Best Judo Instructionals

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Free ones (on youtube, etc.) or DVDs.

What are your guys' recommendations?
 
Kosei inoue has a terrific set out. It's broken down into technical instruction, comp footage/examples and interviews. Really really well done!
 
Rhadi is a... unique individual.

He is less concerned about developing good Judo, and more concerned about winning at all costs. He even went so far as to post in an open Judo forum about a competition he was in, and how he had been smashed by his opponent a few weeks before. His strategy this time around? Referee manipulation on the part of his coach. Which worked, apparently, and was something he was extremely proud of.

On top of that, the price of his instructionals is way out of line for the quality of the product and information you receive, IMO. Having said that, he stands behind what he has to offer, and what he has to offer may actually prove useful in competition... assuming your only goal is to win, using everything at your disposal.

In the end, I suppose it is a matter of what you're hoping to get out of an instructional.
 
Koga's DVD, Jeon's DVD, even the older Adams-Briggs tape are all good. I did like the Inoue DVD, but I didn't find the narration that helpful, though the technique is good. Haven't seen Huizinga or Quellmalz.

Also, just recently, you can watch the whole Koga: a New Wind on youtube for free. I'd start there.
 
Darkslide632 said:
Rhadi is a... unique individual.

He is less concerned about developing good Judo, and more concerned about winning at all costs. He even went so far as to post in an open Judo forum about a competition he was in, and how he had been smashed by his opponent a few weeks before. His strategy this time around? Referee manipulation on the part of his coach. Which worked, apparently, and was something he was extremely proud of.

On top of that, the price of his instructionals is way out of line for the quality of the product and information you receive, IMO. Having said that, he stands behind what he has to offer, and what he has to offer may actually prove useful in competition... assuming your only goal is to win, using everything at your disposal.

In the end, I suppose it is a matter of what you're hoping to get out of an instructional.
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Surely that has little bearing on how he teaches techniques in an instructional? I've got his Morote Gari DVDs and have watched a couple of his others and haven't really noticed anything like what you've described - that may just be because I didn't register it at the time. I'm not interested in manipulating rules or bribing referees either, haha.
 
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Depends what you want really.

I think most Judo dvds fall into one of two categories the 'Look what I can do' and the 'Encyclopedias'

'Look what I can do'
Koga New Wind
Jeon
Quellmalz
Huizinga
Inoue

Encyclopedias'
Neil Adams' Gokyo
Adams and Briggs Modern Judo

There are a few that are actually genuine instructional

Adams' Basic Armlocks
Adam's Basic Chokes

The truly very best Judo instruction videos aren't in English

Komlock's Judo Katame Waza series
INSEP Le Perfectionnement de... series

Most dvds on the market aren't really accessible by beginners ( kyu grades) the material on them is only really useful to you when you've started to get your head around Judo (1st dan). This is especially true of the 'Look what I can do' dvds.

Einarr said:
Surely that has little bearing on how he teaches techniques in an instructional? I've got his Morote Gari DVDs and have watched a couple of his others and haven't really noticed anything like what you've described - that may just be because I didn't register it at the time. I'm not interested in manipulating rules or bribing referees either, haha.
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His stuff is massively over priced. $400 for the Underground grip fighting secrets is absurd especially considering the production values.
 
I really like huzingas DVD probably because he performs many techniques the way i do - his hooking osoto, his uchimata (behind the back grrip,very much a leg rather than hip throw,his ouchi,seoi nages and hes also a left hander.

I found i picked alot up from that DVD but like i say his style is a perfect match for the throws i'm currently working on.
 
Einarr said:
Surely that has little bearing on how he teaches techniques in an instructional? I've got his Morote Gari DVDs and have watched a couple of his others and haven't really noticed anything like what you've described - that may just be because I didn't register it at the time. I'm not interested in manipulating rules or bribing referees either, haha.
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I think it offers some insight into his frame of mind when it comes to Judo. And I'm going to suggest that a person's frame of mind is certainly going to impact how they teach, yes. Now, again, if your only goal is to win at any cost, you may not care, but when you look at the cost of his DVD sets and compare it to some of the other sets out there, I can't see why anyone would bother.

In the world of elite Judo, Rhadi is a virtual nobody, especially when compared to some of the other guys who have videos out - Koga, Huizinga and Adams being some of them mentioned just in this thread. Mike Swain's videos, which have received some pretty hefty criticism (mostly unfounded, IMO) would still be MUCH better purchases than any of Rhadi's videos, if you asked me.

Now, having said that, it's not like I have any room to talk. Rhadi is much more accomplished than I am (not that THAT is difficult), but I would be lying if I said that I believe he got by due to his immaculate technique rather than his speed, power and athleticism. And I might actually consider paying for his services if my goal was to improve any of the later... though I'd probably have to get a second mortgage to pay for it.
 
My honest answer would have to be JudokaUK's posts. Youtube is kind of hit or miss. "Le perfectionnement d'uchi mata" and anything similar is extremely useful but in French. For some reason I like a lot of the BJJ standup videos, but they are very basic. Matt D'aquino and Rhadi Ferguson are good for drills/exercises but they don't really go in depth on technique.
 
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