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the best guard pass is osotogari
"I attacked with O Soto Gari.
He defended.
I insisted."
-- Kimura Masahiko
the best guard pass is osotogari
I've been doing Judo for almost 38 years now, since I was 17 years old. I competed multiple times a year from the time I was 18 years old, competed at US Nationals, National Collegiate, and up to US Open/International level. And you can bet I trained seriously for it, multiple times a week, running, weights, judo 5-6 times a week, all through 5 years of college. I had to slow down in grad school, but still trained 3-4 days a week, coached, competed, and worked out. I kept training and competing after getting a full time job in 1991, locally (normal divisions), and nationally but in Masters (30+) age class.
The last time I competed I ripped my right shoulder (level 3 AC joint tear), at 50 years old, and retired from competition.
I don't think you need to worry too much about ending up with a bunch of chronic injuries, or even 1 from a "big throw" at the occasional judo tournament.
Daria Bilodid of Ukraine executing a perfect ouchi gari to back take:
and her signature sankaku (almost made a big mistake when the uke performed a drop seoi nage):
Loved that, didn´t know it."I attacked with O Soto Gari.
He defended.
I insisted."
-- Kimura Masahiko
Keep in mind some injuries are because some people didn´t want to take the fall.That happened to me in one tournament hahaha-That really isn't motivating to hear at all. What do you tell people to get them to do judo instead of or more often than BJJ? Or does that conversation not come up for you?
I think my senior coach told the two guys I train with the most that Judo would help them with the stand up part of BJJ and make them more comfortable falling. They only compete in BJJ right now though.
Ono has gold once again! I am happy to see his successful return.