Ever frustrated by opponents who are stiff and/or have low posture? Find the solution here with 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii. Here, Ishii shows Uchimata as being a good throw to use against those types of frustrating opponents.   Ishii points...

  Every good judoka has one throw for each direction. For sending someone backwards, Osoto Gari is a good choice. If done correctly, it will put the opponent flat on their back and totally out of breath.  Daniel McCormick demonstrates a version of...

As the name suggests foundations are the building blocks of any endeavour we undertake. Without foundations only either minimal or highly erratic progress can be made, if any at all. If we think of the foundations to learning a musical instrument we first...

  No grips, no Judo! A good understanding of grips is so important that every athlete who’s trained under the legendary Jimmy Pedro -- including Kayla Harrison, Travis Stevens, and others -- use and emphasize it. Kayla Harrison and others will talk about...

Griping is a huge subject and it can be easy to overlook, but it is something four time Olympian and Olympic coach to many of America’s greatest Judoka Jimmy Pedro has built his success on.  Jimmy has noted that as American competitors don’t...

Judoka Ugo Legrand won a Bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics, 2nd and 3rd place in the World Championship (2013 and 2011 respectively), was a Gold and Bronze medal winner in the European Championship (2012 and 2010 respectively) and is also a Blue...

In a previous blog here: https://judofanatics.com/blogs/news/over-under-pass-with-jimmy-pedro we looked at a really tight Over Under guard pass by Jimmy Pedro, who was demonstrating this with Barnardo Faria. What we’re looking at today is how to escape if you leave an opening for a Kimura...

In the tachi waza (standing technique) phase of grappling we often see a stiff arm used by people as a frame for an effective method of blocking movement by their opponent. In this video we have Silver medal Olympic Judoka and black belt...

It’s always really cool to see two people who are world class at their art communicate with each other and this video definitely fulfills on that front. Bernardo Faria is a four time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion and is known for his mastery of...

Osoto Gari, meaning Large Outer Reap is classified as an Ashi-waza (foot technique) and is one of the 40 original throws developed by Judo founder Jigoro Kano. It’s part of the Dai Ikkyo, or First Group, of throwing techniques learnt by all Judoka...

Tai Otoshi translates as Body Drop, “Tai” meaning Body and “Otoshi” meaning Drop, and is classified as a Te Waza (hand technique) as the hands play the central role in executing the throw. As Tai Otoshi is one of the original 40 throws...

Judo is known for producing players that excel at Juji Gatame (cross armlock, or armbar) and securing Juji Gatame from unexpected positions or during transitional phases of movement. The application of Juji Gatame has shown it to be a high percentage technique across...

We all know that feeling of thinking we’re about to pass someone’s guard only to find that we’re now in half guard and our progress is grinding to a halt. Who better to teach us how to quickly move past our opponents half...

  Learn a beautiful Koshi Guruma to Uchimata combo here with 2013 World Champion Yarden Gerbi. Gerbi also won Bronze in the 2016 Olympics -- the first medal for Israeli women’s Judo since 1992 -- and has 2 World Cup Golds. Here, Gerbi...

Tai Otoshi translates as Body Drop, “Tai” meaning Body and “Otoshi” meaning Drop, and is classified as a Te Waza (hand technique) as the hands play the central role in executing the throw. As Tai Otoshi is one of the original 40 throws...

Seoi Nage (meaning shoulder throw in English) is one of the core forty throws in Jigoro Kano’s Gokyo of Kodokan Judo. It’s a part of the Dai Ikkyo (first group) of techniques that all Judoka learn and therefore is a staple of Judo’s...

Tai Otoshi translates as Body Drop, “Tai” meaning Body and “Otoshi” meaning Drop, and is classified as a Te Waza (hand technique) as the hands play the central role in executing the throw. As Tai Otoshi is one of the original 40 throws...

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...

Judoka are well known for grip strength and in this video we hear Bernado Faria say he even struggles to find words for how strong Olympic Silver medalist Travis Stevens’ grip actually is! This is really something special as Bernado has competed at...

Seoi Nage (meaning shoulder throw in English) is one of the core forty throws in Jigoro Kano’s Gokyo of Kodokan Judo. It’s a part of the Dai Ikkyo (first group) of techniques that all Judoka learn and therefore is a staple of Judo’s...