Really cool! I don't know why youtube algorithm hasn't suggested the channel to me, learned about it from Julien Brulard's video. I just love it when I can find a Japanese judoka in "west" sharing the knowledge and training styles, it's been really helpful. It's funny to see how the pull is the problem for some people, because we relative beginners have consistently one problem: pulling too hard. Like not having the speed and mobility to turn and squat the hip under before the uke smashes onto your back and you end up stuck standing up, uke not losing balance. Learning one thing and then relearning another thing over and over again. Personally I practiced morote seoi nage all summer and I still find this video massively helpful. Just seeing the form, positions and movement from one position to another in balance, the timing. It's a beautiful technique and a really good learning tool for getting familiar with many fundamental things in judo standing techniques, but it's difficult to master. I find in adult beginners or people who had a long break, having the mobility and leg strength to squat down with upright back is the number one restriction I see in literally everyone. People are really, really uncomfortable about squatting while turning, squatting deep, squatting with upright back and having feet not together when squatting. If they get the hips lower, they can't hold the back upright, and if they hold the back upright, they can't squat, and if they try both, they fall over. Which has led me to think that olympic weightlifting style deep high bar back squats at the gym would be the perfect accessory to judo training. At least going towards 1,5x bodyweight for me has brought tremendous confidence in different judo positions and not having to be concerned about legs tiring out when practicing repetitions on the throw. I love the talk about being a good uke too. When you progress with others past the first beginner stage, doing the good uke things come to you naturally and your training partners do it naturally, and then when you practice with actual beginners again, you're completely lost and confused because they don't have the concept of what they need to be doing as uke. And you might've never thought about how important the skill of the uke is. Exactly those things, narrow stance, staggered stance, bent over stance, being too loose or too tense. And when you grab a good uke, you can just feel it right away. They're not a bag of jelly yet they don't resist hard, they move easily when you do the right things. They feel like a person who doesn't want to do what you want them to do automatically, but they don't fight you either. One thing I learned from practicing morote seoi nage etc with partners who were different levels of proficiency was that it's always worse if you're afraid of getting thrown. Even if their technique is a bit off and they use a bit more force than technique, it's always worse to go down if you're afraid. Because you resist and they have to use more force and you end up in a worse position. And your ukemi improves from taking those throws as well. And you do get some adaptations to handle being thrown better if you get thrown as well. But it's terrible to try to throw someone if they are really loose like a bag of jelly and lower their hips and try to get around you and just don't let the throw happen, hang onto your back, you feel sorry for them when you try to still finish the throw. I feel like we should probably have a session practicing being a good uke, like how to walk or stand and hold your body up in my club now that we have had multiple first timers.
Really cool! I don't know why youtube algorithm hasn't suggested the channel to me, learned about it from Julien Brulard's video. I just love it when I can find a Japanese judoka in "west" sharing the knowledge and training styles, it's been really helpful.
It's funny to see how the pull is the problem for some people, because we relative beginners have consistently one problem: pulling too hard. Like not having the speed and mobility to turn and squat the hip under before the uke smashes onto your back and you end up stuck standing up, uke not losing balance. Learning one thing and then relearning another thing over and over again. Personally I practiced morote seoi nage all summer and I still find this video massively helpful. Just seeing the form, positions and movement from one position to another in balance, the timing. It's a beautiful technique and a really good learning tool for getting familiar with many fundamental things in judo standing techniques, but it's difficult to master.
I find in adult beginners or people who had a long break, having the mobility and leg strength to squat down with upright back is the number one restriction I see in literally everyone. People are really, really uncomfortable about squatting while turning, squatting deep, squatting with upright back and having feet not together when squatting. If they get the hips lower, they can't hold the back upright, and if they hold the back upright, they can't squat, and if they try both, they fall over. Which has led me to think that olympic weightlifting style deep high bar back squats at the gym would be the perfect accessory to judo training. At least going towards 1,5x bodyweight for me has brought tremendous confidence in different judo positions and not having to be concerned about legs tiring out when practicing repetitions on the throw.
I love the talk about being a good uke too. When you progress with others past the first beginner stage, doing the good uke things come to you naturally and your training partners do it naturally, and then when you practice with actual beginners again, you're completely lost and confused because they don't have the concept of what they need to be doing as uke. And you might've never thought about how important the skill of the uke is. Exactly those things, narrow stance, staggered stance, bent over stance, being too loose or too tense. And when you grab a good uke, you can just feel it right away. They're not a bag of jelly yet they don't resist hard, they move easily when you do the right things. They feel like a person who doesn't want to do what you want them to do automatically, but they don't fight you either.
One thing I learned from practicing morote seoi nage etc with partners who were different levels of proficiency was that it's always worse if you're afraid of getting thrown. Even if their technique is a bit off and they use a bit more force than technique, it's always worse to go down if you're afraid. Because you resist and they have to use more force and you end up in a worse position. And your ukemi improves from taking those throws as well. And you do get some adaptations to handle being thrown better if you get thrown as well. But it's terrible to try to throw someone if they are really loose like a bag of jelly and lower their hips and try to get around you and just don't let the throw happen, hang onto your back, you feel sorry for them when you try to still finish the throw. I feel like we should probably have a session practicing being a good uke, like how to walk or stand and hold your body up in my club now that we have had multiple first timers.
What a great way to teach children about trust! Well done 🙏
Very good and practical for me. Thank you very much.
What a great teacher
Very interesting as always ! I liked the end about trust !
Ps, subtitles like that is good, even if yo uspeak polish
Excelkent.
Love this! Thank you!!!
but i have trust issues🙊