but this is a meaning that is not used much in Judo circles. As you advance in Judo it becomes very apparent that there are so many techniques and aspects of Judo that it would take a lifetime to learn them all. Mastery seems to stay just out of reach, and it is not something...
In kendo there is a grading system in which novices usually start from 6-kyu working up to 1-kyu. Following the kyu grades are the dan grades. The first dan grade is shodan (1-dan) which corresponds with a 1st degree black-belt in judo or karate, etc. The highest grade was previousl...
he had none of those titles. This is him throwing France's Ugo Legrand for ippon in the 2013 World Championship final to become world champion for the first time. If I could choose only one picture to define my career, it would be this. Legrand is so perfectly vertical, which you rarel...
Indrek Pertelson, Estonia (ippon, 3:53) Results at judo world championships Adding to the enterprise, "Def Poetry Jam" is developing both a CD venture that will marry spoken word with music and a clothing line. You Can't Keep Simmons Down on the Phat Farm Soon after, he met Rick ...
I have the sneaking suspicion that the problem of not recognizing this dichotomy between ‘classical’ and ‘competitive’ Osotogari is twofold - first, my use of the term ‘classical’ really irritates many Judoka - who will never admit that perhaps we can do things better today in some res...