Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone
From Matt
And if you are bored and want to read the Christmas story you can read Luke Chapter 2
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&version=NIV
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
What is the Kata?
I found a thread on the judoforum.com about a french judoka and his fantastic ways of teaching judo concepts and principles. Someone added a photo of him and his uke doing kata in a village back in the day.
Yves Klein thoughts on the kata a quoted below.
“I always thought that it was much better to smash down doors rather than waste time looking for the key, and through lack of calm and coolness, to fail to even find the keyhole.
When I arrived in Japan I ridiculed the Katas and of all the secrets that were supposed to be hidden there.
Previously, in Europe, both Katas that I had practiced (Nage-no and Katemo-no) had not impressed me at all. I think today that it is because they had never been correctly taught to me.
I thus thought only of smashing doors with even more power and force, to “smash best,” more and more quickly, while I saw around me innumerable quantities of keys which seemed able to open doors without damage, without deploying useless power.
It took me a good six months in Japan, of sensational and unchained brawls, alongside wise and erudite Katas, before I came, exhausted, tired, and annoyed, to a final door that was too thick for me to break down. Finally, angrily, I took the key, that had been there all along, from one of the gently smiling old masters of the Kôdôkan. And I opened the door by quite simply turning the key in the lock.
It is only since I began the study of Katas that I have possessed the keys of Judo, “the keys of the famous doors, thick or not!”
…And the ordinary public does not see anything interesting in the fact that one opens a door with a key instead of smashing it down brutally. One says: “Yes, obviously, it is too simple, everyone can do it.” Yet to smash a door seems increasingly ludicrous!”
Foreword to Yves Klein’s “Les Fondements du Judo,” originally published 1954. English edition, “The Foundations of Judo,” trans. Ian Whittlesea (Everyday Press, 2009).
Igor Corréa and Yves Klein, Ju-no-kata, La Coupole, Paris, 1954. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Courtesy Yves Klein Archives
Monday, December 20, 2010
Kashawazaki Rear naked Choke setup
I had to share this awesome setup for a Hadaka Jime ( rear naked choke). Very brutal but looks effective, i think if you did it in class people would hate you for snapping their back in half.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Motivational Quotes
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."
Herschel Walker
"attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" Winston Churchill
"It is not the most talented who succeed, its the most determined." Lauren Burns
"Its not enough to win. You have to make the other guy lose."
"Winners never quit, quitters never win."
"The key to success is to keep turning up."
“Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Sir Edmund Hillary
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928
"Don't count the days..make the days count."
"Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and never succeed." (Proverbs
12:24)ra are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."
Herschel Walker
"attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" Winston Churchill
"It is not the most talented who succeed, its the most determined." Lauren Burns
"Its not enough to win. You have to make the other guy lose."
"Winners never quit, quitters never win."
"The key to success is to keep turning up."
“Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Sir Edmund Hillary
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928
"Don't count the days..make the days count."
"Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and never succeed." (Proverbs
12:24)
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."
Herschel Walker
"attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" Winston Churchill
"It is not the most talented who succeed, its the most determined." Lauren Burns
"Its not enough to win. You have to make the other guy lose."
"Winners never quit, quitters never win."
"The key to success is to keep turning up."
“Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Sir Edmund Hillary
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928
"Don't count the days..make the days count."
"Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and never succeed." (Proverbs
12:24)ra are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
"If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat."
Herschel Walker
"attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" Winston Churchill
"It is not the most talented who succeed, its the most determined." Lauren Burns
"Its not enough to win. You have to make the other guy lose."
"Winners never quit, quitters never win."
"The key to success is to keep turning up."
“Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
Sir Edmund Hillary
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." - John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928
"Don't count the days..make the days count."
"Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and never succeed." (Proverbs
12:24)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Have an awesome day everyone and a Merry Christmas if i don't post again before then.
Matt
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I am an Australian Judo player who constantly thinks about anything to do with Judo and Grappling, whether it be techniques, tactics or workouts. This blog is where i write about my journey to qualify for my 2nd Olympic games as well as share good photos, videos and information about Judo and Bjj.
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Matt
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Tokyo Grand Slam
You can find videos already at
http://www.youtube.com/user/GreekJudo
Results at www.ippon.org
Todays aussies Ben Zellner and Kylie Koenig are fighting. We wish them the best of luck.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
What is core strength?
What is this "core" that everyone's talking about and why is it so important? Can't I just do some crunches for my abs and leave it at that?
Core strength has been something of a missing link when it comes to fitness and exercise. The reason why people have paid so little attention to it is that there's nothing flashy or glamorous about it. Although it involves the abs, core strength is not about having a visible six-pack or a flat stomach And while the core muscles, as stabilizers, can help determine how far you can throw a ball, their development is often secondary to the other, more obvious (and more visible) muscles in your limbs. The only people who have had the right idea about core strength all this time are dancers and Yoga practitioners. They've developed their core as part of their training, and it shows - professional dancers and Yogis generally stay fit well into old age. They stand straighter and have more energy at a time when many of their peers can just hobble along.
Taken from
A great Christmas present
This year i was given a Christmas present from my sponsor pat from Grapplingstore.com.He sent me up the new kosei Inoue DVD. i must say out of all the DVDs out there it is not one i would have bought. This is because 1 Inoue is a heavyweight and 2 he does uchimatas and harai goshis and i don't do any of those sorts of throws.
But after receiving these DVDs and watching them over a few days they are really incredible.
Inoue was world champion 3 times as well as winning the Sydney Olympics all fights by ippon. And the winning throw he performed in the final is one of the best throws in history, a perfect uchimata against a fantastic opponent in Nicholas Gill.
The DVDs come in a pack of three and are made by fighting films. It has 3 DVDs titled Uchimata, Judoka and Samurai.
Inoue talks about his life his ups and downs as well as winning and losing and about how hard it was to move to +100kg etc.
His other DVDs are about his different entries for uchimata as well as harai ososot ouchi, seoi nage and the clock choke. He runs through each technique with Neil Adams commentating and then shows a few competition examples as well. The only bad thing is at times you think the only people he is fighting is Lemere and Lepre 2 top guys he ran into at almost every tournament. The techniques are broken down into sections, upper body, hips and footwork and Inmoue really does leave nothing out.
Each dvd goes for 80minutes so all up its 4 hours of footage (hence why i took 3 days to watch them all fully.)
If anyone has some spare money and doesn't know what to buy i definitely recommend the Inoue dvds.
You can get it here
http://www.grapplingstore.com/contents/en-uk/p680_Inoue_Box_Set_DVD.html
Video of Comp examples of Inoue
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
My new Website - beyondgrapplingandfitness.com
www.beyondgrapplingandfitness.com
Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Suwon World Cup
For 60kgs there are a few good draws including Pessoa CAN vs Mackenzie GBR in the first round as well as a Japanese fighter Shishime (someone i have not seen before)
My predictions of medals for 60s are
1st Chimed Yondon MGL
2nd Davaddorg MGL
3rd Choi KOR
3rd Yamamoto JPN
Draws and results can be found at ippon.org
or live streaming via the IJf website
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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