For context I’m from Birmingham, UK. I’ll hopefully be getting my first job within the next couple of months and I want to use the money to start training a martial art for confidence and self defence reasons as I come from a pretty rough area. I’m torn between joining a general MMA gym which looks pretty decent but I really like the look of Judo, it’s just that I can’t find a gym that looks good and is open for more than an hour or two every week. The MMA gym is open for different arts I could practice every night. What would be a better use of my money? Is the UK just a black spot for arts like judo like it is wrestling? Any help would be much appreciated. Thankyou in advance

The commentators and social media for One Championship call it the Ayaka Lock because it’s her signature move but I’m curious if there’s an official name. Here’s some examples: https://youtu.be/YwPsdgOTrkI?si=beJnijAnqEIX2H7m

Judoka Karo Parisyan MMA fight.

Watching UFC293 and Mariscal did a harai goshi with underhooks... Jenkins posted with a straight arm and dislocated his elbow.

Never post with a straight arm while getting thrown, or this may happen to you.

Can anybody guide me to judo counters for no-gi grappling?

I'm into mma, and I feel this is a niche area that to my knowledge has not been explored yet very deeply or at all in mma. Stuff like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEE09xFbu8I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HnA1zd5Rs

but for no-gi.

Countering wrestling with judo on the other hand is more well known.

Hey, so heres my story.

Ive been doing judo for two years now. I come from a striking background (Kyokushin karate) as a right handed striker (left foot forward). In my first year of judo, having no clue about the sport I spent the whole time mixing grips from left to right, thinking (in my karate mindset) I should be proficient with both. On my second year though, after learning more, I focused on sticking to only one guard, grappling right guard (righ foot forward) and practicing always the same throws.

Ive become much more comfortable with my stance, specially with turn throws and kumikata, but my feet movement still feels akward after years of having my left feet forward. Thing is, I want to learn judo for some years but mainly transition towards MMA long term. I was wondering, if I should relearn judo as a leftie for the sake of making striking/grappling transition eassier in the future or if it doesnt really matter which foot you use for each thing, I havent tried MMA yet and im not proficient in grappling enough to really have an answer, whats your opinion?

What are the highest percentage clinch entries for judoka looking to attack with throws in an MMA context? I'm looking to try out my judo in MMA sparring but I'm not certain of the best approach to entering and establishing grips. I have about a decade of striking experience so I do have skills regarding getting close and using upright clinch entries, but I'm not too sure of which techniques combine well with judo. Basically I'm looking to try out a Muay Thai/Judo hybrid approach, and I'm not sure how best to incorporate the judo component. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Any tips?

Edit 1: Under MMA ruleset

For the benefit of the beginners, what 2 lessons or pieces of advice do the yudansha have to help them with their progress?

For me, I would say 1)learning kuzushi means abandoning "force". 2) To improve your ground game, in order to be successful you must control the body BEFORE a technique will be successful.

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