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Vacation Rentals Big Island — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:00:33 -0000

Most of it is a bit advanced for me being a yellow belt but I take from it what I can. I am contacting you for advice about injury.

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Dogs For Sale — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:45:12 -0000

When going for Uchimata, I cant seem to close the space between myself and my opponent. When i do close the space down, I cant get my leg tight or high enough to commit to the throw.

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Swing Sets — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:57:50 -0000

I get attacked frequently with ouchi gari to my left leg. There are counters that I have been taught to use when I am playing right handed. What are some counters I can use as a left handed player against right handed players attacking my left leg with ouchi gari? I need something to help me start developing a game plan.

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davecrowballs — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:21:09 -0000

Hi, I've just found the site and its amazing!.

Bit of a basic question here. I'm currently a yellow belt from Ireland.

When going for Uchimata, I cant seem to close the space between myself and my opponent. When i do close the space down, I cant get my leg tight or high enough to commit to the throw.

Could you recommend anything to correct this?
Thanks!
Dave

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davecrowballs — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:15:13 -0000

Hi, I'm a yellow belt from Ireland so I'm sorry if this seems like a very basic question.
When I'm trying fro an Uchimata i find it very hard to close down the space between myself and uke.
When I do manage to get in tight, I cant seem to get my leg up high enough to actually get the throw.

Could you recommend anything? Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
Thanks!
Dave

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remy2584 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:54:50 -0000

Sensei White,

I am not a judo student but I do study jiu jitsu. What do you recommend for acheiving better balance?

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donpendlay — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:27:48 -0000

Didn't you train originally in Monterey, California, under Sensei Baptiste?

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samuelfountain — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:01:07 -0000

Hello Sensei White! Thank you for giving such thoughtful info in your videos. Most of it is a bit advanced for me being a yellow belt but I take from it what I can. I am contacting you for advice about injury. Last week I injured my fellow Judoka during randori. I feel awful and need to learn as much as I can about how injury occurs in Judo so that I can do the most to make sure that it doesn't happen again. This particular injury happened when he was coming in for ouchi gari. I thought that he was trying a hip or forward throw so I tried to counter with tani otoshi. His leg was in between mine and I sat on his knee from the side bending it inward. I haven't seen him since to know the extent of the injury but I imagine that it can't be good. My Sensei's tell me that it is a common thing and that I didn't do anything wrong but I do feel awful and would like to never repeat this or other injury again.

Thank you
Samuel Fountain

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judofrank — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:58:27 -0000

duck under his right arm put your head on the other side with your right hand grab his right lapel turm in and drop keeping your posture like tsuri kome gosh iwhen turned in thrust hips up and with you left hand sweep his left leg

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saamchoy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:49:30 -0000

Your show rocks, and Judo is clearly an amazing art/sport. I am a short man (5' 4") and find many techniques are taught with taller Judoka's in mind. If one analyzes the typical defense these days, shorter players are at a serious disadvantage when it comes to attacking. It would be great if you focused some content from the perspective of being a shorter player.

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SEO Miami — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:45:49 -0000

i like ur teaching technique

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sabalo2001 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:55:50 -0000

It has happened to me in several occasions (Ne Waza) that my opponent grabs my arm and is ready to finalize an arm bar pushing with the legs (i am on top) but i resist by grabbing my arm kind of like a ring. The opponent usually gets the arm bar because he has the leg push and I give it up....Is there way to reverse an arm bar from a situation like this when you are being push with both legs from the bottom??
Thanks so much for what you are doing, Sensei White

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Super_Dave — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:06:47 -0000

Sensei White. I really enjoy your site, thank you very much for the time and effort you put in to help all of out.

My question is this, could you show us your version of Harai Goshi, please.

Thanks in advance.

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claudiolemos — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:23:23 -0000

I love your site. Since I dicoverd superjudo tv I can`t stop passing by to wach a video. I`m from Brazil, 46 year old and started judo when I was 40.

I love the way you atack at an angle. Coud you make a video teaching us the best aproach to atack by uchimata at an angle. I mean the grip and move (taisabaki) to put the oponnent in a position to enter by uchimata.

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damian09 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:25:23 -0000

I am a left handed judoka and frequently find myself against right handed fighters. I get attacked frequently with ouchi gari to my left leg. There are counters that I have been taught to use when I am playing right handed. What are some counters I can use as a left handed player against right handed players attacking my left leg with ouchi gari? I need something to help me start developing a game plan. Thank you.

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Sergio Peña — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:16:33 -0000

Hello Topaz,

I hope I can help you.

Usually trying to throw a heavier opponent by strength alone is not a good idea because you can exert yourself too much and cause injury.

What you can try to do instead is study the principles of "kuzushi" (balance destroying). When you apply this to an opponent who is heavier, this effectively eliminates almost all of his weight as a problem. The disruption of his balance and the following momentum plus a technique that attacks his center will cause him to be thrown with little strength required.

If you still have doubts, please look for "Kyuzo Mifune" on youtube. The guy was small, not physically imposing at all and was 65 years old, but he could easily throw people twice his size with almost no effort.

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Sergio Peña — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:09:19 -0000

Hello Topaz, I hope I can help you.

Usually with heavier people, throwing them is not generally a good idea because you might exert yourself too much and cause damage. So using pure strength to throw is not a good idea.

What my judo teacher taught me is instead to use his weight against him. If you study the principles of "kuzushi" (balance destroying) you can use his faltering balance and momentum in addition to technique to throw a heavier person nearly every time.

If you have doubts, please look for "Kyuzo Mifune" on youtube. The guy was diminutive in stature and was 65 years old, but he could throw a guy easily twice his size using these principles.

Here is what my teacher told me: "Strength is limited, but technique is limitless."

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tracy_stephens — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:07:40 -0000

what a great web site ... you seem like a very dynamic teacher and hopefully I can meet you one day ... My question is : I am big 6' 3" 330 in competition and randori everyone wants to either do a drop technique or play defense to wear me out ... what would your advise be for ways of countering the drop knees and such I always am seeing ? ... thanks tracy stephens

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toddster — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:02:15 -0000

Sensei White, please advise me.
I have a big Russian guy in Judo class that has a Sambo background.
He is a taller strong guy. He always holds my Gi over my back.
If I have my right hand on his Gi collar, He reaches over my back with is right hand. His left hand is holding the Gi at my right arm. He holds me for a while, before he throws me. I have time to counter if I knew what to do.
Todd

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eg8665 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:39:55 -0000

Hello Sensei - I am a beginner in judo and found your website to be very imformative and practical. I need help with opponents that take the wrestler's stand (bend back, body in L-shape). How do I create an entry to attack or breakdown my opponent's posture? Thank you for a great website and thanks in advance for your tips. -eg8665

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robin3rd — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:35:40 -0000

Get out of dodge if someone pulls a knife. Start sprinting.

Look up Goshin Juitsu there are some solutions but you wont have to defend vs a knife if you run.

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robin3rd — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:31:20 -0000

I can see where in the future for younger fighters Koshi Guruma will be illegal. Up here in Canada thats what is being pushed on us to do.

I would tell her to duck under and do Tae Guruma (Pick up) or a duck under leg pick with an ouchi gari. (Leg grabs will be taken away too though so this might not be a good idea)

Or how about just focus on getting the arm that would be going for her head and do a Makikomi. Of course Makikomi is going to be taken away from younger fighters too.

They are taking the wrestling out of Judo so it will be a different monster and force people to do true judo.

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robin3rd — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:24:52 -0000

See... Karo Parisyan, Don Frye, Akiyama, Shinja Aoki, Yoshida, Hidehinko, Sokudu, Remco Pardue (UFC 2), Fedor the lists go on.... I know what you mean though.

However I think it has to do a great deal with a few factors...
1) Judo is not as popular in North America as Wrestling.
2) Judo uses a gi and many might feel uncomfortable.
3) Judo I think plays a bigger part over in asia in thier mma orgs.
4) Judo is not so recognized and is cross trained by wrestlers and Bjj guys. So when asked what they do they say one of the other two because your average guy knows what bjj and wrestling are.
5) Judo is not an "AGGRESSIVE" sport, dont get this confused with competitive though... And Make no mistake that MMA is AGGRESSIVE or greatly perseved as such.

For MMA I think its a wicked sport to have as a base. I would say it is 3/4 where BJJ is in the submission department and 3/4 what wrestling is in the takedown dept. Take down defence should be on par with Wrestling. And it would have the same level of Submission defence as BJJ. But it has a unique ability to work well off the cage/fence doing footsweeps/reaps "JUDO TRICKS" as Joe Rogan would say.

I would think Judo Would be better paired up with solid boxing rather than anything that throws kicks. But thats just my thoughts. Because its MIXED martial arts...

I hate watching the stereo typical, cookie cutter fighters I love watching fighters who are different... Machida, Karo Parisyan, Fedor, Cro Cop etc.

I hate watching the younger generation who can do everything, I guess I just like watching how grappling arts tend to rule in the octagon...