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Konan member club Judan Judo of Portland IN is hosting the 2012 Mid-West Collegiate Judo Championships on March 3, 2010. Location: West Jay Junior High School 140 Highland Ave. Dunkirk, IN 47336 Registration/Weigh-in: 9am-10:30am Opening Ceremonies: 11:00am Competition to follow Entry Fee: $30.00/$15.00 2nd Division, May fight Novice and Standard but only one weight division Tournament Directors: Vickie [...]
Source: Konan Judo : Mid-West Collegiate Judo Championships – March 3, 2012 | 27 Jan 2012 | 1:13 pm
The IBJJF European Open started yesterday with the blue belts. The results are slowly trickling in. There were 87 guys in the blue belt middleweight division. I was positive that at least one of the guys I knew would medal. They did not. And then I started doing some research, and realized that this division had some very good competitors. About 10 of the 87 could win gold on any given day.
I know that the blue belt is commonly thought of as a beginner rank, but the guys that win these divisions do not have many holes in their game. They are by no stretch of the imagination “beginners”. Many have spent 3 to 4 years training daily (if not twice daily). What’s clear to me is that several of these guys will beat me 9 out of 10 times if I am passive and let them play their game. For example, the first place winner looks to be a triangle guy. I know if I stick around in his closed guard long enough I will get triangled. The answer for me is to be the aggressor, to not allow the closed guard, or if it happens to very aggressively work to split it.
Marcelo Garcia put it well in his new book on advanced jiu jitsu that you must always be threatening some kind of attack. At every moment of the roll, you are winning if you keep your opponent on the defensive. That requires a certain mindset that to me doesn’t come naturally. I have to develop it in training.
Here’s a video of the first place winner (Julio dos Anjos):
Here’s a video of the second place winner (David Hulland):
I have to be honest and say that I am genuinely intimidated by the level of competition at this tournament. It’s a wake up call that I have to do the things I know I need to do to win. That’s a confusing sentence. But basically, many of us know what needs to be done to accomplish a certain goal. You can write it down on paper. You can visualize doing it. Actually doing it is a whole another challenge, especially with many forces from the real-world putting stumbling blocks in your path.
I won’t make promises that I will win. But I can promise that I will give it everything I got.
Jared is fighting tomorrow! Osss.
Source: Lex's Training Blog : Eighty Seven Reasons to Train Harder | 27 Jan 2012 | 11:29 am
Hoy, en la localidad onubense de Punta Umbría se disputa la Copa de España Cadete. Nuestros deportistas se medirán con lo mejor del territorio nacional. Esto podrá servir para posicionarse en el Ranking nacional para posteriores eventos y con miras … Sigue leyendo →
Source: Cuaderno de Bitácora del Club Forum : COPA DE ESPAÑA CADETE | 27 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
Room for unconventional Thought.
Traditional judo is the backbone of the sport, however the contest judoka has to move from the safe perimeter of tradition, encompass unconventional methods to be successful within elite level of competition.
To succeed at elite level, you will need many skills, intelligence of thought, planning and preparation...
Source: JudoForum Blogs : Eddie Mullen mullen's Blog - Room for Unconventional Thought. | 27 Jan 2012 | 9:24 am
It was nice to nice Oli back in the class tonight as I haven’t seen him since early December. Also Stewart was also present for the first time this year which meant we had a total of 6 seniors tonight, which isn’t great but a lot better than the last couple of weeks.
After our initial warm up, Peter had us go in to some light Newaza and after 10 minutes or so he told us to practice as many turnovers we knew in a minute. At this point I was paired with Big Stuart. I started with the usual turnover in to Kesa-gatame and then a couple of variations in to Juji-gatame but then my mind went blank. Big Stuart added a couple more but he also ran out of ideas. After a few minutes Graeme and Peter proceeded to show us a nice couple of turnovers, both of which I remember being shown before but the fact that none of us remembered them showed that we needed to drill them again. The one I remember the best was, with Uke in Turtle position you grab both collars with your front hand going over uke’s back but under his arm. Then you swing over uke with your momentum turning them over and pinning them as you have both their collars pulled under their arm pits.
Following the turnovers we went on to practice some Ashi-Waza (Foot sweeps). Last week I practiced Okuri-ashi-barai and we did it again this week but instead of practicing it in the usual manor where we both take side steps which sort of resemble something from Strictly Come Dancing, we did it this time using circular movements. So I would step back and pull uke around and as his trailing foot catches up I lift and sweep the foot. We then followed a similar exercise for De-ashi-barai.
Before we progressed in to Randori, Graeme had us warm up again with some Uchikomi, Uchi-mata being the throw that I practiced the most.
My first opponent in Randori was Oli. I attacked a lot but wasn’t able to throw Oli but I did nearly get him with an Uchi-mata and an O-uchi-gari before being thrown a couple of times myself.
Next up was Big Stuart and I tried a different strategy with him. I had seen a nice video on the Judo Forum recently over a Tai-otoshi in to Tani-otishi combination which I liked the look of so I decided to try this out on Stuart. I came to the conclusion at the end that I need to practice this one a lot more and probably need to commit more on the Tai-otoshi.
My final opponent was Peter and I finally managed a throw, a nice O-uchi-gari, although I had to really drive and hop forward to get him to fall.
Something I purposely did against everyone tonight was to take a higher grip, around their collars and my initial thoughts were that I had better control over everyone. Of course they are all much higher grades than me so it’s hard to say for sure but I guess I’ll find out when I enter this competition in February.
Source: Judo is only gentle for the guy on top : Turnovers and Ashi-Waza | 27 Jan 2012 | 4:53 am
