since the topic is Judo. Anyone catch the Shinya Aoki vrs Gesias Calvancanti fight? (the second)
I have been watching Aoki for a some time. I really love his personality and his judo.
His standup needs work and he is still progressing as a MMA fighter.. but I really enjoy watching him progress as a fighter. I can’t wait to see him dominate the UFC.
Maybe in a year or so…
If he can develop a good standup game…
current Judoka here.
Cool! Where do you train Dragon?
present
Yup,
Like that Judo too. I belong to an organization called Konan- also USJF. My home base is the TsutoMaru Judo club in Jackson… but, I practice in a couple of other clubs. Mostly the Michigan State University club. That’s one thing I like about Judo- You can go to any Judo club and they fit you right in. You can’t practice Judo alone- so all clubs are willing to take anybody who wants to practice.
The amount of Newaza that happens at a tourney depends mostly on your ref. Some like to allow you to work a little- others will stand you up right away.
Judo works well with Mantis. If you’re Judo’s old school and they have you do Nago No Kata- you see that Judo uses a “catch” that’s identical to the Mantis Du Sau. Mantis’s Intercepting Hand (Tu Sau) helps to transition grips.
My only regret with Judo is that I didn’t start until I was 30 years old. I’ve been practicing 3 years and I’m a Ikkyu. I expect to get my Shodan within the year.
#20 04-27-2008, 11:45 PM
Vankuen
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Lee Chiang,
What sort of choke did you use that would implement a thumb? Couldn’t have been a rear naked choke…perhaps a lapel choke?
Van Midthun
Van, this particular choke was what you would call a modified rear naked choke. I have several variations of just about every choke hold. The thumb can be used in most of them. The front naked choke can be extremely painful with a thumb rather than the wrist. The rear naked choke is not always a done deal unless you do something like the thumb gouge.
Comes from Jap jujitsu. I studied it for many years also. It was the mother of Brazilian Jujitsu, and the mother of modern day Judo. Both were developed as a sport and are not complete as is Jujitsu.
None the less, it seems that the thumb was an illegal application and it cost me the rest of the year as far as compitition.
I am sure you know of the old parlor trick where the 5 year old child is impossible to lift? In case you are not familiar with it, if a small child were to stand erect and you placed your hands under his arm pits he can prevent you picking him up simply by placing hands on the undersides of your forarms and pressing from under them with his fingers. Gently lifting up against the forearms will make you have to lift your own weight. You can not do that. You can also apply this technique in judo by grabbing his gi or by putting your hand under his belt and lifting up as he attempts to throw. Takes a bit of practice to do it from different angles, and you also have to keep your center of gravity low. Makes it more difficult for him to move in under you. It is like trying to uproot a tree or something.
I got my yellow belt before coming to beijing two years ago. sinece then i’ve been doing shuai jiao. If I come back two the state for a few months I will be sure to take it up again.
[QUOTE=Vankuen;858715]Cool! Where do you train Dragon?[/QUOTE]
Sorry it took this long to reply. I don’t get on here much anymore. I train at Alamo Judo.
I am a sankyu in judo.
de nada…
For may fellow judoka:
http://z15.invisionfree.com/TruthMartialArts/index.php?showtopic=1965
and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1pZkv1trEI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7tk8cQ1VJ8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_of8P71itic&feature=related
The changes that judo went through are quite evident seeing these clips.
Anyone heard about olympic hopeful myles porter? He is in the 100 kg class…and he’s blind.
[QUOTE=SevenStar;866420]Anyone heard about olympic hopeful myles porter? He is in the 100 kg class…and he’s blind.[/QUOTE]
holy hell. that mother must have sick sensitivity.
Sensei is on this kick of making us randori with our eyes closed. The traininf blows, but it’s definately helps my tachiwaza.
Last week, uke had his hands on his belt, eyes closed; tori could do whatever the hell he wanted except for back ward throws. Everything else was fair game. All I’ma gonna say is thank goodness I did Tai Chi for 8 years, lol.
Hey
I think Judo is an excellent beginning, and it is a great sport, I really like it philosophy.
beginning? what is the intermediate? what is the end?
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;863726]and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1pZkv1trEI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7tk8cQ1VJ8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_of8P71itic&feature=related
The changes that judo went through are quite evident seeing these clips.[/QUOTE]
Judo-like techniques are pretty universal. Take a look at this: http://thearma.org/essays/WurmTandC.html
Interesting. I gotta say though…those plates look more like a scene from a foreign gay porn movie.
So what do you guys think about the whole martial arts origin theories? Greece? Alexander the great? China? Da mo? Pre-historic?
I don’t believe that ALL martial arts originated from one source, but rather several arts were created at several times in several locations…and the more modernized technology and travel became, the more easily arts started to influence each other from contact.
[QUOTE=Vankuen;869741]Interesting. I gotta say though…those plates look more like a scene from a foreign gay porn movie.
So what do you guys think about the whole martial arts origin theories? Greece? Alexander the great? China? Da mo? Pre-historic?
I don’t believe that ALL martial arts originated from one source, but rather several arts were created at several times in several locations…and the more modernized technology and travel became, the more easily arts started to influence each other from contact.[/QUOTE]
Common sense tells us that the first culture to “militarize” would have been the first to formalize some sort of MA.
As for fighting per say, that has been with us from the very beginning, though the preferince has always been armed rather than unarmed.
It is debatable which was first, rock-in-hand or stick-in-hand.
One can assume that perhaps the Babylonians were the first to formalize MA, were they the first to have a military?
The direct transmission theory seems to be used most often to validate the art of practitioners unsure of it’s veracity, applicability, or pimpitude.