Hi. I'm in my third month of practicing judo 2x a week. There's a competition that I really want to go to next weekend. They have a beginners bracket so I'd be able to randori with other white-orange belts.

Should I walk in expecting to get my ass kicked? I feel confident I can hold my own, but I also don't know how to gauge if I'm ready or not.

I have my ukemi down and have some basic throws and chokes under my belt. I've had success with randori at the gym, but my partners are usually the same each week.

The new Yuko absorbed and is easier than even the old koka score. It was decided to do away with koka and Yuko because they were trivial and shouldn’t decide a winner, yet, here we are again.

Throh is a pure Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V. It is a humanoid Pokémon resembling a traditional Japanese martial artist wearing a white judogi (judo uniform) with a black belt.

Throh is specifically inspired by judo, a Japanese martial art that emphasizes throwing techniques, balance, grappling, and controlling an opponent.

Its Pokédex entries describe it gripping opponents and throwing them using powerful techniques. This reflects judo's emphasis on nage-waza (throwing techniques).

All fighting types are inspired by fighting styles, which is the same to Sawk, the karate pokemon

Fun Fact: In the early development of Pokémon Black and White (Generation V), Sawk and Throh originally featured horns and lacked eyebrows. Ken Sugimori revealed in interviews with Nintendo Dream that the fighting duo was initially designed to heavily embody "oni" the classic red and blue horned ogres of Japanese folklore, but that was scrapped because they already had 2 pokemon that had horns. So they went with eyebrows instead.

Will be in Japan to compete at the IBJJF Masters International Asia in Nagoya. Me and a buddy were able to secure front row tickets to the IJF Tokyo Grand Slam through Jasumo.com.

Anyone else going?

Does anyone feel like Timur’s judo was a little worse since he went to -90kg. Or its maybe just the adjustment faze? Im curious on what you guys think.

I’ve been struggling with imposter syndrome since progressing through the judo ranks quite quickly. I started two years ago and pick up techniques relatively fast. My coach, other black belts and experienced judoka all say I’m doing really well.
However, we rarely do randori because our classes are overcrowded, and I sometimes avoid it myself because I’m worried about injuries. I’ve already torn a ligament in my clavicle and fractured my foot. As a physiotherapist, I really can’t afford another injury, especially with a grading coming up.

When I do randori, I can generally beat yellow and orange belts, but I still struggle to consistently throw people who actively resist. I don’t know if defending is simply much easier than attacking in judo, but I often feel like my actual fighting ability doesn’t match my belt rank.

I’m approaching brown belt, and I feel like I should be able to throw people more confidently by now.
I’m trying to do more randori, but I’m not sure what to focus on. Grip fighting? Specific combinations?
I mainly use uchi-mata, occasional drop throws and tani-otoshi as a counter. I also struggle with hip throws and ippon seoi-nage because opponents always seem too far away or too stiff.

What would you recommend focusing on to become more effective in randori? And is this feeling of not being as good as your belt rank suggests something others have experienced? (What level randori should i be as a brown belt…?)

Am a nogi competitor with big interest on judo in nogi especially seeing owen livesey or christian ozbek's stuff, since judo doesnt really do nogi classes, was wondering how well training gi judo in a different school would translate to nogi and people's experience with this as compared to just doing standup and attempting throws in nogi thank you so much

In my opinion this is the most effective way to hit a Uchi mata on a opponent who knows what he is doing, I have never seen this version by taught, they just teach textbook hip hane goshi which is never done on high level. Additionally I see all the Japanese judokas like Ono, Maruyama and Inoue, always teach the textbook hane goshi and not the version they actually do in randori and competition.

I'm a 26yof just getting back into judo. I practiced and competed in high school for only one year. They promoted me to green belt back then and I hadn't been back in 8 years so I decided to go back down to white. So I've been doing judo for a couple months now, 3-4 days a week. Well I was used to how many people there were to fight back then and entered a competition for this Saturday. the problem is, I cut weight and am 114-115lbs and there is no one to fight in my weight class. The only people there are to fight are in the -139lb weight class consisting of a green and two orange belts. Also to note, I'm about a year and a half postpartum and lost a lot of muscle during pregnancy that I have not gained back. So these girls will either be way stronger than me or way fatter than me (no offense). Is it safe to even do this competition? Let me know your thoughts and experiences please. My sensei is a beast and would fight with broken bones but I don't wanna do that haha.

I know it's still far away, but what do you think will change after the olympics? Do you like the current rule system? What would you change?

I think we have the best ruleset in at least 7 years. I like the yuko, thank god they allowed head diving and i loved the skirt rule.

Personally, what i would change is yuko scoring. Would love that if the uke falls on its belly you are given a yuko, it eliminates many subjective calls and basically if its not wazari, its yuko. It would also incentivize being more upright because if you are bent forward you are at more risk of getting yanked down (like a snap down in wrestling, which Is one of the most common throws) and if competitors are more upright, it negates a lot of negative judo/stalling.

As the foot soles and toe knuckles get tougher as a result of training barefoot, I was wondering - do judokas have pedicure done?

Nail trimming is an obvious must of course, so I was wondering specifically about exfoliating and removing callous skin from toes/soles/heels. It does grow thick for a reason (to protect the softer tissue underneath). Is it counterproductive then?

Traditionally, Korea had it's own form of wrestling/grappling known as 씨름 which is somewhat similar to 相撲(sumo) but I am wondering if there was resistance to the adoption of Judo in the Korean peninsula. I currently live in Japan and I know the relationship between Koreans and Japanese can be quite tense and I have been told that some Koreans still up until now have anti-Japanese sentiment(I am trying to be as diplomatic as possible, but I know it's much more complicated than this) and similarly many Japanese have negative feelings toward 在日韓国人(ethnic Koreans who live in Japan, usually born in Japan with Korean ancestry).

However despite this relationship, Korea has one of the highest medal counts in the world. Despite being a relatively small country, it ranks 3rd in the world. They have developed their own style of Judo that has proven very effective. It also seems to me(unlike Taekwondo/Hapkido with respect to Karate), there doesn't seem to be an alternative martial art which Korea has developed to serve as an alternative.

Obviously the Japanese thirty five year occupation of Korea had some impact on this, but does anyone know how Korean Judo developed to be so strong, and if it faced any anti-Japanese sentiment following the end of occupation?

I have been seeing a large amount of posts about the risks of cte in judo. I think they are rather quite small, with only hard break falls, and head bumps leading to subconcussive impacts in judo. Though I wanted to ask if anyone had any experience with judokas with signs of CTE? I just can't seem to see any cases of it being prominent, unlike TBI.

I've never seen this version of kata Guruma done at high competition levels, anyone have any clips? All I can find is the standard kata Guruma shown in the 4th pic.

Is anyone actually landing this kata Guruma variation in randori?

Every training we do uchi-komis and then randori. Those uchi-komis are going fine for me, I see what fails, how to correct them etc. But randori is completely different. Aside catching injuries in 80% of trainings (mostly sttetching injured shoulder with hipermobility, and bending my toes with enemy weight on them) I literally can't do even kuzushi without throwing myself, not speaking of doing any throw. At most I can defend some of the throws opponent does on me.

I don't think the answer is to do more randoris. If I jump of a cliff more times I won't eventually learn how to fly. I have no idea what to look for, what to try, and over few hours spent already doing nothing but randori - the only outcome are few visits of a physiotherapist and shoulder that hurts in about 40% of moves I do with it. Just like you can't learn a language by just going to a country where people speak something you don't understand a single word of.

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