She's so strong and stable is insane. Last time I saw her get thrown was like against Tonaki. If she doesn't win in Paris is going to be very surprising. Arai yesterday also won basically with newaza if I'm not mistaken, might be worth checking out. Nakamura from the -60kg also very good newaza. And what'd you think of Takayama getting the spot for Paris? Tbh Japan doesn't have anyone better and she's been the most stable this cycle, so I agree with the selection. It's a shame Ikeda, Kuroda, Inaba, etc (Sugimura had like only two chances as well) didn't get a chance of going to an international competition this cycle, I hope they get their chances for LA.
Good on Takayama. She's entertaining, win or lose. What's happening at Super-heavyweight? The last I was heard was that it would be Tomita or Sone and since then only Tomita has competed and didn't look good. Bit surprised that Arai turned Fontaine so easily. Fontaine's weight loss helped her tachiwaza in this tournament, but made her easier to pin.
It's impossible to beat Tsunoda.The person who teaches Tsunoda how to do ground training is the boyfriend of the top ground training technician in Japan. It’s a secret 🤔
I'm new to judo, I've only done a few lessons but have done a little bit of bjj too. So hopefully someone can clear it up for me; I'm sure in this tournament or maybe when I was watching replays from worlds I've seen people get penalised when their tomoe nage's didn't look enough like an attempt to throw. To me these look even more like guard pulls, especially the second takedown against the swedish judoka and the one against the spanish judoka. Is there anything in the technique I'm not seeing or should that really be ruled as more of a guard pull? Thanks
The rules are a mess, but what I've seen is that if the other judoka shows any sign of resisting the technique (bending knees, moving away, jumping over, etc) it is considered a valid technique and not a false attack.
When you practice one technique 10,000 times...They know it's coming and they can't stop it. And if they do stop it then the juji comes into play. Just the most unassuming female judoka. I always like how the euros try to intimidate her by trying to overpower her and being super aggressive. Then she nicely dismantles them.
That was an impressive display that Tsunoda did, I felt like the commentators gave her no credit, not even commenting on one of her final matches. I had to look for the tatami number and watch it with no commentary. I'd like to know, maybe someone can tell me, about her competition weight, did she come down from 52? What is the reason? It's ridiculous, she looked like she was toying with her competitors.
I meant that more in a figurative way. I mean this girl does not let it slip. If she sees a chance to win either by throw or ground work, she seizes it without compromise. Such persistence is admirable. Uta Abe is kind of the same. True judo spirit. @@iieheuskeiiil2120
What is it with BJJers taking credit for judo ? Most of the techniques in BJJ came from judo: whatever you get in BJJ that isn't in judo is forbidden in judo competition
