Since i dont want to spread out this by many posts, ill just send all the questions in one post:

1. What are some signs im getting better/progressing at judo?

2. What is the difference between O-Goshi and Uki-Goshi?

3. What throws every beginner should know and what should be a white belt throw repertory? (did i write that right?)

4. How does kata work?

5. How do i do kuzushi properly in a randori/combat situatuon/how do i know my opponent is off balance during a combat situation?

6. What is a proper stance/base/balance? (im left handed btw)

If any of these questions are answered, i'll be very thankful. Oss

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Hello! I posted a while ago about starting Judo as a 40yo and describing my injuries and experiences (and getting tonnes of feedback from this community). If you are in your late 30s/40s and thinking about Judo, I think the post is worth checking out and the comments, especially by u/Ambatus , u/NoodleSalamnder and u/ukaeh. (POST HERE)

As those close to me are not into Judo, just a small update to share that I was recently graded to yellow belt. I know this is yet another white belt but it's the most effort I've put into something that is for myself!

Here's summary so far for me;

• No prior combat sport experience other than dabbling in for few weeks here and there in my teens / 20's
• Went from 64kg to 69kg (173cm), no additional strength training, eating relatively healthy
• Training 3 times a week, each class 1~1.5 hours (now each class 1.5~2.5 hours)

Injuries so far in the 7.5 month journey - (I am as fit as I have ever been, at the same time something is always hurting a little);

• Bruised Rib (Newaza Randori);
• Low grade right shoulder ACJ tear (Newaza Randori);
• Low grade left shoulder rotator cuff (Nagekomi);
• Bruised Adams apple (Newaza Uchikomi);
• Left knee cap injury (Nagekomi, self-caused);
• Middle finger jammed, loss of mobility (Randori);

I don't consider my dojo to be an unsafe place - It has just been nature of the sport at this age combined with me not knowing to tap out early (really wanted to see if I can escape under pressure which raised intensity), not being more vocal / selective with training partners (this one I still suck at, and sometimes I have no choice). Injury rate has definitely slowed in recent months, but I'm wondering whether it'll go up as yellow belts are now allowed to be thrown more often even by white belts now.

I'm a little anxious as I'm still not much better than white belt, and now higher belts are less gentle, a lot of new white belts also see yellow belts as easy target to conquer 😂 but we will see how it goes!

Anyhow, thank you Judo community for many valuable information throughout everyone's Judo journey. I'm always loitering :)

[Edit - Double posted I think]

When I try it I can get my arm around but I can’t exactly find how to place my hips I’m able to turn and get the arm around but it’s the position of my hips I’m having problems with can anyone help me.

I had a randori session with my partner, who I usually train with (Orange belt) But I wasn't allowing myself to be throw which made me a more difficult uke, and he also wasn't easily thrown, I got close on one thrown but that was all that I got close on. (He got close on one De-Ashi Harai a couple of times but that was it). What is some better tips to ensure me and him both get in good throws and falls/Get the best out of our training session?

It is Wednesday and thus time for our weekly beginner's question thread! =)

Whitebelt Wednesday is a weekly feature on r/judo, which encourages beginners as well as advanced players, to put questions about Judo to the community.

If you happen to be an experienced Judoka, please take a look at the questions posed here, maybe you can provide an answer.

Speaking of questions, I'd like to remind everyone here of our Wiki & FAQ.

I remember seeing in some videos that if you're a righty, these guys say you should only move clockwise, and never counter-clockwise, because otherwise you're moving into your opponent's throws? (and I guess the opposite if you're a lefty)

Is that correct? If so can anyone link the videos where they say this?

I’ve been looking forward to judo class the last couple of days & was excited to be there to tonight. I ended up partnered up with a guy who has been training for 2 months & he is normally a good training partner. But for some reason today he resisted on every thing we done today, every uchi komi he kept moving out the way so I couldn’t get into position. When we were practicing throws he kept dropping his centre of gravity & made it difficult to throw him. I kept telling him to stop resisting & let me do the throw but he kept saying that no one just stands there & lets you throw them. He’s normally a good training parter but turned up today with this idea of making everything as hard as possible. Feel like my training session was wasted because I never got a chance to get the repetition in that I need to master the throws.

Like the title says, I'm 19 and currently don't have a car to drive to where I wanna go, I'm willing to learn judo it's on my top five list of martial arts I love so much, is there any practices or sights you all would recommend for a beginner like myself?

Folks I know absolutely nothing about Judo, only that the 8-year-old daughter of my colleague loves it and recently came 1st in a competition/tournament thing. I want to buy her a Judo dummy for Christmas, to practice throws at home. Should I buy a dummy that is standing up or one that is kneeling ? (I thought kneeling dummies were for BJJ)

I love learning new submissions, but as a white belt i feel like i'm missing the whole setup phase (mainly flips) and i don't know how to improve, since i don't have much difficulty in learning and executing new techniques, but i find it really hard to apply them in Randori, as i can't really figure out how to create opportunities to apply said techniques. I would love to know if you have any advice. (Also, i know that i need to develop a feeling for randori, which mostly comes from experience. If possible, i would love to get advice from a more technical point of view)

I'm currently using an Adidas 500g for competitions, which is fairly light and it's initial purpose was supposed to be training. I was wondering what a good grammage and brand would be for a competition setting? Is there any particular stuff I should look out for when I'm looking for a gi? I'm pretty serious about judo, so I'm willing to invest quite a bit into this, but I've no clue where to begin.

For context: So I'm a judo yellow belt and a BJJ purple belt but I've been way more committed to judo to where I even have gotten bjjers at my BJJ class to do some Randori rounds with me occasionally and also because the judo club I attend only has 1-2 classes a week for now so I like getting as much Randori as possible plus judo is way more fun in my opinion.

The one move I use alot during BJJ is Kami shiho gatame which Ive noticed alot of bJJ people I've rolled with do struggle to get out of because it is a hold that I do not see being taught much in BJJ if taught at all because I didn't even know this move until I started judo. I have used this move alot with a good success rate(until I roll with a brown belt,high level wrestler or a BJJ black belt then that's a different story lol) and I love this move because it definitely tires people out during rolling & allows me to set up a submission

Why does Jimmy Pedro say tai otoshi is better for lefties against righties? Can it also be done in ai-yotsu? What are some forward throws for ai-yotsu?

Yeah, gross.

After practice I shove my judogi into my bag and head to work. When I come home, at night, I put it on the washing machine and leave it to dry somewhere fresh. Or behing my fridge during winter, it's pretty hot in there. During summer I hang it on my fan, too!

Problem is, the hours it's inside my bag led to it getting some mold stains. It smells fine, since I do wash it, but the stains make me feel like an dirty ronin when I stand besides my colleague's white judogi...

I don't wanna bleach it with sugar and water, I'm pretty sure bleaching will make the cloth thinner and it'll reap more easily. Anything else I can do?

just read the title, the channels or sites can either be in english, portuguese, or any other language tbh. oss

I'm asking for a mother or my cousin who wants to put her kid in Judo but is worried about the class being too advanced for her child, who is developmentally delayed, or being too violent for her daughter. I do not take Judo but I have learned some Martial Arts. I know what my Dojang would do, but I don't know what would happen in this scenario everywhere's different. Please let me know your opinions. How should her mother approach this? My second cousin loves boxing and karate movies. I'd love to share a love for Martial Arts with her. Thanks.

I'm trying to find Judo gis just like this. With a quilted half. But I can only find this one, in one size only.

Hello! I wanna start doing judo and theres one in the area where i live. Lets get straight to the the point. What are signs that the spot is a mcdojo? And how long does it take to get each belt on average and how fast do u earn one for it to be considered a mcdojo?

Hi all,

I'm primarily a BJJ guy but have been training Judo 1-2x a week for a few years now. I'm going to be in Tokyo (from the US) later this week and noticed the Tokyo Grand Slam is this weekend. I thought this might be a great opportunity to watch some high-level judo.

Though I watch a lot of professional BJJ, I can't say I know much at all about the Judo scene.

• It looks like lighter weight classes are Saturday, heavier on Sunday. I assume the lighter classes will be more dynamic and fun to watch? Or am I wrong? I'd probably only go for one day.
• Are there any specific athletes I should look out for?
• Anything else you think I should know?

Thanks in advance!

Hello everybody,

I have a bit of a pickle here. Ive been training Judo for a couple of months now, and signed up for a competition at 30 years old. Thing is, Im a blue belt in BJJ and have years worth of MMA wrestling training, with a big focus on takedowns from the legs. My grappling competition record is pretty bad - 3 wins and 15 losses. Im facing a lot of pressure on myself from (ironically) myself, that I should be able to do good competing, but i tend to hyperventilate when competing and with so many losses im not really sure ill do good.

Has anybody faced something like this before? Or is this just something ive placed on myself?

I wrapped up some random the other day, and went to my night job as a bartender. There's a guy in the dojo about 5'7ish, 150. But he's deceptively strong throwing and submitting people nearly 3x his size

He came in for a few drinks. I work in a place where people are loud, rambunctious, egotistical. And he's quiet, friendly, works as a scientist of sorts but could literally tear some people apart or twist them into a pretzel.

Is no-gi practice allowed in Judo?

Quick and dirty: what amount of lower back pain is normal and for how long before I should consider getting an x-ray to see if there is a fracture (not a break, obviously otherwise this post would be in a wheelchair subredit)? I can stand and walk okay, sit down okay, but coming back up I just see stars and freeze and puff up my cheeks.

For those curious on how I got in the situation where I lay on the mat and saw my entire wheelchair-bound future flash before my eyes. I've been keeping an eye on this subredit, I being a very recent yellow belt after about 9 months of training and I being an academic my entire youth and never having so much as enjoyed a brisk walk let alone Judo, saw a very meaningful quote. If you cannot move someone, you cannot throw someone.

So today for Randori I solely focused on moving people. Side note, I think it worked quite well. We recently had a guest Judoka from Japan for two months. South Africa's Juso isn't too good or has a big community so this was like having a superstar at the dojo. I paid very close attention to one of his techniques of pulling someone forward and I think it works well for my stocky built. I think I create openings, where their feet are very far apart.

So I was doing this and as I come up all I feel is my feet going woosh. Guys, this was like avater aang attacked my chi. Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee held hands as they punched my soul. It was literally and out of body experience. I've been swept, I've been thrown, I've been yeeted, yoted, yooked all the way to town but this was something else. Anyway, I landed on the small of my back. At first, I was actually very impressed with myself for keeping my neck stiff and not losing the better half of my brain cells but the next thing I know pain just blasts through my lower back. And now I'm groaning like an 80 year old bull frog that ate a bad bug.