Judo with a bad knee

[thaimuaythai]

I screwed up my left knee from Muay Thai.

Anyways, I wonder if there will be weaknesses in my Judo game if I Ogoshi and Morote Seionage others Only towards the right side, while Uchi Mata and Harai Goshi ONLY to the left side.

If you are able to picture it, this ensures that most of my and opponents' weight will not be on my left leg and be on my right instead.

This thread is applicable to many others with one bad knee too.

 

[POedBoy]

Personally, I'd like to be good with all techniques, on both sides. Its a worthy goal in my mind.

But my reality so far is that I'm stuck on certain sides for certain techniques. I can usually uchimata or osoto on my right, not so much success with my left.

So I wouldn't worry about it too much. If thats how you gotta go about it, then make do.

Also, if I recall correctly-- we had a clinic with a very high level player, and he seemed to be advocating getting really strong on a certain side...( though I might have misunderstood what he was saying )

 

[Belatucadros]

I screwed up my left knee from Muay Thai.

Anyways, I wonder if there will be weaknesses in my Judo game if I Ogoshi and Morote Seionage others Only towards the right side, while Uchi Mata and Harai Goshi ONLY to the left side.

If you are able to picture it, this ensures that most of my and opponents' weight will not be on my left leg and be on my right instead.

This thread is applicable to many others with one bad knee too.

You might be (sort of) better off like that than throwing them all right-handed. To be honest. So it could be worse =)

 

[thaimuaythai]

And this is a warning to all BJJ lers tocinsider before doing MT in Thailand.

The roundhouse is a knee killer. It is placing all your weight on one leg, then twisting it 90 degrees or more, and keep doing this for like 100 over times per day. Multiply the days to months and you get what I have.

 

[Bob Probert]

Only do light randori and no shai. Not ouchi gari's thats what screwed up my knee last year and I was out for like 6 months.

 

[YeahBee]

just about everybody have a strong side and a weak side, sometimes it differs based on throws. and people certainly have "limited" games. I am not much for hip throws prolly due to a bum knee

leanr to love anti-infllams or cortizone

 

[kiridoku]

"Judo With A Bad Knee" is kinda like "16yr old with pimples." It's almost a given at some point!

Hope you're healing up ok and taking extra care to warm up before and stretch after...and rehab/strengthen in between your judo training.

Injuries suck and I hope it's a minor ding you can move beyond relatively quickly.