Learn how to do a back fall (ushiro ukemi) with this online Judo lesson for beginners in this free martial arts video from master Judo instructor Richard... more »
Learn how to do a pillow hold (makura kesa gatame) with this online Judo lesson for beginners in this free martial arts video from master Judo instructor Richard... more »
Learn how to do a cross arm bar (juji gatame) when your partner fails an attempt to throw in this free martial arts video from master Judo instructor Richard... more »
Learn how to do sweeps (de ashi barai) with this online Judo lesson for beginners in this free martial arts video from master Judo instructor Richard... more »
Many people put their gi (uniform) away into their bags after training as if it was a piece of kitchen cloth. Even if you wash your gi when you get home I think it deserves a “fair treatment” until it gets to the washing machine. I rather don’t describe the look of the poor... more »
Human Weapon was a weekly television show on The History Channel that premiered on July 20, 2007. The hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, travel across the world studying the unique martial arts, or styles of fighting, that have origins in the region. In this episode Jason Chambers and Bill Duff explore the techniques... more »
Ippon seoi nage (one point back carry throw) is variation of Seoi nage a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo (no waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67... more »
Isao Okano (born January 20, 1944) is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight (-80 kg) division. He was born in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan. He entered the 1964 Summer Olympics while studying at Chuo University’s law school, and won the gold medal in the middleweight division. He won another gold medal at the... more »
This kata is known as “the five forms” Master Jigoro Kano died before giving the five technics names. It consists in five techniques, known only by their number and it is considered unfinished. The techniques are composed of gentle movements evocative of natural forces. They’re supposed to represent the principle of maximum efficiency, but also to be evocative... more »