There is so much perfection to work on, that you’re always going to wish that you were 20 years younger. Im way passed my prime yet still working to improve my technique.
I swear Inoue's Uchimata at 0:46 is one of the most beautiful throws of all time! Even the way he lands and goes into his celebration looks so fluid and awesome.
These comprehensive analysis/breakdown/explanations are great, simply wonderful, definitely the best judo videos you can find anywhere, just love this video in particular, because it's really explains why I've had such difficulties with uchimata, and also explains why it works a lot better when I do the left uchimata in competitions even though I'm right handed :) keep up the great work! :)
Excellent video! In Japan, the "elbow-up" grip is referred to as the 'Tenri' grip. Besides it being a religious movement, Tenri is known as a very strong school of Judoka. I forgot his name but the style was developed by taller judoka (as your analysis pointed out that classic grips are more difficult against crouching or shorter opponents) and is used in throws like uchimata and even osoto. Famous Judoka from the Tenri school include Shinohara, Anai, and many others.
@@JudoLife No doubt Rouge was amazing as well. I bought his masterclass book to improve my harai goshi and his tips ended up improving my ashi guruma as well.
I share this with everyone, so now you have to make more. :) But seriously though, I could never pull of an uchimata in randori until I watched this, now it's one of my best combination openers. Hats off to you, sir.
Remember years ago when i was a white belt, seeing this video so many times, all the joy of discover new things, this analysis blew my mind, so great memories, I never wad good at uchi mata but seeing this video I still can remember those early days in my judo club
At 6'3" if I were going against an opponent who is 5'10" (which is still relatively tall), to drop low enough to tuck the elbow would be entirely counterproductive. If I take a high grip, the only logical movement is the elbow up, pushing the head down. At that point, it's my sweeping leg that makes the throw happen. I can push their head down with the elbow up, but I must sweep back high enough to make uke's feet leave the mat.
Excellent video and break down of Uchi Mata. The sport and growth of Judo would grow in my opinion if general teaching took this sort of approach (classical/demonstration & practical/resisting opponent. As a Judoka; its sort of tough to watch the growth of BJJ and the popularity while Judo kind of stays stagnant.
+bstn20 Love hearin stuff like this :) Glad its been helpful for you. When I first learned this stuff, it completely changed my perspective on uchimata
Just found your channel. It is awesome!!! I would really like to see more videos, these are by far the best educational material I've seen on YT!!! Thanks!
Thanks! Tons of work goes into each video, so hearing stuff like this really means a lot to me. Production of videos is on hold right now, but there'll be new content later this year.
this is fuckin outstanding. excellent analysis. i hope I'll See much more of work like this. you can learn so much from actual fights if they're just explained like this
Well explained :) one times i did Fell on my head (hansokumake) and it hurts so hard ! u really need to have the perfect movement and its why judo is difficult to Master !
Amazing video here -- the work you put into this is incredible. One thing I would like to point out is that for me, the key benefit of the high elbow / high collar variation is that it allows the tori to start their rotation at the same time (or even slightly before) they fit their body in place. Combined with the one-step entry, that means the tori's footwork, body fit-in, and rotation all happen in one single step. This makes the throw very untelegraphed, even from a long range. Compare that to the traditional version of uchi-mata, which requires 2 steps to close the distance, a jarring body fit-in that disrupts the uke's balance and loads their weight, and finally the the rotation to finish the throw. In theory it's all one motion, but in practice it is not as fast or difficult to read as the high-elbow one-step version. It's related to the ability to get around the stiff-arm, but not quite the same. Someone using the traditional uchi-mata can still get around the stiff-arm by knocking the uke's posts away, or with superior grip fighting. However, their throw will undoubtedly be slower and more telegraphed than Kosei Inoue's, which he initiates from long range.
Amazing, I though I sucked for uchi mata as I am the tallest guy and get countered for almost everyone but I´ll drop traditional version except for exams...
I have seen this kind of analysis done in print media but this is the first time that I have encountered it in video form. Excellent job! It must have been a lot of work to put together. Hopefully, something similar can be done for all of judo , including hold-downs and submission techniques.
I don't know if I'll ever get back to making videos :( I'm in grad school now, so my video making days might be over. I hope someday another youtuber comes out with great videos and credits me as a source of inspiration haha
@@ChrisRoooock oh yes please! Sitting at home with months without judo during corona this is something to lift the spirit and to develope our understanding of Judo. Please keep up the great work!
Great analysis! I've always been struggling with uchi-mata - I would lift the leg of the dude and then we're just bunny-hopping around, both of us on one leg. I couldn't understand how those brown belt thugs make me fly like it's nothing. This video should really help me improve my technique.
It shouldn't have taken me this long to find your videos, but I'm glad I found them. Great videos! Love the clear explanations with the vector arrows. Those help a lot. Keep up the great work! -new subscriber
Thnx. apreciated. grt stuff btw. best ive seen on uchimata. personally i think its also the dashing in and the invilvemenet of the whole torso that make it more of a goshi type throw. hybrib throws are the future of judo. :)
Very nice video. I really appreciate the discussion regarding hip position (goshi vs. ashi) about mid way through the video. The throw was never about the outer leg. It’s always supposed to have been upper inner thigh. And , in fact, in competition, it always ends up there as the most common effective execution.
Thanks Thomas! For years, I was confused by the prevalence and success of outside and top grips. I'm truly grateful to the instructors who explained and detailed this to me. I knew I had to share this knowledge with more judoka :)
Nice vid. Your right people should teach this style if their judoka are entering comps. I have pulled off the text book uchimata against lower level comp and rondori on taller opponents. But this is the more effective technique on same size or shorter opposition. Have you done a video on setups or combinations for uchimata or morote seoi?
+79outlaw There's two videos on combinations but they're more conceptual than throw specific. And the set-ups shown are more linear, haven't covered circular stuff.
+Lucas Peclat Thanks Lucas! Theres a very specific ashi-waza video thats in the works, but everything has been on hold for a while. For now, the ashi-waza content is more combination centric
This gets into a whole additional topic that I wish I knew more about and had time to make a video on. I've seen some videos of Koreans teaching uchimata broken down into smaller steps that help build up to this competition style of uchimata. Personally, I like having uke start bent forward during uchikomi/nagekomi. This helps students work on the body movement rather than using their arms too much or with too much stiffness. Having uke bent forward simulates a situation where tori has already created a good setup/situation for uchimata and can focus/practice on just the mechanics of the throw (pushing uke's head down/forward and elevating uke's hips with the leg sweep). I hope these tips help! This is just my personal preference on how to help people learn the basic mechanics of uchimata in an ideal scenario.
+Tomás Martínez Roeske Yes, I rather focus on body motion and off-balance rather than elbow loading & strength. Gotta look at the mechanics of the throw and figure out what fits into and complements that action.
Nice work buddy, its sad you didn't kept up with it. Regardless of your purpose making and uploading the videos, you can make a fortune monetizing these videos
Thanks! I'll get back to making these, just taking a break for a while. Since I don't own any of this footage, I can't monetize the youtube views. I am planning on starting a Patreon account once I get back at it tho. Hoping I can count on your support in the future :)
much appreciated! When I get back to making videos, I'll start up a patreon account for all you grappling junkies to donate on. You'll get your chance to put your money where your mouth is haha. I'm really happy to hear you've enjoyed/benefited from my videos. Part of why I created all this stuff is to share practical judo concepts with ALL grapplers, not just judo people. I'm jealous that BJJ has so many incredible competitors and teachers who show techniques online and make BJJ much more accessible than judo or wrestling.
Sorry to hear you don't do judo anymore. Part of why I make these videos is so that someday, when I can no longer train, I will still have a persisting contribution to the judo community. And hopefully for people who cannot train, they can still learn and enjoy judo :)
I remember doing the elbow up when I was a beginner and got scolded since it may damage my shoulder. But after 2 years, my coach never say anything probably he knows I can sense my limit. It’s an awkward break balance for sure.
Depends on many factors. My instructors taught me to aim for the middle, so that's what I recommend. But there's many styles of uchimata and there's countless factors that come into play.
Some techniques work much better as the taller player. Much depends on the style and preference of your instructors. Tall players have advantages like being able to control the opponent's head well (among many other things).
What should the high-elbow hand be doing during the throw? Should that hand be making a pulling action to try to maintain body contact or should it just be to maintain a grip? I feel like when I try to exert any type of action with that high-elbow arm for this uchi mata i put a lot of strain on my rotator cuff
Hey, I know this is a year old comment and you've probably figured it out by now, but I'd still like to drop my thoughts for anyone else reading. I believe the answer to your question is nothing. You do nothing with that arm. The only reason for you to drive your elbow up/sideways is to remove your shoulder and arm from blocking you into entering the proper throwing position. It's not the lapel hand that makes uchimata work. It's entering the proper throwing position and gluing uke to yourself, reaping the leg, rotating your torso and pulling uke's sleeve. When you understand this, it's also easy to understand why an over-the-top grip is so effective for uchimata, as well as harai goshi and ashi guruma.
@@Bl2EAKINThank you for the response! Yeah, I figured out in a lot of testing on how that arm should behave. It really is just doing "nothing" for everyone else reading this. I initially use a big pull for kuzushi and to get myself into position then lean + tilt which lifts Uke off the ground. From there it's just a matter of rotation to complete the throw
The elbow goes up because it's quicker and that's where the elbow is. The majority of kosotogake are done in a sutemi fashion, that doesn't mean you should try to sacrifice yourself. The classical version is designed with the principle of seiryoku zenyo (maximum efficiency) in mine. Your elbow contributes, it forces the uke to tilt. But if your elbow goes up, then you're fighting gravity and your elblw isn't participating in the attack. It's like how a lot of chess games have a rook in the corner for the whole thing while the other pieces attack, that doesn't mean that you should try and put your rook in the corner where it's helpless. It just happens that opportunities present themselves where you can win without that extra step. You shouldn't want your elbow to float up there. It's a waste of energy, and a big one as well, it taked over 10N of forfe to put your elbow up there, and still more than 10N to keep it there. That's a waste of energy you shouldn't see as a blessing. Yes it is simplified, but you shouldn't want to perform the simplified version where your technique will suffer because of it. It is simply inefficient to waste over half of your most important limb. Hidehiko Yoshida and Kousei Inoue are so great at spotting the opportunities and creating the kuzishi for uchimata that they don't need to worry about this bit of technique. Just like if muhammed ali fought some random dude, ali woudn't have had to keep his guard up, or pivot to angles parallel to the opponent, he'd be able to turn on the spot and still win with bad technique because the little technique he does use is so much greater than his opponent's. It's like how a good chess player could face a child and win even if he gives up his own queen, that doesn't mean that you should. Those are my thoughts on it anyway
I should add that this applies when uke is similar sixe or taller than you. Ylur elbow can create more leverage to off balance uke. But if uke is bent over or smaller than you, then the elbow up variation is quite effective and efficient Everything needs context, that's what real scientists understands. It's what separates physics from mathematics
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This is PhD level Judo teaching...! Thanks a lot...Wish I was 20 years younger :)
There is so much perfection to work on, that you’re always going to wish that you were 20 years younger. Im way passed my prime yet still working to improve my technique.
I swear Inoue's Uchimata at 0:46 is one of the most beautiful throws of all time! Even the way he lands and goes into his celebration looks so fluid and awesome.
please come back judo mat lab.
These comprehensive analysis/breakdown/explanations are great, simply wonderful, definitely the best judo videos you can find anywhere, just love this video in particular, because it's really explains why I've had such difficulties with uchimata, and also explains why it works a lot better when I do the left uchimata in competitions even though I'm right handed :)
keep up the great work! :)
Excellent video! In Japan, the "elbow-up" grip is referred to as the 'Tenri' grip. Besides it being a religious movement, Tenri is known as a very strong school of Judoka. I forgot his name but the style was developed by taller judoka (as your analysis pointed out that classic grips are more difficult against crouching or shorter opponents) and is used in throws like uchimata and even osoto. Famous Judoka from the Tenri school include Shinohara, Anai, and many others.
Also, Rougé, the hane-goshi expert Frenchman from many years ago, did elbow up style hip throws. He was tall.
@@JudoLife No doubt Rouge was amazing as well. I bought his masterclass book to improve my harai goshi and his tips ended up improving my ashi guruma as well.
I share this with everyone, so now you have to make more. :)
But seriously though, I could never pull of an uchimata in randori until I watched this, now it's one of my best combination openers. Hats off to you, sir.
+Joe Borisson That's great to hear Joe! You have no idea how happy that makes me. Feedback like this really drives me to work on these things.
Remember years ago when i was a white belt, seeing this video so many times, all the joy of discover new things, this analysis blew my mind, so great memories, I never wad good at uchi mata but seeing this video I still can remember those early days in my judo club
This is the best "How to" Uchimata video I have ever watched.
Really appreciated all the details explanation, thank you so much!
At 6'3" if I were going against an opponent who is 5'10" (which is still relatively tall), to drop low enough to tuck the elbow would be entirely counterproductive. If I take a high grip, the only logical movement is the elbow up, pushing the head down. At that point, it's my sweeping leg that makes the throw happen. I can push their head down with the elbow up, but I must sweep back high enough to make uke's feet leave the mat.
+Red Dragon Diaries I am 5and 10 which is tall here and yes, classical kumi kata will never work against a smaller guy unless is a demostration---
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The controlling elbow is eye-opening to me. Thanks you so much!
Why are you not uploading more
This is of phenomenal help
Please do the right thing and upload more oh good sir
Very detailed and clear to understand explanations!
Great job and great editing.
Excellent video and break down of Uchi Mata. The sport and growth of Judo would grow in my opinion if general teaching took this sort of approach (classical/demonstration & practical/resisting opponent. As a Judoka; its sort of tough to watch the growth of BJJ and the popularity while Judo kind of stays stagnant.
Uchimata the most beautiful technique of judo,i love this technique,amazing video.
+jose rodriguez Thanks Jose!
This is the best judo breakdown I’ve seen on RUclips keep it up and this channel will blow up!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Please share the love with your training partners :D
@@JudoMatLab please start uploading again bro 🙏
Great stuff!! Wish I had this 10 years ago.
Wooooow this is littlerally the first time ever in the history of RUclips that the music isn't mind numbingly bad....good job
This is probably the most helpful Judo video I've ever seen. Thanks guys!
+bstn20 Love hearin stuff like this :) Glad its been helpful for you. When I first learned this stuff, it completely changed my perspective on uchimata
Another great one, and on my favourite throw! You guys are becoming the best judo source on the internet. Keep it up!
Just found your channel. It is awesome!!! I would really like to see more videos, these are by far the best educational material I've seen on YT!!! Thanks!
Thanks! Tons of work goes into each video, so hearing stuff like this really means a lot to me.
Production of videos is on hold right now, but there'll be new content later this year.
Congratulations!!!! Great job to explain The Ushimata's technique.
this is fuckin outstanding. excellent analysis. i hope I'll See much more of work like this. you can learn so much from actual fights if they're just explained like this
and it's amazing that this just scratches the surface of what's going on and all the tactics and minutiae that lead to a win or loss
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Thank you, whoever you are, for this brilliant breakdown!
you are doing a marvelous job here, contributing and sharing among fellow judokas, hats off for you Judo Mat Lab!
Well explained :) one times i did Fell on my head (hansokumake) and it hurts so hard ! u really need to have the perfect movement and its why judo is difficult to Master !
Very good breakdown 👍
Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it!
we need more videos like those, they're SO helpful! provide great content of understanding technique!
Thanks!! So glad to hear you liked it! Hope this helped your judo and gave you some useful insights :D
Great training ad those arrows for the direction to pull is the best. Thank you for the details
Excellent Left on Right explanations
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Great staff many thanks.
Brilliant stuff!!! Keep them coming!! Also, love the tunes by Tycho ❤😊
Nice work as always.
Amazing video here -- the work you put into this is incredible.
One thing I would like to point out is that for me, the key benefit of the high elbow / high collar variation is that it allows the tori to start their rotation at the same time (or even slightly before) they fit their body in place. Combined with the one-step entry, that means the tori's footwork, body fit-in, and rotation all happen in one single step. This makes the throw very untelegraphed, even from a long range.
Compare that to the traditional version of uchi-mata, which requires 2 steps to close the distance, a jarring body fit-in that disrupts the uke's balance and loads their weight, and finally the the rotation to finish the throw. In theory it's all one motion, but in practice it is not as fast or difficult to read as the high-elbow one-step version.
It's related to the ability to get around the stiff-arm, but not quite the same. Someone using the traditional uchi-mata can still get around the stiff-arm by knocking the uke's posts away, or with superior grip fighting. However, their throw will undoubtedly be slower and more telegraphed than Kosei Inoue's, which he initiates from long range.
Amazing, I though I sucked for uchi mata as I am the tallest guy and get countered for almost everyone but I´ll drop traditional version except for exams...
I have seen this kind of analysis done in print media but this is the first time that I have encountered it in video form. Excellent job! It must have been a lot of work to put together. Hopefully, something similar can be done for all of judo , including hold-downs and submission techniques.
Incredible analysis! Thank you so much!
Awesome stuff as always! This may be my favorite one yet!
Will you be back at posting? Please keep up with this amazing work.
I don't know if I'll ever get back to making videos :( I'm in grad school now, so my video making days might be over. I hope someday another youtuber comes out with great videos and credits me as a source of inspiration haha
That last Uchi Mata was art honestly.
I couldn't agree more. That was a fun one to analyze haha
@@JudoMatLab Hey, I think Im speaking for everyone that we miss your videos. Is there any chance for a comeback?
@@ChrisRoooock oh yes please! Sitting at home with months without judo during corona this is something to lift the spirit and to develope our understanding of Judo. Please keep up the great work!
Great analysis! I've always been struggling with uchi-mata - I would lift the leg of the dude and then we're just bunny-hopping around, both of us on one leg. I couldn't understand how those brown belt thugs make me fly like it's nothing. This video should really help me improve my technique.
It shouldn't have taken me this long to find your videos, but I'm glad I found them. Great videos! Love the clear explanations with the vector arrows. Those help a lot. Keep up the great work! -new subscriber
Incredible. Thank you for the analysis. Wonderful.
What happen with this channel? That is an amazing stuff, I think more content like that would help a lot of people
Très belle vidéo avec beaucoup d'explications. Merci à vous.
Brilliant Analysis! I suck at Uchi-mata. thanks for the video.
Thnx. apreciated. grt stuff btw. best ive seen on uchimata. personally i think its also the dashing in and the invilvemenet of the whole torso that make it more of a goshi type throw. hybrib throws are the future of judo. :)
Really it's a very helpful video to me and those who really analysis yourself
Good job👍💯
Glad it's helped you! Feedback like this makes all the hours of work worthwhile
Very nice video. I really appreciate the discussion regarding hip position (goshi vs. ashi) about mid way through the video. The throw was never about the outer leg. It’s always supposed to have been upper inner thigh. And , in fact, in competition, it always ends up there as the most common effective execution.
Love the analysis...superb
What a great video!
Great video, I never understood why international judokas used the top grip. Excellent explanation!
Thanks Thomas! For years, I was confused by the prevalence and success of outside and top grips. I'm truly grateful to the instructors who explained and detailed this to me. I knew I had to share this knowledge with more judoka :)
thank you, that's what i looking for, very nice !
Excelent analysis! Best in youtube!
Great analysis
Your videos are gold
What a great video, thank you.
+Relic Wessels glad you enjoyed it :) thanks for watching and please share with your friends
awesome video
Great video! Love the detailed analysis
Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great analysis. Subbed! :)
thank you very much ,, i liked it all
Great video! Good content as usual.
Excellent! Thank you.
Nice vid. Your right people should teach this style if their judoka are entering comps. I have pulled off the text book uchimata against lower level comp and rondori on taller opponents. But this is the more effective technique on same size or shorter opposition. Have you done a video on setups or combinations for uchimata or morote seoi?
+79outlaw There's two videos on combinations but they're more conceptual than throw specific. And the set-ups shown are more linear, haven't covered circular stuff.
Very good video
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wonderful man... good work
Very instrutive...,
Thank you!
Love your vids ! Will you guys do one on ashi waza ? Could be helpful !
+Lucas Peclat Thanks Lucas! Theres a very specific ashi-waza video thats in the works, but everything has been on hold for a while. For now, the ashi-waza content is more combination centric
Awesome stuff
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
amazing analysis! thank you :)
thanks! I really enjoyed making this video :) a lot of love and work went into it
Top Stuff. My 5 clubs will see this. Thanks
The beat making me read all the captions in a Slick Rick voice
This is not the matlab I expected, nor the mat lab I deserved
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@@JudoMatLab You were doing god's work dude, mad respect
@@JudoMatLab Wish you could have more of these videos!
Ultra super omega Thanks
Aaaa my head is exploding! Mind blown, and to good music to boot. Happy to see Iliadis in there.
Took me half an hour to watch the 10 minute video.
+FlyMRIMicroscopy SAME!
best analysis!
Great video! How then should one practice uchimata in uchikomi/nagekomi? With the traditional technique or this competition technique?
This gets into a whole additional topic that I wish I knew more about and had time to make a video on. I've seen some videos of Koreans teaching uchimata broken down into smaller steps that help build up to this competition style of uchimata.
Personally, I like having uke start bent forward during uchikomi/nagekomi. This helps students work on the body movement rather than using their arms too much or with too much stiffness. Having uke bent forward simulates a situation where tori has already created a good setup/situation for uchimata and can focus/practice on just the mechanics of the throw (pushing uke's head down/forward and elevating uke's hips with the leg sweep). I hope these tips help! This is just my personal preference on how to help people learn the basic mechanics of uchimata in an ideal scenario.
More videos please!
It seems pretty simple to me: the reap takes precedence over the elbow leverage. It will almost always be more effective that way.
+Tomás Martínez Roeske Yes, I rather focus on body motion and off-balance rather than elbow loading & strength. Gotta look at the mechanics of the throw and figure out what fits into and complements that action.
Excellent
You must continu posting videos
Nice work buddy, its sad you didn't kept up with it.
Regardless of your purpose making and uploading the videos, you can make a fortune monetizing these videos
Thanks! I'll get back to making these, just taking a break for a while. Since I don't own any of this footage, I can't monetize the youtube views. I am planning on starting a Patreon account once I get back at it tho. Hoping I can count on your support in the future :)
+Judo Mat Lab Happy to tip anytime..
I would contribute SO HARD, as a BJJ guy who doesn't have any good judo around.
ditto, I'd rep a Judo Mat Lab t-shirt or patch
much appreciated! When I get back to making videos, I'll start up a patreon account for all you grappling junkies to donate on. You'll get your chance to put your money where your mouth is haha. I'm really happy to hear you've enjoyed/benefited from my videos. Part of why I created all this stuff is to share practical judo concepts with ALL grapplers, not just judo people. I'm jealous that BJJ has so many incredible competitors and teachers who show techniques online and make BJJ much more accessible than judo or wrestling.
great video, unfortunately i'm watching this after I left Judo lol...
Sorry to hear you don't do judo anymore.
Part of why I make these videos is so that someday, when I can no longer train, I will still have a persisting contribution to the judo community. And hopefully for people who cannot train, they can still learn and enjoy judo :)
thanks
I remember doing the elbow up when I was a beginner and got scolded since it may damage my shoulder. But after 2 years, my coach never say anything probably he knows I can sense my limit. It’s an awkward break balance for sure.
WTF 2YEARS AGO
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judo matlab you are my sensei ;)
haha you are too kind :)
Make more videos. Don't let people shut you up by revealing these secrets.
Does anyone know which inner though you should aim for....does that mean opponents left leg, right leg, down the middle, depends on stance?
Depends on many factors. My instructors taught me to aim for the middle, so that's what I recommend. But there's many styles of uchimata and there's countless factors that come into play.
Do must judo throws assume that the opponent is larger? This is prolly why i struggled with perfect technique as a taller guy
Some techniques work much better as the taller player. Much depends on the style and preference of your instructors. Tall players have advantages like being able to control the opponent's head well (among many other things).
What should the high-elbow hand be doing during the throw? Should that hand be making a pulling action to try to maintain body contact or should it just be to maintain a grip? I feel like when I try to exert any type of action with that high-elbow arm for this uchi mata i put a lot of strain on my rotator cuff
Hey, I know this is a year old comment and you've probably figured it out by now, but I'd still like to drop my thoughts for anyone else reading.
I believe the answer to your question is nothing. You do nothing with that arm. The only reason for you to drive your elbow up/sideways is to remove your shoulder and arm from blocking you into entering the proper throwing position.
It's not the lapel hand that makes uchimata work. It's entering the proper throwing position and gluing uke to yourself, reaping the leg, rotating your torso and pulling uke's sleeve.
When you understand this, it's also easy to understand why an over-the-top grip is so effective for uchimata, as well as harai goshi and ashi guruma.
@@Bl2EAKINThank you for the response! Yeah, I figured out in a lot of testing on how that arm should behave. It really is just doing "nothing" for everyone else reading this. I initially use a big pull for kuzushi and to get myself into position then lean + tilt which lifts Uke off the ground. From there it's just a matter of rotation to complete the throw
Grt video. but whats the song in the first half?
Walter White Blockhead - Carnivores Unite
Would it be reasonable to call Abe's throw something else, since even in explanation it's described as lift on hips and not leg?
Bro still doing vids?
I believe that's Kosei Ono
The elbow goes up because it's quicker and that's where the elbow is. The majority of kosotogake are done in a sutemi fashion, that doesn't mean you should try to sacrifice yourself.
The classical version is designed with the principle of seiryoku zenyo (maximum efficiency) in mine. Your elbow contributes, it forces the uke to tilt. But if your elbow goes up, then you're fighting gravity and your elblw isn't participating in the attack.
It's like how a lot of chess games have a rook in the corner for the whole thing while the other pieces attack, that doesn't mean that you should try and put your rook in the corner where it's helpless. It just happens that opportunities present themselves where you can win without that extra step.
You shouldn't want your elbow to float up there. It's a waste of energy, and a big one as well, it taked over 10N of forfe to put your elbow up there, and still more than 10N to keep it there. That's a waste of energy you shouldn't see as a blessing. Yes it is simplified, but you shouldn't want to perform the simplified version where your technique will suffer because of it. It is simply inefficient to waste over half of your most important limb.
Hidehiko Yoshida and Kousei Inoue are so great at spotting the opportunities and creating the kuzishi for uchimata that they don't need to worry about this bit of technique. Just like if muhammed ali fought some random dude, ali woudn't have had to keep his guard up, or pivot to angles parallel to the opponent, he'd be able to turn on the spot and still win with bad technique because the little technique he does use is so much greater than his opponent's. It's like how a good chess player could face a child and win even if he gives up his own queen, that doesn't mean that you should.
Those are my thoughts on it anyway
I should add that this applies when uke is similar sixe or taller than you. Ylur elbow can create more leverage to off balance uke. But if uke is bent over or smaller than you, then the elbow up variation is quite effective and efficient
Everything needs context, that's what real scientists understands. It's what separates physics from mathematics
Why do you stop uploading knew videos .. i am very sorry
I started grad school haha
Have you finish your grade school 😅
Your videos are very useful & importants
@@JudoMatLab Have you finished studying or are you still studying 😀?
what about harai?
+Michael Pan I don't know enough about harai to make a video yet. With harai you see a lot of the same arm action as uchimata though
This example of Uchi-Mata was also taught by non other than Koji Komuro:
ruclips.net/video/L5_d_3UDrY0/видео.html
New videos? Please…..
Sorry to say grad school has shelved judo practice and video editing for me :( Hope the videos have been helpful for you and your training partners!