Saturday, 31 December 2011.
The last day of 2011. Monday marks the two-year anniversary of the start of First Coast Kodokan Judo, and I am very proud of the progress that we have made in judo. We are far from being super-proficient, but we are deadly enough that our coaches (Greg and Robert) take us serious and do not play around.
In today's BJJ practice, we had a round-robin between me, Jason, and Ethan. I fixed a few items that were wrong, but otherwise, it was an open roll.
In judo, we went over tai-otoshi and our foot-sweep options. We also entertained a visitor without experience (no disintegrations employed).
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
FRIDAY BJJ CLASS
Friday, 23 December 2011
We had me, Ethan, Jason, Nick, Jacqui, and three visitors for Friday's BJJ class. The visitors were two judoka (Brian and his 17-year-old son, Cody), and Brandon (blue belt under Jim Smiley, Putnam county deputy, and Nick's co-worker). Jim Smiley dropped in and observed for a bit. I taught escapes from various positions for a couple of hours and I rolled with Cody and Brian. I found out later, unfortunately, that Brian had a quarrel with Nick, calling him "arrogant" while Nick was teaching him. Had I known, I would have gone much more violent with Brian, or would have allowed Nick the opportunity to practice with him.
We had me, Ethan, Jason, Nick, Jacqui, and three visitors for Friday's BJJ class. The visitors were two judoka (Brian and his 17-year-old son, Cody), and Brandon (blue belt under Jim Smiley, Putnam county deputy, and Nick's co-worker). Jim Smiley dropped in and observed for a bit. I taught escapes from various positions for a couple of hours and I rolled with Cody and Brian. I found out later, unfortunately, that Brian had a quarrel with Nick, calling him "arrogant" while Nick was teaching him. Had I known, I would have gone much more violent with Brian, or would have allowed Nick the opportunity to practice with him.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
MONDAY MORNING CLASS REMOVED
We will no longer be having a Monday morning class due to non-attendance.
SATURDAY JUDO
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Ethan and I were the only ones who bothered to show up on Saturday. We received what boiled down to a private lesson from a world champion (our coach). We worked on most of our major throws, and we emphasized te waza (hand techniques) to finish throws. Ethan and I also discovered why dropping low and keeping the tripping foot forward on tai otoshi works.
Great practice overall, and we even worked the "sneaky technique" we discovered a few weeks ago.
Ethan and I were the only ones who bothered to show up on Saturday. We received what boiled down to a private lesson from a world champion (our coach). We worked on most of our major throws, and we emphasized te waza (hand techniques) to finish throws. Ethan and I also discovered why dropping low and keeping the tripping foot forward on tai otoshi works.
Great practice overall, and we even worked the "sneaky technique" we discovered a few weeks ago.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
SATURDAY, 26 NOVEMBER
BJJ was mostly no-gi, consisting mainly of live rolling and pointing out errors and fixing those.
In judo, it was a small class (Greg, me, Ethan, and Jason). We worked kumikata and a series of live throws (with motion) onto the improvised crash pads. We also worked on the theory behind a "new" technique that we discovered and are attempting to apply it to judo.
In judo, it was a small class (Greg, me, Ethan, and Jason). We worked kumikata and a series of live throws (with motion) onto the improvised crash pads. We also worked on the theory behind a "new" technique that we discovered and are attempting to apply it to judo.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
SATURDAY JUDO
It was a small class, but we worked on kumikata, foot sweeps, and perfecting hani-goshi, ippon seio-nage, tai otoshi, and harai goshi. We worked new drills for setting the throws up, and also for getting the throws "with resistance."
BJJ THIS WEEK
In Wednesday's class, I stressed the reverse DLR guard and taught three sweeps from there. On Thursday morning, I drilled these positions and had a good roll with Nick. On Friday morning, we had a small class of 4 that went over mount escapes (I continued drilling the reverse DLR) and rolled with Danny, a visitor/student.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
MONDAY MORNING TRAINING
This past Monday morning was not too exciting. It was me, Jason, and Josh M. I taught a few new ways to pass the butterfly guard and focused on the bottom person escaping once the pass was achieved.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
JUDO AT OMAR'S
Jason, Ethan, and I went with Greg to Omar's Judo Sport Academy on Monday, 15 August. Overall, it was not a bad time. Greg coached us, and they have a nice crashpad. It is small, and it was hot, though not as hot as Greg made it out to be.
Again, though, I had an issue with a "brown belt" from the same club as "Muay Thai" Mike (see previous posts) who goes there to get additional practice time. This guy, BH, has been into First Coast Kodokan before (more than a year ago), and he looked at us, who were yellow belts at the time, like fresh meat. There was no problem then, and there really was not a problem now.
So, I had BH on the ground, and I swept and armbarred him pretty quickly; I also choked him when I had his back. I went to show him what he did wrong (basic error of trying to bench press me off when I had mount), and I allowed him to full mount me and proceeded to teach what I teach my guys. While talking to him and, of course, off guard, he jumped into a loop-choke on me!
I pulled guard and put my hand on his elbow to relieve pressure, but decided not to and swept him. I had the full mount and he kept the attempted loop choke. I touched the elbow again to stop the choke, but decided against it since (1) He went for a choke when I was undefended and trying to teach him, (2) this "choke" had turned into a crush on my Adam's apple, (3) he had grabbed my fingers when I went for the earlier choke. I did a pure BJJ thing and pressed his face, thereby stopping the choke and permitting me to get the armbar. i did on both.
Once he tapped, he had this condescending smile and complained "I didn't know that BJJ allowed you to push the face." I said "It is legal in BJJ. I didn't know that grabbing fingers and taking a fist and pressing the Adam's apple was legal in judo." No complaints registered at that point.
Again, W-T-F? I thought BJJ folks were supposed to be dirty, but the dirtiest folks I've seen recently are judoka. The new rule is GO FULL BLAST AGAINST JUDOKA ON THE GROUND FROM NOW ON. No teaching, no goofing. Just full blast (like they do).
Again, though, I had an issue with a "brown belt" from the same club as "Muay Thai" Mike (see previous posts) who goes there to get additional practice time. This guy, BH, has been into First Coast Kodokan before (more than a year ago), and he looked at us, who were yellow belts at the time, like fresh meat. There was no problem then, and there really was not a problem now.
So, I had BH on the ground, and I swept and armbarred him pretty quickly; I also choked him when I had his back. I went to show him what he did wrong (basic error of trying to bench press me off when I had mount), and I allowed him to full mount me and proceeded to teach what I teach my guys. While talking to him and, of course, off guard, he jumped into a loop-choke on me!
I pulled guard and put my hand on his elbow to relieve pressure, but decided not to and swept him. I had the full mount and he kept the attempted loop choke. I touched the elbow again to stop the choke, but decided against it since (1) He went for a choke when I was undefended and trying to teach him, (2) this "choke" had turned into a crush on my Adam's apple, (3) he had grabbed my fingers when I went for the earlier choke. I did a pure BJJ thing and pressed his face, thereby stopping the choke and permitting me to get the armbar. i did on both.
Once he tapped, he had this condescending smile and complained "I didn't know that BJJ allowed you to push the face." I said "It is legal in BJJ. I didn't know that grabbing fingers and taking a fist and pressing the Adam's apple was legal in judo." No complaints registered at that point.
Again, W-T-F? I thought BJJ folks were supposed to be dirty, but the dirtiest folks I've seen recently are judoka. The new rule is GO FULL BLAST AGAINST JUDOKA ON THE GROUND FROM NOW ON. No teaching, no goofing. Just full blast (like they do).
WHY ME?
Last Saturday (13 August), I sent Greg a text and asked him not to drive all the way out for judo since it appeared that it would be just me and Ethan. All others canceled or were out of town, and I'd not heard from Jason as of 5:20 pm. So, again, out of consideration, I did not want Greg to come all the way for just two of us.
This will never happen again.
Jason arrived at 5:25 pm, and the guy that kicked me in the shins back in June (I will call him "Muay Thai" Mike..or MTM) came in at 5:45 pm. I had to tell him four times that Greg was not coming. I am not sure why he thought that I was lying to him.
He actually chastised me for not knowing/caring about certain throws as a green belt; I had to smile and say that I can pull off the few throws I know and that Greg is the one who determines what I need to know at this point in my development.
Anyhow, during standing randori, which was supposed to consist only of foot sweeps, he did not thai-kick my shins this time (thank God). I achieved a very, very hard ko-soto-gake on MTM, and the response was him adding other ashi-waza techniques to our session without announcing, such as the well-recognized ashi-waza of tomoe nage and tani-otoshi. In both cases, I ended up in full mount on him.
After trying to get Jason to go standing with him (I would not allow it), MTM wanted some more on the ground. It was not hard. I quickly achieved back mount, prompting him to do a violent, alligator-esque death roll, and I went for a gi choke. He grabbed my fingers and pulled; I responded with the idea that it was illegal in judo to grab fingers. He insisted that it was legal, and so I permitted it and started putting chokes on his face. He bled all over my gi...again.
In addition, he almost had his arm broken by not tapping to my reverse armbar (in fact, he did not tap...I let go when he screamed and I was 2/3 extended), and he insisted that I did not have a choke when I was teaching him something NOT to do. I almost choked him unconscious then.
What the hell? He seems to be a nice man overall, but some of the things that he is doing are very...douchy. It must be the judo brown belt thing. I do not get the judo brown belt mentality towards BJJ guys.
This will never happen again.
Jason arrived at 5:25 pm, and the guy that kicked me in the shins back in June (I will call him "Muay Thai" Mike..or MTM) came in at 5:45 pm. I had to tell him four times that Greg was not coming. I am not sure why he thought that I was lying to him.
He actually chastised me for not knowing/caring about certain throws as a green belt; I had to smile and say that I can pull off the few throws I know and that Greg is the one who determines what I need to know at this point in my development.
Anyhow, during standing randori, which was supposed to consist only of foot sweeps, he did not thai-kick my shins this time (thank God). I achieved a very, very hard ko-soto-gake on MTM, and the response was him adding other ashi-waza techniques to our session without announcing, such as the well-recognized ashi-waza of tomoe nage and tani-otoshi. In both cases, I ended up in full mount on him.
After trying to get Jason to go standing with him (I would not allow it), MTM wanted some more on the ground. It was not hard. I quickly achieved back mount, prompting him to do a violent, alligator-esque death roll, and I went for a gi choke. He grabbed my fingers and pulled; I responded with the idea that it was illegal in judo to grab fingers. He insisted that it was legal, and so I permitted it and started putting chokes on his face. He bled all over my gi...again.
In addition, he almost had his arm broken by not tapping to my reverse armbar (in fact, he did not tap...I let go when he screamed and I was 2/3 extended), and he insisted that I did not have a choke when I was teaching him something NOT to do. I almost choked him unconscious then.
What the hell? He seems to be a nice man overall, but some of the things that he is doing are very...douchy. It must be the judo brown belt thing. I do not get the judo brown belt mentality towards BJJ guys.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST
In BJJ, I worked on half-guard replacements again. It seems that I need to become more familiar with Master Gordo's system.
Tom, a Victor Huber blue belt and occasional judo visitor, dropped in for Greg's class. I have never had the opportunity to randori with Tom, but Saturday was a first. I was able to use the techniques that we've learned over the past year and a half to my advantage. I secured two nasty uchi-mata (I landed on him way too hard...sorry Tom), a tani-otoshi (crash landing again...sorry Tom), a counter to a hip throw we practiced this evening, and an o-uchi-gari (good control on my part). I think all of these would have scored ippon. I missed a foot sweep because I did not continue the pull straight down on the gi.
The big learning for the night was on the throw I missed and how to land a bit gentler (Ethan was also on the receiving end of uchi-mata). I have the mentality of not wanting to give up position since, as a BJJ guy and wrestler, the fight continues on the ground even if the throw is an ippon. Also, since I am not that good at judo, my technique is not fluid, so my landings are more like crashes.
Tom, a Victor Huber blue belt and occasional judo visitor, dropped in for Greg's class. I have never had the opportunity to randori with Tom, but Saturday was a first. I was able to use the techniques that we've learned over the past year and a half to my advantage. I secured two nasty uchi-mata (I landed on him way too hard...sorry Tom), a tani-otoshi (crash landing again...sorry Tom), a counter to a hip throw we practiced this evening, and an o-uchi-gari (good control on my part). I think all of these would have scored ippon. I missed a foot sweep because I did not continue the pull straight down on the gi.
The big learning for the night was on the throw I missed and how to land a bit gentler (Ethan was also on the receiving end of uchi-mata). I have the mentality of not wanting to give up position since, as a BJJ guy and wrestler, the fight continues on the ground even if the throw is an ippon. Also, since I am not that good at judo, my technique is not fluid, so my landings are more like crashes.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
WEDNESDAY BJJ
I went over a half-guard bottom escape and quarter-guard sweeps, and also covered ways to thwart an opponent from getting the kimura from the guard.
In addition, we were visited by a man named Josh, another escapee from the fake BJJ instructor from down the road. Josh seems to be a nice guy, and like all others that I have seen and rolled with from the "Master," he was not taught BJJ. He made fatal mistakes that permitted me to tap him at will with minimal effort. However, we can fix this problem if he chooses to become a student.
In addition, we were visited by a man named Josh, another escapee from the fake BJJ instructor from down the road. Josh seems to be a nice guy, and like all others that I have seen and rolled with from the "Master," he was not taught BJJ. He made fatal mistakes that permitted me to tap him at will with minimal effort. However, we can fix this problem if he chooses to become a student.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
HANE-GOSHI
Three of our regular members were on vacation on Saturday.
We reviewed hip throws, focusing on hane-goshi.
We reviewed hip throws, focusing on hane-goshi.
Friday, July 22, 2011
STRIPE PROMOTIONS
I promoted Andrew Sears and Mike Mach from plain white belt to white belt with one stripe on Wednesday, 20 July.
You have both worked hard and taken some whippings from the more experienced guys in the class. It will get better as your repertoire of moves grows and your timing develops.
Thanks for the opportunity to coach you on the long journey that is BJJ.
You have both worked hard and taken some whippings from the more experienced guys in the class. It will get better as your repertoire of moves grows and your timing develops.
Thanks for the opportunity to coach you on the long journey that is BJJ.
CHARLES' SEMINAR = SUCCESS
I'd like to send a special thank you to James Smiley and Combat Athletix for hosting Charles for this past Saturday's seminar. We all appreciate your hospitality.
I learned a good amount from the seminar and look forward to perfecting what we went over that afternoon.
Thanks to Charles for taking the time to come up, as well.
Kris
I learned a good amount from the seminar and look forward to perfecting what we went over that afternoon.
Thanks to Charles for taking the time to come up, as well.
Kris
Thursday, July 14, 2011
ALMOST A FULL HOUSE
We looked like a real BJJ academy last evening (13 July). We had nine folks out on the mats. There was one brown (me), one purple, three blues, and four whites. It was really cool to have all of my students in attendance, and it made it easy for people of similar sizes/experience to match up.
Monday, June 27, 2011
MONDAY MORNING CLASS
We had a productive class this morning. Though we did nothing truly ground shaking with techniques (we focused on how to open a closed guard), I think that the review was necessary.
I also taught a "new" escape from mount and learned a transition to a sweep from my youngest blue belt. For that, I say thanks.
Kris
I also taught a "new" escape from mount and learned a transition to a sweep from my youngest blue belt. For that, I say thanks.
Kris
ANOTHER YONKYU AT FIRST COAST KODOKAN
With all of the muay thai and newaza thumping we did on Saturday night, 25 June, with the two folks from outside of our club, I forgot to mention that Greg DiFranza promoted Nicholas Nix to yonkyu and Jacqui Zahralban to gokyu.
We have five people ranked at yonkyu and three ranked at gokyu at First Coast Kodokan. All of these are "home-grown" rankings, and I am proud of our mutual progress.
We have five people ranked at yonkyu and three ranked at gokyu at First Coast Kodokan. All of these are "home-grown" rankings, and I am proud of our mutual progress.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
MUAY THAI?
So I practiced muay thai last night. Let me rephrase that; the judo brown belt that I practiced against practiced muay thai against me last night. That dude kicked me in the left shin over and over, and it's not as if he was really trying a foot sweep. He just kept hauling off and kicking me in the damn shin with his heel. No kazushi at all. It perturbed me. I finally had enough and foot swept him (really hard...Greg can testify). He seemd to be extremely angry when we stood up, and he tried slinging me all over the place (he outweighed me by at least 50 lbs), and then he got thrown again. The addage that anger makes you do bad things worked here.
And when it was on the ground, I had no mercy. I moved all over him, took his back, choked him, swept him, armbarred him. Worse, it seemed that he tried to be "sneaky" and do very light single touches as a tap. I did not accept these since, from the shin kicks, I suspected they were meant to make me let go and permit him to claim that he did not tap. I could be wrong, but it is what I thought at the time. He asked for instruction rather than free rolling during what was supposed to be our second session of ground-work. I complied since, overall, he seems like a nice guy, but he seems to suffer from judo brown belt disease.
Dave Sullins got to roll the black belt from Montana, who bypassed my sign and walked across the mats with his street shoes on. I have to admit that it is strange for a 3rd dan judoka not to remove his shoes when on a mat, especially someone else's. Anyhow, Dave worked him, and the guy was actually claiming to "coach" him; he even claimed to go light on Dave. HA! Dave is now an experienced BJJ blue belt; he even announced to the guy (whom he had fat-boy mounted at the time he was being "coached" to get an armbar) that he was a BJJ guy and he was getting a choke. Dave got the choke. During their later sessions, the guy was tapping as soon as Dave got position.
And when it was on the ground, I had no mercy. I moved all over him, took his back, choked him, swept him, armbarred him. Worse, it seemed that he tried to be "sneaky" and do very light single touches as a tap. I did not accept these since, from the shin kicks, I suspected they were meant to make me let go and permit him to claim that he did not tap. I could be wrong, but it is what I thought at the time. He asked for instruction rather than free rolling during what was supposed to be our second session of ground-work. I complied since, overall, he seems like a nice guy, but he seems to suffer from judo brown belt disease.
Dave Sullins got to roll the black belt from Montana, who bypassed my sign and walked across the mats with his street shoes on. I have to admit that it is strange for a 3rd dan judoka not to remove his shoes when on a mat, especially someone else's. Anyhow, Dave worked him, and the guy was actually claiming to "coach" him; he even claimed to go light on Dave. HA! Dave is now an experienced BJJ blue belt; he even announced to the guy (whom he had fat-boy mounted at the time he was being "coached" to get an armbar) that he was a BJJ guy and he was getting a choke. Dave got the choke. During their later sessions, the guy was tapping as soon as Dave got position.
Monday, June 20, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLEN TATE
Our Nebraska connection, Allen Tate, passed his test and received the coveted BJJ blue belt from Rodrigo Vaghi, a 4th degree black belt under Rickson Gracie, on Saturday, 18 June. Along the way, Allen lost 50 lbs in preparation for the test.
Great job Allen. We look forward to your return in January.
Kris
Great job Allen. We look forward to your return in January.
Kris
O-GOSHI AND FOOT SWEEPS
This past Saturday (18 June), we covered o-goshi and worked foot sweeps in judo.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
VISIT BY ROBERT WATSON
Robert Watson, a BJJ blue belt who works at UPS with me and Marcus, dropped in on Saturday night (11 June) and trained with us for the BJJ class only. Unfortunately, he wore himself out grappling and did not stay for judo.
Thanks for dropping by.
Thanks for dropping by.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
CHARLES DOS ANJOS SEMINAR: JULY 16
My instructor, Charles Dos Anjos, will be in town on Saturday, 16 July, for a seminar.
Our friend and owner of Combat Athletix, James Smiley, who is a black belt in BJJ under Edson Diniz, has graciously agreed to host the event. For this, I thank him, and I believe it will be beneficial for both of our academies.
Here are the details:
PLACE: Smiley's Combat Athletix
ADDRESS: 3600 Peoria Road, Suite #203, Orange Park, FL 32065
DATE: Saturday, 16 July 2011
TIME: 12:00 pm
COST: $25
Our friend and owner of Combat Athletix, James Smiley, who is a black belt in BJJ under Edson Diniz, has graciously agreed to host the event. For this, I thank him, and I believe it will be beneficial for both of our academies.
Here are the details:
PLACE: Smiley's Combat Athletix
ADDRESS: 3600 Peoria Road, Suite #203, Orange Park, FL 32065
DATE: Saturday, 16 July 2011
TIME: 12:00 pm
COST: $25
Thursday, May 26, 2011
2-STRIPES ON BROWN BELT
I am now a 2-stripe brown belt in BJJ. I am officially halfway between a brown belt and black belt. I guess that makes me a "purple belt" among other brown belts. More improvements are needed, so wish me luck and help me along this path.
THREE MORE MAKE IT TO YONKYU
Greg DiFranza promoted three more people from our club to yonkyu in judo. David Sullins, Jason Compton, and Ethan Edwards all received their promotions this past Saturday, 21 May (though an injured Jason Compton sat at home contemplating life).
Each man has made it to blue belt in BJJ and yonkyu (green belt for us) in judo.
Each man has made it to blue belt in BJJ and yonkyu (green belt for us) in judo.
GREG DIFRANZA = US NATIONAL CHAMPION
On 30 April, our judo coach, Dr. Greg DiFranza, won another national championship in his age/weight category (M5/+100kg) at the US Senior Nationals (a USA judo sponsored event).
I can't say that we are surprised, though we are certainly excited and pleased. Way to go, Greg!
I can't say that we are surprised, though we are certainly excited and pleased. Way to go, Greg!
NICHOLAS NIX = BJJ PURPLE BELT
After a little "seasoning" as a 4-stripe blue belt, Nicholas Nix earned the coveted BJJ purple belt directly from Charles Dos Anjos on 23 April.
The purple belt, while a royal color, is the worst belt to be in BJJ since the white and blue belts do everything they can to beat you, and the black and brown belts do not take it easy on you.
Good job and good luck.
The purple belt, while a royal color, is the worst belt to be in BJJ since the white and blue belts do everything they can to beat you, and the black and brown belts do not take it easy on you.
Good job and good luck.
ETHAN EDWARDS = BJJ BLUE BELT
I've been lax on announcing what has been going on. Ethan Edwards earned his blue belt on April 16. Good job to Ethan.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Josh's First Judo Class
This past Saturday (9 April) was my son's first judo class. We're still testing it out to see if he really wants to do it before I purchase a gi for him.
YONKYU!!
It is official and complete with documentation. Greg DiFranza promoted me to yonkyu in judo this past week (Saturday, 9 April). It doesn't mean that I am an expert (far from it), but it does mean that I get to wear a cool green belt in judo now.
Simultaneously, Greg promoted Marcus Clark to gokyu. In fact, I gave Marcus my yellow belt at the end of the class. He put it on before he left the academy.
Congratulations to Marcus on his promotion.
Simultaneously, Greg promoted Marcus Clark to gokyu. In fact, I gave Marcus my yellow belt at the end of the class. He put it on before he left the academy.
Congratulations to Marcus on his promotion.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
TAI OTOSHI
We worked tai otoshi this past Saturday, 2 April. I'm learning more about the proper positioning each time we study this major throw. Subtle movements make all of the difference in the world. I do not feel that this throw is a natural move for me, but I intend to make it into one.
NEW ADDITION TO WOLFPACK ORANGE PARK
Welcome aboard to our newest member, Michael Mach. Due to his schedule and involvement with our church (yes, we attend the same church), Mike attends the morning classes.
When you finally meet Mike, make sure to greet him the BJJ way...with a choke or joint manipulation.
When you finally meet Mike, make sure to greet him the BJJ way...with a choke or joint manipulation.
Monday, February 28, 2011
SATURDAY REVIEW
This past Saturday, we went over sukui-nage and uchi-mata in judo. I am a fan of uchi-mata; it seems to me that sukui-nage is a power move. With more practice, I may change my opinion.
Welcome aboard to Andrew Sears. He is the newest member of Wolfpack Orange Park.
In BJJ, I just rolled with Nick and Jason.
Welcome aboard to Andrew Sears. He is the newest member of Wolfpack Orange Park.
In BJJ, I just rolled with Nick and Jason.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday Review
In BJJ this past Saturday, I went over how to pass the De La Riva guard. We will do more of this since I am personally working on using the DLR more and want people to pass me so I can get better.
In judo, we practiced the traditional ippon seio-nage and the traiditonal o-soto-gari and the "competition-style" o-soto-gari.
In judo, we practiced the traditional ippon seio-nage and the traiditonal o-soto-gari and the "competition-style" o-soto-gari.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
RESULTS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT, 22 JANUARY
David Berlin returned to assist us on Saturday, 22 January. We covered five variations of tai otoshi during the class (traditional static, with movement backwards, and from three different randori situations).
Friday, January 21, 2011
RETURN OF DAVID BERLIN
After more than a few months away recovering from a stroke, David Berlin will be returning as an assistant instructor for First Coast Kodokan Judo club on Saturday night. We all look forward to Dave's return to the mats.
Kris
Kris
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