http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kIBFNdAydU A short video from Australian national champion Matt D'Aquino. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqlgeLSz1A A 30-minute video featuring Russian judoka Alexander Iatskevich and his juji-gatame set-ups. No subtitles [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5ZMus1wNQ The Gokyo is a set of 40 nage-waza, or throwing techniques. It was established as a sort of official curriculum by the Kodokan back [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NrAH_7Yxzg Yasuhiro Yamashita is a Japanese judo legend, a sort of combination Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken. For ten years he was undefeated, winning World [...]
A short instructional video: http://youtu.be/p9rE9VU-kbQ And here is Ronda Rousey doing the same thing in the Beijing Olympics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNTV3nJpy5o Finally, in an MMA context, watch [...]
Ukemi is rolling and falling practice. It's a very important part of judo. Back in the old days you might only be [...]
First American World Judo Champion. You might know Dr. Ann-Maria Rousey DeMars as the mother of Olympic judo bronze medalist (Beijing 2008) and current [...]