r/judo Jun 07 '25

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/superman306 Jun 08 '25

Transition from lower to upper body. The YouTube channel EarnYourGoldMedal is a goldmine (pun not intended) for this.

As perhaps the most fundamental example of this, here’s a classic Kolat video where he demonstrates hitting an O-Goshi off your opponent reacting to your sweep single with a hard whizzer:

https://youtu.be/3cc7tyjGLx0?si=kNHZWHOwDvFhbk-x