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kosotogari is a sweep. Gake is blocking. Ogoshi the hips are square, sleeve hand pulling, lapel hand released and engaging the back. Harai goshi the sleeve pulls. Lapel side can grip on the back like ogoshi, stay on the lapel or cross over to same side grip. This becomes more of yamarashi. The footwork for harai is not square but rather forms a crossing T. The hips are also not engaged square but rather half and perpendicular. With the pull of the sleeve, push from the lapel the opponent is pivoted around the half engaged hip. Putting the leg out wheels the person over. If you are using the leg to sweep on the retreat it is classified as osoto gari.

My attitude when I first started martial arts is that a black belt should be really tough to achieve. Not so, it is a beginner belt and should not be impossible to earn. That being said, I don't think there should be jr. blackbelts. Just have one standard. For the comments on Japan - I can't speak for all martial arts, but the training for high school judo for instance is very intense. Kids train 5-6 days a week all year for 3-5 hours a day. What is the typical attendance in a western school? 2-3 days at 1-3 hours a day? That's why it takes so long to get a black belt in the west.

Dropping into a single might work. It is also a ripe invitation to launch you with uchimata. Straight arms create distance. Simply turn in for a seionage. Keep in mind your opponent is strong in direction parallel to the arms. If you turn your body perpendicular you can move in for throws like osotogari.

1. Yes judo is effective. It contains throwing techniques that utilize all parts of the body. It has submission techniques that choke or attack the joints. You also learn how to pin an opponent. You do not need a judogi to practice a majority of the techniques. 2. Judo. The standup skills in judo are superior to BJJ and will give you a higher chance of putting the opponent down. In my experience, clubs tend to be 70/30 standup/ground. You might find the odd one that is 60/40, 50/50. Even with 30% ground work, you'll have pins, armlocks and chokes. That is more than enough to deal with the average person.

Do you have a source for the relationship between judo and karate? While Kano incorporated techniques from various sources, I am having a hard time seeing the karate. Even our atemiwaza draws from our jujutsu heritage. As for the original question, martial arts are classified due to their main focus. Judo focuses on grappling. We have atemiwaza in our kata and even knife, sword, stick and laughably even pistol defense. It would be foolish to count those techniques anywhere near the proficiency of our core training. Similarily, that is why karate is considered a striking art.

You don't. They come large and when you wash them they shrink. If you want to minimize the shrinkage, use cold water and hang dry. Definitely wash your belt! It collects sweat from working out. If you grapple, groundfight it will pick up dust and dirt as well as the sweat of others. On rare occasion, you might get blood on it. Don't throw your belt in with your dogi as it will stain it.

Karate adopted the coloured belt system from judo. Judoka wash their belts because they get dirty from ground fighting, taking grip on the belt and from sweat. A coloured belt doesn't look dirty but one sniff will indicate otherwise. While other martial arts might not ground fight, they do sweat. Even situps and stretching on the ground will eventually transfer any foot sweat or dirt despite regular floor washing. The original question asked about belt washing. It is valid for hygiene. Do you wash your uniform -same thing.

When your uniform is dirty, wash it. Since your belt is part of your uniform, wash it when it is dirty. Two things that wear out your uniform quickly are bleaching and putting it in the dryer. Use stain cleansers like shout as soon as possible and wash after each use of the uniform. I own five, basically one for every practice of the week. If you plan on staying with your art for a while, the convinence is definitely worth it.

Unknownstyle, Could you please expand on why BJJ is more practical?

Thubs, The technique is called sankaku jime in judo. In competition you must trap an arm of else it is considered just a leg scissors and you will be stood up for safety reasons.

While many BJJ schools do no-gi, gi and nhb the classes are run on different days or times of the day. A lot of students either don't want some of the components or can't make certain days. There are some good strikers and takedown artists in BJJ clubs for people that devote time to it. On average, BJJ striking is no better than judo in my experience.

shogeri, I'm not sure how you classify evolution for aikido and regression for judo. There a couple of major reasons why the various ryuha of jujutsu have been cut down to their sparse existance. Judo is a big one. Judo did not bring much new to the martial arts as Kano created it from his jujutsu experience. Even his incorporation of full resistance training was not new. He did however modify and incorporate that method across the teachings of judo. That combined with mutual benefit and maximum efficiency make judo greater than the sum of it's parts. Even BJJ which is based off judo has helped quash jujutsu in the west where they surived after being antiquated in Japan.

I'll try to be polite about this, but name droping from either of us would be futile. BJJ is a very young martial art so any black belt will have an impressive lineage. Unless your classes are 4 hours long, 25 classes a stripe and 100 a belt is really low. By that standard even if you went casually at twice a week you'd be a purple in 2 years +- a couple of months! When people decide they want to do a grappling martial art they don't realize how tough it is. The dropout rates are enormous . However running a school you need to pay the bills and most of it comes from the numerous lower belts. This is perhaps something that is counted on by instructors -not many will make it up the ranks. Holding them longer in higher ranks doesn't matter because they are the more dedicated ones. A few comments on your routine. While rolling does take a certain level of fitness, conditioning should never be a big part of the lesson - that is something you do outside of class. Sometimes I do it on my own, sometimes I join with classmates. This keeps it varied and fresh. I'm glad you are able to drill with your brother who sounds as dedicated as you. However, with respect if you are not even at blue belt level there is defintely a dillution of techniques as you try to teach them. At a club I can drill and be corrected by an instructor which I feel is a more efficient use of my time. Also a club offers many different body types, sizes and strategies. It's refreshing to use all technique on someone that is 80 lbs lighter or to see if you can survive the onslaught of a 300lb man determined to twist your arm off! I'm sure it's similar at your club because in mine I can square off against accomplished wrestlers, judoka, pure bjj and so on - it is different every practice. As for your final comment - why are you studying bjj? If I want to get better at bjj, I study bjj. If I want to advance faster, I train longer and harder. That kills the components of skill, experience and to a degree conditioning. Heart, either you have it or you don't it's not a skill. The techniques of bjj are no secret as any judoka, jujutsuka would tell you. Even look at ancient pankrationists and you will see the secret bjj techniques. Despite talent, good learners etc, all people good at something have something in common - hard work

Blue belt is the thanks for showing up belt. Basically if you come 3-4 times a week, pay attention and get better you should have one in a year or two. After that, it's going to be about 2 years or more a belt. There are no tests. You drill, roll, compete and eventually teach a little to demonstrate your skills. 100 classes, I can see for a pretty mediorce blue. There is no way you have enough mat time for a purple after 200 total classes.

In the UK? Not quite down the street from me! I suggest telephone book or search engine. Better yet, you've listed judo so you can address your neck crank questions to your coach. I'm sure you have an affiliation which gives you access to other instructors. They might have the background or know of people that can cater to your training needs.