r/judo • u/GoalJust1614 • 9d ago

General Training Judo with leg grabs

https://youtube.com/shorts/8J9Q4z0lsvo?si=bh4yLtqjRD7LB6sg

A funky, unusual but proven to work throw

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u/Talothyn nidan 8d ago

This is one of those moves that works way better than you think it will.
It looks stupid, but it works surprisingly well.
I wish I still had a place to train and film, I would show a video of one of my old sparring partners who was a high school wrestler, who loved doing this to me, and I was a Judo Shodan at the time.
Now, what this video does not show, is the setup.
I will attempt to describe it, but don't be too upset if I screw it up.
Basically, the idea behind this is you have to threaten with an ankle pick or an outside single-leg a few times, preferably from out of distance, so your opponent is used to you shooting without a grip.
Then when you move in and reach for the sleeve grip, they are not afraid to give it to you because "this guy doesn't use grips for most of his attacks".
Once you have the sleeve, you dance to the outside like you would for an outside single, and go. And like any other throw, you have to commit to it.
However, you can combo this with several other things if they desperation sprawl to avoid it.
It also feeds in to drop seoi games and kata guruma games really well.