Hwang Heetae Seminar
On January 26th we had the honor of participating in a seminar with former World Champion (2003, -90kg) Master Hwang Heetae. The seminar was held [...]
February 2019
January 2019
Nerd Out with these Judo Podcast Interviews
Do you like listening to podcasts? Sure, we all do. Here are three good podcast interviews with some well known figures in the judo world. [...]
March 2018
NCAA Wrestling Championships: Hall vs. Valencia
Here is one of my favorite matches from the recent NCAA Division I National Championships. Zahid Valencia of Arizona State vs. Mark Hall of [...]
Shadow Uchikomi and Visualization
Practice your ashiwaza everywhere #judo #judoeverywhere #ashiwaza #footsweeps #deashibarai #kouchi #ouchi #timingiseverything A post shared by Oakland Judo (@oaklandjudo) on Jul 8, 2016 at 6:37pm [...]
February 2018
Collar choke by Koji Komuro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wvMWQgsJzw Koji Komuro goes over some nice variations to the okuri eri jime (sliding collar choke) we went over last night in class. There are [...]
December 2017
New Class for January: Kid’s Wrestling!
After our move to Oakland Strength Factory at the end of December, we'll have a lot more space to add classes. This is the [...]
November 2017
Yasuyuki Muneta Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi
For the past few weeks in adult class we've been studying sasae tsurikomi ashi (propping lifting pulling foot throw). Take a look [...]
October 2017
Training Plateaus – What To Do If You’re Feeling Like You’re Not Making Progress
This is an excellent video from Nick "Chewy" Albin. He's talking about training plateaus in jiujitsu, but it applies just as well [...]
May 2017
Neuromuscular Patterns for Judo
I recently started lifting weights with my friend Jeff at his gym, Oakland Strength Factory. Jeff is a real expert on building strength and I [...]
October 2016
How to Defeat the Stiff-Arm
Here's a video from two-time U.S. Olympian Nick Del Popolo on how to get inside the defensive stiff-arm using the "chicken-flap" method. The other side [...]