision to never monetize any of this content. We made it to preserve Riki sensei's teachings for posterity. You're most welcome to download and collate all of these videos however you'd like! One of these days I'll get around to uploading all the videos to the Internet Archive to make that very easy. Lots more videos coming!
i know that this is rude and i apologize for tihis. but i really want to practice judo but i dont have a judogi if you have any extra or even torn judogi i could use i will really appreciate it
