I don’t know if I can decide between both! I’m in school for anthropology right now, but should I maybe try to duel major in geology? I think Pleistocene is probably my favorite area of study but I also enjoy classical Rome and Greece and other ancient civilizations. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Looks like maybe a shell or plant found by a lake in Midwest USA
Is ippon worth focusing on over morote? I’m thinking more for competition purposes. Should I focus more on one in particular? I would say I prefer ippon but I’m more of an Uchimata person anyways
guardwise for nogi I have mainly done halfguard (knee shield, half butterfly, kimura trap, octopus guard, and lockdown. Im a big half guard fan. Then closed guard, butterfly, slx, and X guard. Gi wise, the only Gi specific guard ive ever trained is collar sleeve. Should I be trying for example DLR, spider, and lasso? or is this more optional and the basic guards will serve me well enough. To clarify im a big standup and passing enjoyer, so I usually just sweep or wrestle up.
So an opponent has a collar tie on me how do I decide whether to slip it to a Russian tie or do an overtie I enjoy both but not too sure how they differ. My current understanding is. Russian if the arm is more extended and overtie if the are elbow in my chest pressuring in? Any thoughts would be great, thanks.
MMA is a little more clear cut but I wondering how grapplers get recruited? Is it kind like adcc where you get an invite, or is it just kind of whoever seems entertaining and good and has a lot bjj/sambo/judo accolades?
So uchimata is one of my most successful entries and I enjoy chaining off of it. usually kouchi, and harai a few times. I know I can also use a sumi gaeshi and a tai otoshi. My question when to do which. To my understanding uchimata to sumi gaeshi when uke pushes into you to avoid uchimata. uchimata to harai when uke tries to circle away. Then i guess kouchi and tai otoshi if they keep their far foot heavy? Please correct me, thanks.
So I only do bjj and have learned my wrestling from YouTube and my wrestler teammates. I mostly like underhooks and Russians. I probably at this point am aware of what I can do off of most ties except overties, I’ve no clue where it fits into the puzzle besides you sue it when your opponent collar ties you. So my questions are why would I choose to use it? What are the advanteges? Is it better/worse an inside tie and underhook?
So one of main throws I do is uchimata and I usually chain it to harai or kouchi. I very rarely get the big beautiful launch I do the ken ken thigh one. I think one detail I noticed watching tutorials is i dont try to raise the foot when rotating in ken ken uchimata I think i have to raise my foot once we are turning. But any other feedback would be great
I am done bjj gi and nogi with a lot of judo throws that have worked against other bjj guys. But basically all my setups are someone pressuring into me or other moves to create the opening, like I do ouchi to get them into position for Uchimata. I never really do the lapel Kazushi am I really missing out here? I would say that’s the hardest thing for me is making that off balance in static reps. Like I have a way easier time hitting Harai if I set it up versus trying to Kazushi with just the gi like in the kata
So I’m injured and gonna be out of bjj for a couple months and I’m thinking about moving over to judo partially when I get back I love the standup portion of the art as well as the ground and submission part of it I don’t think you can only do one. Also I love both gi and nogi and wanna do both. So I’m gonna spend the time doing strength and conditioning and I have a dummy. With bjj and wrestling it’s pretty easy to study. In bjj you got guards and positions, in wrestling you got tieups, but judo hasn’t been as easy to figure out for me. I do use a fair amount of judo throws in class in both gi and nogi, but I don’t really know how to organize stuff, because can only have non normal grips for a short amount of time so you can’t really specialize too much. I like the combos sasae, Harai goshi, and osoto gari and ouchi, Uchimata, and kouchi. Also sumi geashi and tomo no mage situationally. But yeah to summarize how do you study judo? From my uneducated perspective it’s like so many throws but most people only use a few. Do I just start by researching throws? I’ll probably also buy some dopa bands to work on my wrestling takedowns and judo throws
So obviously I know underhooks are better and safer since you have inside position, but man I gotta say i love me some overhooks. It feels so much easier to generate pressure for takedowns whether leg attacks or throws. Underhooks usually people respond far less aggressively. They just try to disengage, but overhooks people try to get underhook control which leads to more pressure and more takedowns. Just an observation still think underhooks are better but I think overhooks should get more appreciation
I haven't found much on this move besides the iron faith russian tutorial. Can i do other moves besides throws and the knee pick from the arm bundle?
So what’s the difference in reaction for when i should do a single double leg grab vs an inside trip on either legs. Let’s say off an arm drag or a Russian for example. To me it seems like they fill more or less the same role but I’m totally unsure.
Most of the moves I learned when I was beginning were from inside tie and collar tie. I learned basic double leg, sweep single, ankle pick, so I can execute them all more or less okay. But after I learned Russian tie, underhook , and front headlock even, it seems kinda pointless to choose to shoot off this more neutral tie (inside tie collar tie). I guess is it more thinking “hey I can’t always get to my tieup so I need to be comfortable in neutral if a guy won’t let me get to any of my tieups?
So probably my best tie has been a Russian. I go for the go behind first, and if they turn into me I’ll hit the single. If they pull the near foot back I’ll hit the knee pick if they pull both feet back I’ll snap em down. If they post on my head I’ll either do a hic/double/duck or hit an Uchimata if I don’t think I can get under them. I also was wondering what reactions footsweeps and inside trips cover I’m pretty okay at footsweeps and trips in the gi but I’ve never really took them seriously in nogi. So should I add some trips and if so what reactions do they cover and any other feedback about the system now?