Read the  first part of the title as fast as you can….go! Do you remember learning to throw as a child? There is probably a good chance that you don’t remember someone breaking down the mechanics of throwing, instead you remember playing...

  Buckle up for this one, it’s going to get bumpy…. Grip fighting is a gritty business. Grappling produces some of the craziest grips in existence. Judo is a prime example of this. In a sport where so much hinges on being able...

As the saying goes, Life Happens.The universe is larger than we can possibly imagine, and some physicists are now even saying there may be multiple universes. Life is a mystery, full of challenges and opportunities for growth. Fortunately for us Judo offers, whether...

O Goshi is classified as a koshi waza (“koshi” means the area above and around the sacrum and “waza” means technique) and as such is an incredibly powerful technique. As we are using our hips as the fulcrum of the throw we are...

Satoshi Ishii is an Olympic Gold medal heavyweight, All-Japan Judo champion and has fought such luminaries as Mirko Cro Cop and Fedor Emelianenko in his ongoing MMA career and is also a BJJ black belt. Even though he is a heavyweight Satoshi notes...

OK, so we all know the saying that drillers are killers, and we’ve all heard the saying that practice makes perfect, right? The saying “practice makes perfect” isn’t exactly correct though. The consensus amongst specialists in performance is that practice makes permanent. So...

Ilias Iliadis requires no introductions for Judo fanatics and he’s one of the few that are known outside of Judo circles. He is certainly one of the most accomplished judokas of all times, with 2 Olympic medals - Gold and Bronze, in 2...