Ippon of the Week - Harai Tsuri komi ashi

A huge throw - perfect timing and awesome judo

Fighter Dies in South Carolina After First Pro Bout

Fighter Dies in South Carolina After First Pro Bout

Beyond Grappling Blog

Recently i have been thinking about different things to put up on this blog.
When people visit this blog i want them to be able to get information about judo and bjj rather easily and i want them to visit this site and be interested in what i have on here.
I have always been putting up pics of the week, ippons of the week as well as a motivational quote here or there as well as what i have been doing in terms of judo training and competitions etc.
I am going to start putting up various features such as athlete profile training centre profiles and competition rundowns.
Here are a few athlete profile i have done in the past that you may have missed

Tamerlon Tmenov
http://matt-daquino.blogspot.com/2010/04/tamerlan-tmenov.html

Ryoko Tani
http://matt-daquino.blogspot.com/2010/03/ryoko-tani.html

Marcelo Garcia
http://matt-daquino.blogspot.com/2010/03/mareclo-garcia.html

Tadahiro Nomura
http://matt-daquino.blogspot.com/2010/03/tadahiro-nomura.html

Pic of the Week - Ippon!

An Ippon is to land your opponent flat on their back with force and control

Congrats Kylie & Janelle

Congratulations to kylie (Far right) who won a bronze medal this weekend in San Salvadore, she had 4 fights and ended up winning three to claim the bronze in the -63kg division.

Janelle Shepard of Australia also claimed a silver medal in the over 78kg weight divsion. Congratulations to them both, it is a fantastic achievement and hopefully with more world cups under their belt they continue to win medals in the future.

Congratulations once again.

Werdum beats Fedor

The moment has finally come – ‘The Last Emperor’s’ reign of terror over the world of MMA has come to an end in just 69 seconds of his bout with Fabricio Werdum.

Fedor had went 10 years unbeaten and started strongly, knocking down Werdum with punches in the early stages of the fight.

In the blink of an eye the tables turned though as the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert showed that the Russian is human after all by catching him in a tight triangle choke, and further turned up the heat further by simultaneously locking in an armbar leaving him with no option but to tap.

The defeat marks only the second loss of Fedor’s career and the first time he’s been submitted, but it’s a huge blow to the fighter, his management M-1 Global who have built their brand around him, and Strikeforce who had been poised to set-up a huge fight between Fedor and Alistair Overeem before this massive upset.

“I feel very, very happy,” Werdum said afterward. “I feel so happy. … Fedor is the best in the world. Tonight I beat Fedor, but Fedor is the best.”

Taken from
http://www.fightofthenight.com/news/fedor-emelianenko-loses-as-fabricio-werdum-shocks-the-world/

Fight footage