r/judo Jun 15 '25

Competing and Tournaments Ippon!!

821 Upvotes

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u/Uchimatty Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

I envy people who made it to this level doing drop throws and still have good knees

22

u/EraTsun Jun 15 '25

They usually land on their shins more than their knee cap on that level.

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u/Black6x ikkyu Jun 15 '25

At my age and weight, it wouldn't matte. All of that is exploding. You'll find my kneecaps in the next timezone.

5

u/euanmorse sandan Jun 16 '25

Is that…a pun?

6

u/Black6x ikkyu Jun 16 '25

Not intentionally. It was supposed to say "matter" but by the time I saw it, I didn't care AND it kinda worked as a pun, so I left it.

2

u/Brandonix26 Jun 15 '25

Is it really that uncommon? Damn, I'll be careful

2

u/No_Cherry2477 Jun 16 '25

I took a hit to one of my knees today trying to help a white belt finish her drop seio nage in randori. She got to the halfway point generally okay, but just when I was helping to go over for ukemi, she let go and I went straight down on my knee.

2

u/ShovelBrother sankyu Jun 20 '25

I cant imagine doing drop throws at 100kg+ and making it past prelims without injury.

1

u/Uchimatty Jun 20 '25

Nurlykhan Sharkhan has the worlds strongest knees

40

u/IlIlllIIIlllllI shodan Jun 15 '25

really inhuman speed

12

u/jampalma Jun 15 '25

Even in slo mo it’s too fast

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u/linkhandford Jun 16 '25

I was pausing it frame by frame. Can confirm your right.

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u/Buqueding shodan Jun 15 '25

It's the fake osoto that does it. Just enough to provoke uke without slowing Tori down. Beautiful.

3

u/bmommen Jun 15 '25

Yes, this! The beauty is that the opponent suspects an osoto and he turns it mid air into a drop seoi or tai otoshi.

22

u/sardiusjacinth Jun 15 '25

If blue didn't put out his arm and not turned his head... he'd be faceplanted going 30Mph

12

u/LuckerKing Jun 15 '25

i think the actual rotation comes from pulling the arm.

the arm out might help the fall but was surely intended to avoid the rotation in actuality

3

u/sardiusjacinth Jun 15 '25

Yeah,but look,blue still hit his head. Probably K.O.

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u/ChickenNuggetSmth gokyu Jun 15 '25

Blue could have easily gone with the throw. He tried to land belly-down to avoid ippon, which is why he hit his head.

Those dudes have crazy strong necks, so hopefully it wasn't too bad in the end.

5

u/pato_pincho Jun 15 '25

Thats why we learn ukemis and practice them every session. A normal person would have broken their neck.

5

u/Luvmywife2023 Jun 15 '25

This is just spectacular! Dedication to a craft is truly a beautiful thing to behold.

2

u/-RT-TRACKER- Jun 15 '25

What a nice throw!

2

u/SevaSentinel Jun 15 '25

Looks like some there between Seoi Otoshi and Tai Otoshi

2

u/JaguarHaunting584 Jun 16 '25

beautiful just incredible speed too

2

u/Which-Painting9830 Jun 15 '25

❤️ Poetry in Motion... Like

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u/Rosso_5 Jun 15 '25

Please correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t it super dangerous to jump then block the opponent’s knee mid air like that? Blue’s leg could’ve been stuck and got his knee over extended .

I expect white should rotate downward like this, not jump into it https://youtube.com/shorts/1fRWGNz4NLc?si=JvWRIkVAHRjIK3BY

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u/Crimsonavenger2000 sankyu Jun 15 '25

He isn't actually blocking the knee. He uses the knee to slide down to the shin, so the knee is never under any real pressure here.

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u/Rosso_5 Jun 15 '25

Sorry should have been clearer. I’m concerned about blue’s feet might got stuck either by white pulling direction or even because white landing on top of the feet, then something like this happens 

https://youtu.be/RXeXY3n91po (At 0:30)

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u/randoripanda Jun 15 '25

I don't think you need to worry about anything getting stuck with the speed he moves into the throw. Athletes at that level also understand that injuries are inevitable and will occur at some point during their careers.

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u/Josinvocs ikkyu Jun 15 '25

Tobikomi seoi otoshi. Not dangerous cause he is hooking the knee but sliding to the shin.

1

u/Odd_Trust3119 Jun 15 '25

🔥🔥🔥🔥

1

u/EdwardFaust Jun 15 '25

This is gross, I love it.

1

u/Haunting-Beginning-2 Jun 15 '25

One grip sleeve end.. awesome

1

u/judocky Jun 16 '25

Lightning fast! Wow!

1

u/goldtoothcoast Jun 16 '25

Damn, that was fast and brings some memories from the junior years.

1

u/TheVillainNJ Jul 14 '25

Gotta practice this grip and go.

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u/Blaster2000e 21d ago

wthelly is that throw

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u/Vamosity-Cosmic nidan Jun 16 '25

yeah and a rather dangerous one, very reckless