The Addiction
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I couldn't stop thinking about it
I can't stand being away
Why can't I escape this... this addiction!
Just a few more days, just a few more and I'll be fine... I can wait till then, I must wait till then.
That's how I felt when I went to sleep every night on my 7 day vacation. Every night i would lay awake and envision myself at the Dojo. Judo practice is 1.5 hours, three times a week. I had been away for seven days and already I was having separation anxiety.
This is how I feel about my sport. Judo is not only a martial art, but it is an olympic sport aswell.
Jigoro Kano
Kano's Judo School
A Judo Throw
History of Judo
In Tokyo, Japan during the late 1800's a man named Jigoro Kano decided to create Judo. He was a talented Jiu Jiutsu student, and created Judo by using only the techniques of Jui Juitsu that were least dangerous, and adding a few new techniques. That is why Judo means "The Gentle Way."
Usually it had been him that threw me. Now, instead of being thrown, I was throwing him with increasing regularity. I could do this despite the fact that he was... especially adept at throwing techniques. This apparently surprised him, and he was quite upset over it for quite a while. What I had done was quite unusual. But it was the result of my study of how to break the posture of the opponent. It was true that I had been studying the problem for quite some time, together with that of reading the opponent's motion. But it was here that I first tried to apply thoroughly the principle of breaking the opponent's posture before moving in for the throw...
I told Mr. Iikubo about this, explaining that the throw should be applied after one has broken the opponent's posture. Then he said to me: "This is right. I am afraid I have nothing more to teach you."
--Jigoro Kano
This is a vital part of Judo, which consists mainly of throws. He explains that in order to execute a throw, your opponents center of balance must be manipulated. Once your opponent is off-balance, It is effortless to throw him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dygKP-25WLs
Uchi Mata--Inner thigh sweep
Ipon Seoi Nage--One-arm shoulder throw
Tomoe Nage--Stomach throw
Morote Seoi Nage--Shoulder throw
O Soto Gari--Major outer reap
Tai Otoshi--Body dropping throw
Kata Guruma--Fireman's Carry
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Scott 2 years ago
Koby, the YouTube video demonstrating the various techniques was awesome! Like the music; very inspiring!
You should have told me you were missing Judo so much while on vacation, I would have let you practice your techniques on me at the beach. Maybe next year!
Love you!
Dad