I know you joke about these videos not being exciting, but these grip detail videos are what im here for! Very few places teaching the basics like this!
This is great info. Please continue to teach us everything you know about judo, not only the things you think we'll find interesting. This is some really useful stuff that almost no one gets taught at regular dojos in the UK (not talking about special performance development ones). And therefore videos like this are for me some of the most interesting.
I want to clarify I do not look for trouble, but things can come up with friends explanations bumping people accidentally what ever but arm control can stop punches
Do you still prefer a collarbone-level lapel grip when the other person is significantly taller? I often feel too stretched out in that situation and settle for a lower grip which limits my options
Very important and insightful details. Like when to move your opponent for what reasons like changing gribs. And which gribs leads to what attack. This is also very important for defending against certain throws. I mean, im withe belt (although i guess im kinda talented in judo since i managed to throw many blue belts im randori). But i never thought about stuff like this. Its pretty basic, but so logical. If your opponents hands slides down your lapel, to a lower lapel gribs, the drop seio nage seems much more possible. Makes perfect sense if you think about it. Also if the lapel grib is very high, drop seio nage is rarely possible, because you have to reach all the way through the other side 😮 I also like that these details are well taught, very important, but not even that difficult or complex to grasp. If you compair it to like a x guard move from bij or worm guard, its much more strange of a concept to understand when you're new ❤🎉
Really like your explanation, this is the basic grip I was taught as a kid and reinforced by sensei Kenji Yamada, however I do not recall him going into the intricacies as you have here on this topic, explaining the power of the grip head control, .transition etc. I am 64 now with a fused back and 2 hips all replaced just in the last 11 months but not giving up on my martial arts. Still in recovery getting stronger but not giving up! I mostly stopped judo training do to divorce and other reason some time ago but even with issues still love it! I never quit my martial arts just stopped going to the judo dojo for a number of years. Nor am I giving up on training again but I will be very careful I also will teach a little as well. I like to grab this location on the lapel and generally at the elbow on the gi with my left hand. However in a situation I want to control someones arms so they don't punch and I want not to fight, in rare situations sometimes I go to both elbows to control the arms even if oly briefly to settle them down at very close grappling range! I have a great amount of experience with martial arts and knew some judo as young as 10 then started training in Gung Fu / Karate at the age of 18. when I was in my mid 20's I started Judo more seriously and added basic Judo falls, throws and mat work to my curriculum. I have all ways been interested in Judo since I was a kid because my next door neighbors were Japanese and my father had a sandan judo employee named hirio. So my father was always wanting me to get involved in Judo, but at first I was a bit scared when I went to visit Seattle dojo at its current location. As a result of being scared as a kid I started kind of late! Seattle dojo was the first dojo in the US opened around the turn of the 20th century, Point is I still love judo and it has saved my goose more than once knowing how to fall and more. Kenji Yamada is dead now since 2015 and I miss him, but twice he was national champ and once he lost the championship, I think in 1955 to in a decision to Gene Label who out weighed him by 60 pounds. The guy was incredible even At 67 years old. I was strangled out by his son Allen once in randori, sensei stopped it as I was going out seeing fuzzy green, so I was safe, but although I was a teacher and black belt in a style of Gung Fu/ Karate which I teach with a fair amount of experience in judo Allen was far better than I at Judo and all tough I took him down and was on top, he had control and took me out with cross gi strangle. Good memory's and useful knowledge I will never forget! Love Judo, still learning! A life long journey! Thanks for what you do!
Loved the gripping content. Great facial expressions from uke at the 2:00 mark. Perfect move for anyone who might want to date your teenage daughter to slam against the wall and stare down.
