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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Throwing a Dummy with Seoi Nage
Uchikomi, drilling, with a partner, yourself, or with a dummy all suffer the risk of being unrealistic. But I think as long as you have an understanding of the technique, you can use all those methods to supplement your training. … Continue reading
One Hundred Guillotines with My New Best Friend
To the left is a picture of a fellow grappler I recently met. He doesn’t read poetry. He doesn’t have a blog where he airs out his emotions. He doesn’t take s*** from anyone. He is a man of few … Continue reading
Posted in Jiu Jitsu, Technique, Training
Tagged butterfly guard, drilling, dummy, guillotine, marcelo garcia
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Hudson Judo Promotional Tournament Video Diary
This Saturday, I competed at the Hudson Judo Promotional Tournament. It’s a line tournament, also known as Kohaku shiai or “winner stays up”. Competitors are lined up by weight. In theory, you fight until you loose, but in practice if you win … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Judo
Tagged batsugan, boltbus, christopher maksymowicz, hudson judo, kohaku shiai, line tournament, megabus, promotion, uchi mata
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Russian Wrestling vs American Wrestling
I “believe” in technical wrestling. Similar to the spirit of jiu jitsu, I believe that technique can beat power and aggression. That’s a tough thing to believe because it involves being crushed a lot as part of the learning process. … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Wrestling
Tagged american wrestling, dan gable, mike denny, russian wrestling
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BJJ Video Diary: Battle for the Bullies
A few of the Osagame judo and bjj guys went to the “Battle for the Bullies” jiu jitsu tournament yesterday. All proceeds went to a pit bull rescue shelter, so thanks to Chris Hughes and Marco Perazzo from NJMA for putting … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Jiu Jitsu
Tagged cage, eric silverman, gi, no-gi, osagame, pit bull, ray huxen, tournament
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Cary Kolat on Mental Toughness
I know that me and the guy in this video are worlds apart in our skill level, toughness, etc. But I like the story he told about the Mongolian wrestler taking the freezing cold shower without flinching. Now, I … Continue reading
Judo Kata Blues
In Judo, there are several requirements for promotion to black belt (and some of the brown belt ranks). There’s the usual time-in-grade and competition performance, but there’s also the little tiny requirement of kata. Specifically, a kata called “nage no … Continue reading
Princeton Judo Invitational Video Diary
I competed at the Princeton Judo Invitational today in the 178 lbs and 198 lbs advanced divisions. I lost in the 178 and won 3 matches in the 198 before I had to leave in order to return the PhillyCarShare car … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Judo
Tagged advanced, liberty bell judo, philadelphia judo, princeton judo invitational
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Passing the Impassable Guard
Many of the BJJ competitors at the black belt level have an open guard that at times seems to be “impassable”. A good example of someone with an “impassable guard” is Michael Langhi. Here’s an example match of his against Gilbert … Continue reading
Posted in Jiu Jitsu, Technique
Tagged guard passing, leg drag, michael langhi, open guard
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