Chadi VS Japanese black belts (sparring/Randori) 大阪柔道の乱取り 

Takes me back to my trip to Tokyo Kodokan just before the Pandemic. The Ashi Waza there is next level. When you get thrown by a European you see it coming. With Japanese Ashi Waza however all of a sudden you’re looking up at the ceiling thinking “WTF just happened???”

Congratulations, Chadi! No doubt, a dream come true for any judoka, doing randori at the Kodokan! Thank you so much for sharing.

great chadi , you didnt lose , you learned . love it

Enjoyed this a lot! For some reason I've burnt out from my Judo training. Not able to tackle it. Thank you for this video though. It did spark something in me. Lets hope I'm able to capitalize on it and start practice again.

You’re living my dream sir. One day I’ll train there and soak up some of that knowledge. We have a black belt at our club who trained in Japan for a bit and his ashi waza is absolutely next level. I can only imagine what it’s like to train with those guys.

Glad to see your having fun! It's always a humbling yet valuable learning experience when you step outside your comfort zone. Enjoy your journey!🙏💮

So proud of you Chadi!!! Been following you since the beginning and I’m so excited to see your martial arts journey. Much respect from Canada.

I'm so glad to see your pursuit of mastery progress. I hope you enjoy your time and get what you hoped for from your time in Japan.

Wow! Props to you for putting up of a video of you getting thrown around like a rag doll. Not everyone's ego could handle that.

This was refreshing to see a lot more like the kind of Judo I'm use to seeing. Good job Chadi.

Happy to see you enjoy yourself so much there. Good to see this content.

Chadi! Great content as always👍. As I watch some of these shots in slow motion and I notice the timing of their entry the minute they know your heels are off the ground. It’s very nice to watch. And it’s so great that you can record your randori and do a breakdown for yourself afterwards. I am very excited what this trip will do to your martial arts journey !❤️

loved the video! You have done very well. Lets not forget the size disparity- sparring with heavier partners even of same skill level is always more challenging. Its impressive how relax they are and when they go for something their grips, body positioning and 100% commitment to the throw are all in sync. Keep it up man, great content

Lovely stuff. We've all been there when you go up against a high level judoka, they feel unmovable and their grips are so strong and unbreakable. It just feels like no matter what you try, you can't get them to budge.

Evening was awesome, the randori with the judokas most of been amazing. Thank you for sharing ☺️.

Thank you for posting this! I thought I was the only one who this happens to. All I can do is do exactly what you do which is keep showing up and learn for my opponents. The thing I love about Judo is that after the defeat me they do explain to me what I did wrong.

More Chadi! More! Loved this.

This is a beautiful video Chadi, thanks. That’s really inspiring.

🔥🔥🔥🔥 thanks God we have people like chadi in the world of judo!

their gripping and upper body control is really something, that is something you really noticed when you watched high level competition. Obviously there are lots of great Judoka outside of Japan, but they really have some of the best upper body control and rotation

You are a true martial artist, Chadi. Being humble and learning from training

You can see the joy on your face and hear it in your voice. I'm happy for you. Keep living the dream. 👍🏾

Back in the 80s I trained judo with a couple biracial guys that had never been to their ancestral homeland of Japan and were terribly excited to visit as teenagers. Our Sensei set them up with a Judo Club and when they returned to the states their report was pretty impressive... they said the Japanese didn't seem to give a damn about the martial arts traditions/ observances and treated Judo like a hardcore athletic sport whereas in the United States we were far far more into kata and traditional observances. You could see the shock in their eyes as they related their stories of Hardcore athletic attitudes more akin to football or boxing then traditional martial arts. The next year they went to Korea for Taekwondo and the report was exactly the same... How curious that the United States "appropriates" Asian martial arts so differently than the Asians who treat it more like "regular sport"

Im watching this with a big smile on my face for you my friend! Show them your fighting spirit! Gambare!!! Ps: My sensei always tell us to start the attack with ashi-waza... I think its specially helpful against the heavier ones.

Great footage and randori

Never been to the Takarazuka dojo. Looks fun!

You found your eureka moment when you scored. I know the feeling of excitement. :)

Great stuff Chadi!

That´s awesome man! Thanks for sharing

Wow what great Judo. I like the Japanese style of Judo especially at the Kodokan. Thank you for sharing this video.

Hey Chadi, Congratulations on coming to Japan! You’re in for an absolute treat training in Japan regularly. The black belt test is extremely fun here too, considering just how strong some of the junior high schoolers and high schoolers actually are. I’m actually training in a prefecture not too far from Hyogo and I can completely relate to your experience, some of these guys are monsters on the mats. Enjoy your journey! All the respect from Okayama.

Just keep being the best you can be Chadi.

very exciting to see you there and it's an inspiring video... the lesson to always be happy to learn, even when losing, is applicable to all features of life

This is so inspiring. I recently got promoted to brown belt and I don't feel like I deserve it at all. But this puts things in perspective. I have so much to pearn. I'm so pumped to train.

Congratulations! Looks like your having fun.

They have an amazing skill level. You have the right approach.

I love your videos!! You have a new subscriber

That's amazing you had the chance! I always heard stories from John Saylor of training over there! Amazing!

IMO that kouchi gari was far more effective than the Yoko tomoe! That was impressive!!

Kuzushi. That's all. Proper Kuzushi. Congrats on getting there. You're gonna be next level!

Just had my first competition at +100kg (weighed in at 105kgs) this week, I used to compete at -90kgs. Judoka in the +100kgs category are something else - as a brown belt, they made me feel like my Judo was nonexistent. It was quite the humbling experience for me.

Love to see content how you organize this trip. Helpfull for someone who have the same dream

Must have been incredible The level difference is insane it looks so effortless

Chadi as an American I have always admired French Judo. Could you please make a video where you go in depth into the difference between French and Japanese Judo.

Wowwww....that was nothing short of amazing!!!

Haha, love you bro! I really enjoyed this fantastic video, it is so vivid and fun. For COVID quarantine reason I've stayed home for almost a month. Not able to being on the mat. I really miss the feeling of everything of Judo. Thank you for sharing this video and keep me inspired. Hope the world will be normal soon, and randori and chat with you someday in the future.

Congratulations, Chadi. What an amazing video. I just recently registered to enter my first ever seminar at my class for this coming Saturday the 30th. We're having a guest instructor with 15 of his students to come down and teach us three hours of Dumog Kali, which is Filipino Ground Fighting aka dirty ground fighting. The guest instructor of Dumog Kali is Mandala Rich Howe. Again, what an amazing video, Chadi.

Such a FANTASTIC learning opportunity! Thanks for sharing this thrilling experience! One day I have to try this!

Chadi, Congratulations for your trip to Japan!!!! 🇯🇵

Respect for the randoris and respect for saving the kids integrity.

So happy for you brother 😊

Wow I like that old school footage I haven’t seen that before judo🙏

Love your humility.

Hearing your expressions and you BAMMMM when u got that takedown. I love that. I love that passion.

Looks like you are having a wonderful experience Chadi. You’re fighting spirit is awe-inspiring!

This is just great! congratulations on your endeavors.

Loved it!!! 🔥🥋

Great job man! That big guys uchimata was effortless! I know that was a great time

Their overall positioning and control over kumi kata is simply superior. You can see the difference. They are clearly more efficient, they obtain more while spending less. Great experience! All my envy is with you ❤

congratulations Chadi. I was Brown belt when I was lving in Japan practicing judo and I had to use white belt and in one year I got the shodan

Chadi got him! We love you chadi all the way from Florida

I enjoy your channel. I grew up in Kyoto, finished my education in Japan and now live in the U.S. I Appreciate your love for the art and the way you analyze the classical Judo. it's sad to see the current trend to value a martial art by its effectiveness in MMA competition. If I may, Have you heard of Tetsuzan Koruda sensei? He is one of the few senseis who teaches the true meaning of the Kata training in Japan today. Thank you and wish you the best, Chadi san.

There is such a huge gap skill. It is almost surreal.

Brother I had the same experience at the Tokyo Kodokan. You don't see anything coming. It was eye opening seriously.

Aewsome! 🥋🕶️👍🏾💪🏾👏🏾

doing randori with the japanese is like fighting wizards

Amazing. Congrats on the yoko tomonage at the kodokan home of judo.

Very interesting!👍

Everything you put up is incredible it inspires me to not be shy or imbarsed and my own Path to my top of the mountain keep it up! Oh and I've noticed yall Judoka fingers get messed up I'm really wondering what judo ppl would think about pictures of my hands on daily conditioning 🤔 I'm an Uechi-Ryu guy and an a bit of a GoJu-Ryu lover as well 😅 But the Uechi-Ryu finger and toe stuff can be really bad depending how ambitious you are hahah I'm one of those folks 😅

Japanese Judokas do not mess around. They are the real deal. You must have guts to get in the ring with them. Chadi, Good job.

I want to say 2 things: 1- being big is a huge advantage in many situations; for example these 2- all the blah blah that Brazil judo or whatever mixed sports in top of the World whatever, here you see that being big strong and with solid basic techniques is all what is needed.

Wow! Awesome video and very inspiring. How did you gain access to Japan during these times? Even in April 2022, they're not allowing tourism I thought?

Hi Chad, your narration is fun. Well that was a one-hop uchimata, hard to anticipate from anyone. If it's any consolation , the great Koga in the All-Japan's fought heavier weights primarily with grips, not throws. Neil Adams has a good story of sparring Yamashita at the ?Budokwai ..Like a gentleman at first , to his detriment, then ramping up on the gripfighting for a stalemate,- ie. hopping in unison across a gym. Finally, good ol' Mike Swain writes of surviving his youthful Japan training days with the same lightning- quick ouchi gari that he developed there and beat Koga with for the World's. Full circle. Try Tenri if you have a chance.

Love it!

Very cool video chadi! Hope you also get a lot of tail in Japan :D

Super humbling and formative to see how this guys know how to take a fall and accept when they got caught, I jealous for what you are doing Side note, I kinda like more french judo style

Congrats man

I don't think I've ever heard as much excitement in your voice as when you got launched into an alternate dimension at 2:22, xD.

Good work Chadi 💪👍

Very good also I give you points for not wearing a mask

Omg they are so incredibly skillfull

Just wondering how you communicate with them? In what language? Wonderful video. Incredible technique. This is the real technique based martial arts, not the athlete driven stuff we are accustomed to nowadays.

Good martial arts practitioners say what you just said. lolol Now you know that learning from the original source is different. One should not talk about the path but walk that path.

Chadi, you should have a podcast. It wouldn't be that different from the things you are already doing. It would be a matter of providing more details about techniques since it's audio. You do not need to interview anybody. Think about it.

I really liked this video! I would like to know more about your time in Japan, in and outside of the Dojo.

Chadi, I love your videos, and I'd really like to show you some of the concepts I have written down. What is the best way to contact you? Thanks for making great stuff! - Jared

Thanks for the video and congratulations for coming to Japan. You should work on your kuzushi. Here in Japan and at the kodokan kuzushi is vital. European judo is all about power. We call it in Japan, laughingly, power judo. If we meet at the kodokan I would love to do randori with you.

While you are at Kodokan. Will you inquire about their opinion on the leg grab ban? I understand professional athletes only train according to the rules of the sport. But everyone does not want to be a professional player, so if someone wants to learn the complete martial art and not only the sport aspect of the art, do they teach it?

That is very impressive, one my coaches said that Japanese Judoka practice Hane Goshi all the time so their can transition into uchi mata and other sweeping hip throws

Oh shit; you're in Japan now? Shit; I would've loved to come by and meet you!

You're definitely fortunate!

God, I miss this so much!

Beautiful 🥋💪🏽🔥

Wait, are you in Japan right now? How? As far as I know there are no tourist visas at the moment due to the pandemic. Also, thank you so much for the content! If you have any interest in trying some Nishio Aikido let me know. :)

Chadi well done! David v Goliath 👍

Congrats you look so exited....that must had hurt!!..lol..

Even though you tried to prepare me by saying I got absolutely destroyed with this next one around 2 minutes in, I still was shook when I actually saw it a few seconds later lol, that was rude hahaha

I really hope Rokus visits the Kodokan to experience orthodox Japanese Judo. They understand the third leg principle and kuzushi very well, whereas in the west many Judoka rely upon brute strength and the push-pull to attain kuzushi.

Great video Chadi! Which techniques did you find or think works best against heavyweights?

I would suggest you work on your posture and movement. Standing in one place with your legs spread wide is an invitation to Uchimata (or any other throw for that matter). Perhaps repositioning your posture in a way that your hip is pointing towards the opponent (i.e. not exposing your whole torso to an attack) and constantly moving, would help your defence. Also, I would strongly suggest you start working on opposite side drop Seoinage/Seoi Otoshi against heawyweight opponents. Sacrificial throws against a person twice your size may not be as effective. Also, in addition to movement, try to acustom yourself with blocking attacks with your hip(s) and not only by hands. That's it Chadi. This keyboard Judo expert has spoken..😁