During the fall I dislocated my shoulder, which sucks, because I was really confident that I had that division in the bag. Were it a bigger tournament, I might have continued, but I decided it was best to be a little conservative and play another day.
Like all novices do, I was sizing him up with my feet, and I almost caught him with the kouchi gari a few times, so I decided not to change what was working. It helped that he was a lefty, and I had easy access to his lead leg. Eventually I got him with a kochi/ouchi gari combo.
Nice throw. Funny enough I was supposed to be at that tournament today, but I decided to stay home because I heard it was going to be really small. The February one is the big one. Where do you train out of?
[quote]mj_gk wrote:
Nice throw. Funny enough I was supposed to be at that tournament today, but I decided to stay home because I heard it was going to be really small. The February one is the big one. Where do you train out of? [/quote]
It was pretty small, the weather was so bad, I think a lot of people decided against coming. All in all, there were maybe 60 people there. I’m a green belt at 171 pounds, so I was in the novice middle weight division, and there were 5 guys in my division.
Yeah, the February Tournament should have somewhere along the lines of 200 competitors. I hope your shoulder is feeling better, and nice choice of recovery. I always wonder why the authors here never touch on that particular method.
During the fall I dislocated my shoulder, which sucks, because I was really confident that I had that division in the bag. Were it a bigger tournament, I might have continued, but I decided it was best to be a little conservative and play another day.
Like all novices do, I was sizing him up with my feet, and I almost caught him with the kouchi gari a few times, so I decided not to change what was working. It helped that he was a lefty, and I had easy access to his lead leg. Eventually I got him with a kochi/ouchi gari combo.
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It looks like you are really into playing foot sweep Judo, or as one of my coaches says “little Judo”.
During the fall I dislocated my shoulder, which sucks, because I was really confident that I had that division in the bag. Were it a bigger tournament, I might have continued, but I decided it was best to be a little conservative and play another day.
Like all novices do, I was sizing him up with my feet, and I almost caught him with the kouchi gari a few times, so I decided not to change what was working. It helped that he was a lefty, and I had easy access to his lead leg. Eventually I got him with a kochi/ouchi gari combo.
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awesome dude!!! tournaments are so much fun! i remember my first shiai and not being able to even think straight. the adrenaline and nerves are so intense. did you know you hurt your shoulder right away or did you have to calm down alittle before you realized it?
[quote]denver_judoka wrote:
borrek wrote:
So, as ugly as it is, here is my first ever Judo shiai: Match one - ippon - YouTube
During the fall I dislocated my shoulder, which sucks, because I was really confident that I had that division in the bag. Were it a bigger tournament, I might have continued, but I decided it was best to be a little conservative and play another day.
Like all novices do, I was sizing him up with my feet, and I almost caught him with the kouchi gari a few times, so I decided not to change what was working. It helped that he was a lefty, and I had easy access to his lead leg. Eventually I got him with a kochi/ouchi gari combo.
awesome dude!!! tournaments are so much fun! i remember my first shiai and not being able to even think straight. the adrenaline and nerves are so intense. did you know you hurt your shoulder right away or did you have to calm down a little before you realized it?[/quote]
I knew my shoulder popped out, because I felt it pop back in. It was funny because I remember actually thinking “hmm is my shoulder out of socket?” but there was no actual pain until it popped back in. It was only a little sore and I was sure I could play in my next match. I got it iced, but after about 30 minutes it felt much much worse than when I hurt it, I think because the adrenaline was wearing off.
I didn’t think I would be nervous, but adrenaline is a funny thing, and it took me a minute to even notice that he had a left handed grip! I can’t wait for the next tournament.
Just one thing, when you go for a ouchigari, you should go for it without hesitate, just because when you go back you may be easyly countered.
Also pay attention in your strategy before you enter to the mat.
Keep up the good work, and recover from that shoulder. ;-)[/quote]
That’s a really good point, because I noticed while rewatching the video that my first few ouchis were hesitant, but the one that worked was when I went in with my hip (instead of leading with my foot)
[quote]borrek wrote:
denver_judoka wrote:
borrek wrote:
So, as ugly as it is, here is my first ever Judo shiai: Match one - ippon - YouTube
During the fall I dislocated my shoulder, which sucks, because I was really confident that I had that division in the bag. Were it a bigger tournament, I might have continued, but I decided it was best to be a little conservative and play another day.
Like all novices do, I was sizing him up with my feet, and I almost caught him with the kouchi gari a few times, so I decided not to change what was working. It helped that he was a lefty, and I had easy access to his lead leg. Eventually I got him with a kochi/ouchi gari combo.
awesome dude!!! tournaments are so much fun! i remember my first shiai and not being able to even think straight. the adrenaline and nerves are so intense. did you know you hurt your shoulder right away or did you have to calm down a little before you realized it?
I knew my shoulder popped out, because I felt it pop back in. It was funny because I remember actually thinking “hmm is my shoulder out of socket?” but there was no actual pain until it popped back in. It was only a little sore and I was sure I could play in my next match. I got it iced, but after about 30 minutes it felt much much worse than when I hurt it, I think because the adrenaline was wearing off.
I didn’t think I would be nervous, but adrenaline is a funny thing, and it took me a minute to even notice that he had a left handed grip! I can’t wait for the next tournament.[/quote]
ahhh!!! thats awesome…im gonna play in a jiu jitsu tounament on the fifth. the guys puttin it on invited our judo club, so i think that should be fun. i always have nerves before a fight.
