u/Accomplished_Hunt956

Hi all,

I am going to my first competitive dan grading this Saturday, and it is also my first Judo competition... ever. I mainly would like some advice relating to competition intensity, the only grappling competitions I have done are 2 BJJ ones, in both I was caught by the difference in sparring and competition intensity. I was hoping for some advice in how I can moderate my intensity correctly, not going in too slow but also not going in like a "spazzy white belt" and getting easily countered, I am a pretty small fighter, 63kg M, so I probably can't set the pace particularly easily, especially if my opponents are 68-70kg.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks

For a bit of additional context, this is the BJA Dan grading in High Wycombe on Saturday the 11th July.

Hi, I saw there is an upcoming dan grading in High Wycombe, I wanted to ask whether any BJA judoka had attended this event before, and whether they know how many people tend to attend. I am a light weight (63kg male) and as such going to a higher attended event means I am more likely to have fights with people of similar size. Thank you!

Hi, I want to try out the castlevania games. I have a 3DS and Steam, so if the DS/3DS/Virtual console games are good that would be great as I can play them on the DS, but if theres specifically good steam games I can also try them? I just want to hear what people recommend as the best games in the franchise. I am looking partially for gameplay, but also the story and lore of the games. Thanks.

I want to start a bit of a discussion.

I have done Judo for the last 11 years, I have done BJJ for the last 2 years. This is not supposed to be a discussion about which grappling arts are superior, but a discussion about why we do the sports we do, what benefits we find from crosstraining with different sports. And I want to get a bit of a discussion about peoples goals, do you crosstrain to become a well rounded grappler, do you crosstrain with striking to have a rounded out fighting skillset.

Lets chat!

I want to ask about what I might expect if I try combat Sambo. I found out that a club has started in the City I go to university in, I have heard of Sambo before and was interested in doing an MMA adjacent sport like an MMA club, Kudo or Sambo. I would be starting in around September/October, so this is a bit early to inquire, but what sort of things could I expect in a Sambo class. I have 0 striking experience, I own 0 equipment other than a mouth guard, and while I have grappling experience from Judo my leg grab knowledge is very limited.

If you could give me a bit of an overview of your sport, and a bit of what to expect that would be great! And hopefully I will enjoy it when I give it a try in September!

Thank you.

I am a judoka, but I enjoy Joshua Beams content, and I watched this video where he talked about the taboo of choking with juji jime or sode guruma jime from within the guard due to risking a sweep.

What I wanted to ask was peoples opinions on this rule, I quite often focus on choking from the guard in ne waza, I often find people expect you to focus on the legs and leave the neck exposed allowing many of these chokes, I had never heard the argument that they are risky before, and I really can't think of times I was swept due to focusing on the choke.

Interested in hearing some perspectives.

Thanks

I have been quite liking the georgian grip for a while, but the only throw I knew how to do was hikikomi gaeshi, and beyond that I can only get the position from a regular over shoulder grip gets ducked giving me the georgian A position.

I want to build out my repetoire for the georgian grip, as I feel like its a very strong position to aim for and work from, so throws I should look into developping would be great to hear. I would also love advice for how to force the position more often, how do I seek the georgian grip to aim for these techniques. Finally I want some feedback on the "correct" body composition for georgian grip, I am a shorter lighter judoka, 62kg 5'8, so is this a system more used by heavy weights? Is it less applicable against people who outweigh me?

Thank you, any advice would be greatly appreciated, and either way its nice to have a chat on here! 😁