Ude Gatame • Atemi • Yoko Wakare (Week in Review) | Jukido Jujitsu 

So glad you enjoy it! All the best to you on the path!

He teaches real jiu-jitsu and not sport such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu, I'm not marginalization bjj but this style of jiu-jitsu you usually find in Europe such as Billy Doak from Wales. Also, don't forget to listen to his interview on podcast/RU-vid and its a must to purchase his book.

Billy Doak Sensei, while I never met him, seems like an absolute monster as a technician (I mean that in the absolutely best sense) and one hell of a jujutsuka. His old seminar footage has some strong waza. In any case, thank you again for being such a strong supporter of our work! All the best! 🥋

@r89, thank you for the comment. Happy to know that the analogy worked. Feel free to subscribe to our RU-vid channel for additional videos. We also have plenty of material on our Facebook page as well. Sincerely appreciate your interest. Osu!

@@JukidoAcademy OSU I shall check it out !

Thanks for your kind words regarding the video. Regarding "knowing" what we will or will not disagree with and what our reasons for doing so might or might not be -- I would encourage you to allow others to express their positions before presuming any conclusions. Hopefully, my brief reply will help but the reply itself (like the video) is only a glimpse and can never fully articulate the all nuance that the art encompasses in technique, tactics, mindset, or strategy. With respect to relaxing: It is much more nuanced than the two choices of "relax" or "tense." The truth is that both elements are needed to make an effective strike. It goes without saying that, generally speaking, one shouldn't be "limp" (which is not what is intended by the word: relax) when striking. On the other hand, physics and biomechanics make it quite clear that speed/velocity is a key to generating force. If we use a car as an analogy...if the brakes are tight/tense/engaged - the car isn't moving or certainly isn't moving efficiently. Pressing on the gas pedal while the brake is also engaged is a waste of resources, slow, and not effective with respect to movement. On the flipside, if we needed to use the car to hit something - we don't want it to be flimpy either. We want the structure to have "tightness" or physical integrity when it hits. Like a missle - it needs be free/relaxed to move with speed after initial thrust (as in body rotation) but it must have solid form/structure in movement for maximum impact. Hopefully that makes some sense. Given that most people, especially beginners, are usually "tight" to begin with when learning basics - "relax" is a broad brush simplification to allow for kinetic flow/linking in striking techniques. In real self-defense the idea isn't to "relax" as in a day at the spa or while watching the sports game on TV. That is not the spirit of the word in that context. Like basketball player throwing a 3-point shot during the final seconds of the game...he might be nervous and not "relaxed" in that sense but he must also allow his body to move, through countless hours of training, to move as biomechanically efficiently as possible in that key movement ("relaxed") despite the high pressure situation. With respect to "not needing" hip rotation, etc. I would agree that in certain situations, it isn't necessary but it is all about the context, purpose, and target of the strike. Unlike what you suggested, I wouldn't discount those types of strikes at all -- again, context and nuance is key. There is no one-size fits all -- anyone who assumes otherwise is, combatively wrong. You're right. We don't necessarily have to agree but we also don't have to assume to know before we actually know, that there will be disagreement. Again, much better discussed in real time and on a mat -- but in the spirit of martial arts, I hope my comments are taken as they are intended. In the spirit of learning and open mindness. Thanks for your support and all the best in your training!

@@JukidoAcademy Knowing what the other would say, has to do do with experience, it's not magic. Yes, I could have been wrong, but I wasn't. All of what you said is known and have their merit. BUT, you spoke of relaxing, you showed yourself relaxing, and both of these are in the video. That is the context. If you have to, see it again to remember what I saw and heard to understand where I'm coming from. You use the car analogy that many use; it's unfitting. We are not cars. To prove it, put the "brakes" on, tighten up your arm, and do a lightning fast punch.... (See e.g. Hung gar kung fu) You can, it's destructive, very hard for the uke to deflect and the speed is great. I use no rotation, not even a step. That YOU NEED to rotate to have power or speed is another traditional cliche, it's also wrong. As long as your arm, shoulder are muscularly connected, the needed weight is behind the strike. Point is, relaxing and rotating hip, to have an effective strike is not needed and it's not natural in a fight where you must adapt emotionally to respecting the danger aspects at hand. Over-tensing arms, is not natural either of course. The only con side of not relaxing, is you use more energy; if it gets the job done, I'm fine with that, I have energy to waste. The basketball player knows he's in a game, that he is no danger and knows he can be relaxed enough to shoot the ball in the basket. Nothing to do with a fight. I don't need to quarrel with you. You can have the last word, I will not reply, unless you ask me something, then I might reply. We agree at least on some points, not that we have to agree on anything(we agree on that too), just chatting. Keep doing what you do. Have a nice day! Oss.

Thanks for the discussion. I agree no need to think of the discussion as a "quarrel." While I think the tone seems quite absolute in both your words and your underlying assumptions with my words -- I don't see that much will get accomplished through text in RU-vid comments. Analogies, aren't perfect. No debate there. My point was to try to make an accessible analogy - while imperfect (as are all analogies) - in order to try to communicate an idea in good faith. Obviously, we aren't cars but the baseline realities of energy transfer remains. Again, expressing one method of transfer, whether thought of as clique or not, is not the same as making a statement that it is the only way. You nailed it - we definitely disagree on a few points. However, like many online discussions, this *might* be as the result of trying to express the realities of physical techniques through written text. It could well be that, in person, there might be more agreement than less. Either way, I appreciate you sharing your perspective and your support for our channel - despite the differences in approach. Happy Holidays!

Much appreciation, Master Peterson! Ossu!