Positioning for Judo throws

[JudokaUK]

Hello chaps,

New to sherdog, but thought I'd test the waters with one of my Judo articles, if you like it, take it, if not, just send it right back.

Positioning for Judo throws

One of the biggest issues beginners have is practicing combinations whilst moving and especially so when the movement isn

 

[JudokaUK]

From this position you

 

[gabetash]

ooh this looks like gold. I'll read it when I have time!!!

 

[TheNinthCloud]

Good thread! Is there a way to bookmark threads?

 

[greedysob]

Thanks for posting. I'm looking forward to getting out of the office so I can watch the vids.

 

[TMtruthNjustice]

this is awesome. i have been focusing heavily on my throws for bjj lately and these are exactly the types of pointers i need.

this is all good for footwork, but is there anything out there for what to do with your hands? the biggest battle is getting the traditional control where i'm holding his arm under the elbow against my ribs and he's doing the same to my other arm. how should one penetrate in to get an advantage with his hands/arms when standing up?

 

[Thrawn33]

Very well written with great examples. Kudos to you Sir!

 

[FinestThor]

this is all good for footwork, but is there anything out there for what to do with your hands? the biggest battle is getting the traditional control where i'm holding his arm under the elbow against my ribs and he's doing the same to my other arm. how should one penetrate in to get an advantage with his hands/arms when standing up?

I believe TS has a whole blog load of good info :icon_chee

The Difficult Way: Why this blog exists.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

This is a great post.

In my opinion it's maybe the most important thing that you need to learn as a beginner if you want to be learning proper judo.

Unfortunately, in my experience it is taught very poorly to adults.

 

[JudokaUK]

Thanks chaps.

this is all good for footwork, but is there anything out there for what to do with your hands? the biggest battle is getting the traditional control where i'm holding his arm under the elbow against my ribs and he's doing the same to my other arm. how should one penetrate in to get an advantage with his hands/arms when standing up?

I'm not sure what it is you're trying to achieve. Are you being held out by stiff arming?

I'm also not sure why you would have brought your opponents elbow against your own ribs. That's far too close. If you and your partner are trying to move around with each others elbows against each others ribs then you're never going to be able to do any Judo, because you practically hugging.

Give yourself more space between you and your partner.

 

[TMtruthNjustice]

Thanks chaps.


I'm not sure what it is you're trying to achieve. Are you being held out by stiff arming?

I'm also not sure why you would have brought your opponents elbow against your own ribs. That's far too close. If you and your partner are trying to move around with each others elbows against each others ribs then you're never going to be able to do any Judo, because you practically hugging.

Give yourself more space between you and your partner.

not stiff arming, i just have trouble getting the advantage when it comes to grip on my feet. i know different grips in judo are legal than in bjj, but i figured you'd have good pointers on the subject anyway.

i pummel in close like that mostly because that's the sort of drill we would do standing up at my first bjj gym. is it really a bad habit to be that close when trying to hit throws? if so, i'll make more space. it's possible we did that in pummeling just to get more of a work out.

 

[JudokaUK]

not stiff arming, i just have trouble getting the advantage when it comes to grip on my feet. i know different grips in judo are legal than in bjj, but i figured you'd have good pointers on the subject anyway.

i pummel in close like that mostly because that's the sort of drill we would do standing up at my first bjj gym. is it really a bad habit to be that close when trying to hit throws? if so, i'll make more space. it's possible we did that in pummeling just to get more of a work out.

In no gi grappling and the likes of MMA and wrestling its definitely an advantage to be in the close contact situation and have achieved a clinch.

However, for Judo, because of the gi you need to give yourself much more space.

Don't stand arms outstretched and bent over at the waist, but just give yourself a half steps more space.

See the amount of space between these two, that's where you should be for randori

 

[Thrawn33]

Unfortunately, in my experience it is taught very poorly to adults.

That and adults are generally stiff, impatient and tend to think too much.

 

[JudokaUK]

That and adults are generally stiff, impatient and tend to think too much.

Judo is exceptionally poorly taught to adults, they're treated like bigger hairier children.

With proper progressive training and drilling adults can overcome most issues, however, there are very few clubs that do that.

We could learn a lot from BJJ about how to teach adults properly.