Balshoy spasiba mr bear !!!!I do not know anyone from Georiga, but I found two Judo clubs in Tbilisi. Not sure if they speak English:
ЛИДЕР - КЛУБ ДЗЮДО
Тбилиси. Ул. Белиашвили 5
Тел: (593) 99 88 83
E-mail: [email protected]
Вебсайт: www.facebook.com/GeorgianJudoClubLIDERI
КЛУБ ДЗЮДО - ДЖОРДЖИЯ
Тбилиси. пр. Габриеля Салоса 144
Тел: (599) 93 38 97
E-mail: [email protected]
Вебсайт: www.facebook.com/JudoClubGeorgia
Well done, some judocas (like me) took years to get a semi decent uchi mata in randoriMy coach threw me during jiu jitsu sparring with a leg lift/footsweep that I have never even seen before. Then, next round, I can't remember what I got thrown with, but it was some kind of trip that whipped me down so hard and fast, I SMASHED my head on the mat. No attempt to break fall whatsoever. No relaxation when the throw came. I tensed, went down, head snapped bag and saw stars momentarily. Intense.
The only good part about it was that both my jiu jitsu and judo coaches afterwards told me I was clearly making a ton of progress, and it was evident that my attacks from the body lock, whether it be ura nage, back arch, whatever, were really fucking with people and causing a problem. My judo coach told me in the exchange where I hit my head that he was on step 5 of the sequence trying to get me down, which means I had defended the first 4 attacks.
I believe there is another judo tournament in Maryland in January and I plan on entering. The weight classes are broader, but I am lighter than before and may be able to drop a weight class, which would be cool considering I already felt solid and strong in the division I was in. I am trying to set some goals before the next tournament. I want to:
-Initiate more instead of resigning myself to counter-attacking. I never got a shido, but my opponents got a lot for passivity and being pushed out of bounds because I was walking forward the whole time trying to get them to push back. While it isn't a bad thing necessarily, I'd like to depend on their reaction slightly less.
-Vary the approach to my attacks. I bully for high grips, usually either an over the back belt grip, or a body lock of some sort because I want harai or ura nage. I have been working a lot of sesae, and it would be good to keep them off balance and moving by adding in more foot sweeps and such.
-Focus, focus, focus. I relented a bit and gave an easy tai otoshi for ippon last time. I think (at my level) judo competition is less stressful and hard than jiu jitsu, so I took my foot off the gas thinking I was safe, and paid for it. I need to stay in the moment and have my guard up. It's only 3 minutes.
-Uchi mata. I got one ippon when my opponent stepped over my hip to block the ura nage and I switched uchi mata. I think I posted that video. That sequence is one my coach wants me to rep and institute more in my game, especially he says, as people start to realize Im an ura nage player.
yeah, there are no cumulative scores. you either get ippon, all the wazaris, or nothing.
the new rules are great. it was stupid leg grabs were penalized more harshly, and did not make the sport more dynamic or exciting.
i like how there are three pages that specifically clarify when it's okay to drop someone onto their head, but another page that says arm-in guillotines from guard 'endanger the neck'.
same with the bow-and-arrow: i don't think it's about grabbing the leg, i think it's about hyperextending the knee. there's a lot of leeway there.
again, none of this shit would be an issue if people cross-trained, but a lot of referees don't. it'd also be better if referees weren't so fucking overzealous. they're definitely trying to get us to back off and only intervene when necessary (blatant penalties, blatant stalling) but otherwise just let people play.
i'm personally kinda sick of hearing older folks unfamiliar with BJJ label techniques they've NEVER DONE as 'dangerous'. especially when those same techniques are done in white belt BJJ competition and nobody dies.
you know what's dangerous? throwing two white belts out there and having them throw each other ass-over-head AS HARD AS THEY CAN.
i've talked with our instructor a lot about this stuff, and we're both of the mind that we're not there to teach IJF Judo. it's silly to not teach canon judo techniques simply because somebody decided they were ILLEGAL. it's not like double legs ceased to exist. it's not like guillotines don't work. everything is unsafe if it's unfamiliar.
I do not think there ever been provision like that in the rules.I always interpreted the rules as it was up to tori to make sure the throw was safe.
There is difference between head diving (tori) and using head for defense (uke). If I understand correctly, head diving is still penalized.I probably was being overly general. I was referring to the no head diving rule which would result in hansokumake.
There is difference between head diving (tori) and using head for defense (uke). If I understand correctly, head diving is still penalized.
Intentional landing on the head (eg. trying to use head to stop rolling seoi-nage) is still penalized. Accidental landing on the head won't.
Here is what would get tori a hansokumake:Previously, if it was obvious tori was doing this in a match and tori wasn't trying to either come up to complete the throw or complete the rotation before hitting the mat, I'd have given hansokumake.
Uke looks down - ok, uke looks up - hansokumake.So in the example of uke front-bridging for a drop seoi-nage, it would still be hansokumake on uke, right?
Uke looks down - ok, uke looks up - hansokumake.