Again, Daki age was banned in the 1920s.
Leg locks were banned in the 1920s, long before Judo was ever considered for the Olympics.
Well he was wrong. The Japanese are happy to fight from any grip and to fight with and against leg grabs. The rules changes were brought in to...
Escapes from osaekomi should really be instructed and drilled... it sounds like you are only getting practice in newaza randori? Kashiwazaki's...
Karate is good for kids. Great for giving balance and tai sabaki. 5 is kind of on the young side for Judo anyway (the youngest we take them in...
It will get better in time. Each throw has numerous elements, all of which need to be correct to some degree to throw properly. Get any of them...
Aside from the different rulesets resulting in different priorities from judoka vs BJJers, you're watching edited highlights. Most judo does not...
マット is "Matto"... you hardly hear the "o", it's that short. That's as close to Matt as you're going to get. ドノヒ is "Donohi", and the i at the end...
There's also Sandbach Judo Club, which is near-ish: http://sandbachjudoclub.tripod.com/
You will likely struggle to find anywhere that takes 4 year olds. I believe 5 is the cut-off point for BJA clubs and for those in affiliated...
While this is true and many of Abbe's students are still around and teaching that style of judo, not everything that is labelled/advertised as...
Why not contact them and find out what the age range of members is? The average age of members of my club is around 30, but that could well be a...
Heh... At that club you have Jim Mealing. He's vice president of the BJC and a BJC 7th dan... that's a fairly big deal in that he is the only...
As a matter of interest, your profile says you're from Southport. Is this club Our Lady Of Lourdes Judo Club we're talking about?
To answer a couple of points you made earlier, the BJC was obviously separate from the BJA for a long time and were seen as being in direct...
Call it a "competitive technique" then... it's a modern style of fighting that, in a randori setting, annoys the hell out of some traditionalists....
The main difference is one of politics. The BJC was formed in the late 1950s by Kenshiro Abbe, an exceptional Japanese judoka who had taught at...
Yes. Kotosenmon gakko literally means "higher expert school" and refers to vocational educational schools which cover the age range covered in the...
All judo clubs teach pre-olympic techniques. "Kosen" means "High School". Kosen judo is simply Kodokan judo as taught to school kids in the...
Abbe's judo was plain old Kodokan judo.
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