Essence of Judo

Here's another Judo video. Mifune doing what he does best. I've heard some people claim he was flashy, but I think what he's doing is awesome. I don't think everyone is going full bore but still, but he is not the youngest person in the world and he's making it look effortless.

Getting back in it

I'm taking a break from guard simply because I don't have any clips to add right now. Things have been a little slow lately but I'm still around. My shoulder is tweaked at the moment so I'm not able to train 100%. Pedro Sauer is coming into town this weekend and I'm looking forward to the seminar. I've got a few questions for him. For the meantime, here's a few interesting clips I've found on youtube:


Shinya Aoki - brabo choke as he passes butterfly guard. I worked this the other day at Creighton's MMA. A few things Paul pointed out that I didn't notice in the clip. Stay on my side, my head on his back/side. I can bring my top leg on top my elbow to increase pressure as well. you can bridge him over and get the Papa Serra choke from there. (head&arm from north/south).


Some Uchimata work 1



Uchimata work 2



Uchimata 3.

I realized that part of my shoulder problem right now is that I was doing a lot my judo techniques poorly. I would let my hand fall behind my shoulder as I would spin for tai otoshi, uchimata, etc. I need to work on this and here's a few clips for pointers. Wish I could understand it though....