My first Judo competition

[u/kimjongunsdaughter]

I have fought 5 rounds in total; 4 wins 1 loss. I have 7 months of wrestling background experience, with just a few sessions of BJJ. I just started doing Judo, and these are the fights I feel i performed not so good in. Any advice or tips from all the respectable judokas would be of great motivation! Thank you very much!

[u/Yamatsuki_Fusion]

Huh, is ass grab Te Guruma allowed now? I have to check the rules.

What is your regular stance? You shouldn't be leading left foot with righty grips, that will get you in trouble.

I get the vibe that you'd love Ko-Uchi Makikomi. That last throw was a very sloppy variant of it, but it can be done with an underhook. But the move itself could well suit your driving mentality, its very shot like.

If you can make this underhook style work, then keep at it. Don't listen to people telling you it can't be done. But I would temper your expectations with it- at a certain point, players will not make it so easy to close in like that. And I'm no ref nor am I too good with the rules, but you could get penalised jumping in with that bear hug, so be careful.

But I am very curious about what you actually do in randori otherwise. Or how higher grades deal with you.

[u/wowspare → u/Yamatsuki_Fusion]

Huh, is ass grab Te Guruma allowed now? I have to check the rules.

New rules say:

All jacket grips and gripping under the belt to the level of the top of the inner thigh are allowed.

Hooking the legs with the hand or arm, leg grabbing, gripping trousers and touching the leg from the top of inner thigh down is forbidden and will be penalised with Shido.

So you cannot do an actual, real te guruma like in the past, since a real te guruma involves hooking your hands under uke's groin. But you can do a pseudo- te guruma by gripping the gi jacket's skirt, or gripping the gi pants at uke's butt like OP did here. You just gotta be careful to make sure it's above the top of the inner thigh.

[u/Yamatsuki_Fusion → u/wowspare]

Huh. I don’t have anything nice to say about this, but alright.

[u/kimjongunsdaughter → u/wowspare]

So no leg grabbing

[u/kimjongunsdaughter → u/Yamatsuki_Fusion]

I will try and upload videos of my randori sessions later if I get to film them! I thank you for insights, they really help me reflect alot! I do agree, I'm not used to throwing with a gi, since they're also trying to break my grip, so I'm more accustomed to Shooting, like in wrestling. I will research more on Ko Uchi makikomi, I never knew the name! I'm more used to throwing with an underhook, as it's more practical in nogi situations. My stance is usually low, right foot forward. I tried the left foot forward to confuse the opponent hahah Respect to you sir!

[u/Yamatsuki_Fusion → u/kimjongunsdaughter]

No need for that. Its more about the sort of throws you actually aim for and what you might look like it a more stress free environment. Judging from your other video, you seem to wait on Tani Otoshi... which is not a good developmental habit.

Underhook is just a powerful position for throws, which all judokas can get the hang of quick- its not something you have to go out of your way to preserve and practice. I used to carry the baggage of doing Judo in a 'no-gi' way, but I dropped that real quick when I realised it was holding me back from actually throwing people.

And when I did do actual no-gi, it was not a super hard adjustment. A good judoka should be good at throwing from a number of grips, including no-gi. The body mechanics and fitting into throws is more important than grips, and you won't be able to practice the dynamics of pummelling or handfighting in gi judo.

You will confuse yourself with left foot forward to be honest, especially if you don't understand left vs right. Best to stick to one side.

[u/powerhearse → u/Yamatsuki_Fusion]

I dont think it was a ko uchi makikomi? He had two underhooks. Just a ko uchi

[u/Yamatsuki_Fusion → u/powerhearse]

It wasn’t a Ko-Uchi makkikomi and if I had to be uncharitable I’d say he wasn’t even thinking of Ko-Uchi Gari.

But the way he did it makes me think he’d like Ko-Uchi Makikomi.

[u/powerhearse → u/Yamatsuki_Fusion]

Oh sorry I misread your comment!