Point - In the first case, though the front leg moves forward, the START of the movement is from the rear leg (and connected body parts), because you must first shift your weight to the rear leg in order to lift the front leg - doing the reverse when moving backwards. No master, but I am sure of this...
Thank you so much! I really hoped that this would help some people. I'm a huge fan of foot sweeps in particular, and you have to get really smooth and natural with these kinds of movements to make sweeps work. Let me know if you want to see anything else (assuming I can accommodate), and I'll try my best to do it. I've got some other videos here from my club with the instructors sharing some things.
@@JudoGeoff Thank you for taking the time to answer, man. As a white belt the road ahead is long, and there's still so much I don't know. One thing that I'd really like to work on is my coordination, especially now without uke. I have a powerlifting background, so I only really moved through the same planes, and as such I look very clumsy when I try to make techniques flow (eg. uchikomi-morote seoi nage), especially on my non dominant side. I know smoothness comes with time and practice, yet any advice on how to improve coordination would be really really appreciated
@@MrRyuzaki1 I can definitely appreciate that struggle. I have lot of friends who are powerlifters, and I've personally had my issues with some of that smoothness and rhythm to "stick." Let me think it over and see if I can come up with something for you. How long were you training before things shut down? Also, any injuries, specific things that are most difficult, etc.?
@@JudoGeoff About a month and a half before everything started, which is really not much but I'd wanted to start doing judo for years, literally, so when things shut down I was like "WHAT?!?" lol I guess not all was lost, though. Given the nature of powerlifting I was fairly heavy for my frame so the shutdown gave me the chance to cut some weight through HIIT. I don't have any particular injuries, and I guess I gotta count myself lucky on this. The things I find most difficult aside from making things look smooth, are basically related to closing the distance and balance. In randori I have a tendency of muscling my way up to a throw, while still beign too far to really unbalance uke. Also, and this is the reason why I like this video so much, I don't seem to be able to turn around with tai sabaki without flopping over or ending up 'misalligned'. Y'know when you see judokas practicing the ippon seoi nage or morote seoi nage and their feet always seem to be in the same position every time they turn around? Now, I can't do that to save my life. I was thinking about filming myself like I used to do back in the day to learn the main lifts.
Okay, thanks for that. It helps me have a picture of what's going on. The good news is that you're perfectly normal. Most people struggle with this sort of thing, and muscling through throws is particularly common among beginners -- especially when they're pretty strong people already. So being a powerlifter has likely conditioned you to shove/yank until you get your implement of choice where you want it (be it a barbell or an uke). Trouble is, humans move and resist. So timing and coordinating is far different. The bad news is that the solution for your problem -- if we should call it such -- is mostly just a LOT of repetition. Judo doesn't really have shortcuts. Occasionally you can find small tweaks that do a lot of good, but there's no replacement for focused, careful repetition of the fundamentals. So repeating the movements that I'm doing in the video as slowly as needed to end up in the right position is helpful. Don't try to match speed with me -- particularly at first. Just take your time, and be patient with yourself. Things will begin to click. Now there are a ton of little points about how your weight is distributed as you step, whether you lean, etc. (when turning a tai sabaki into an uchi komi, there can often be more emphasis on leaning so that you would be more likely to disrupt your opponent's balance). Thay relates back to not muscling or forcing things, as appropriately positioning your body; controlling your opponent's weight and momentum; and engaging at the right time can (individually or in combination) really make or break a technique. Some of this is much easier when shown than told, and I apologize for that. I'm far more limited than I would like to be in terms of equipment, facilities, and partners due to this situation we find ourselves in. That'll obviously improve as we get back to a somewhat "normal" routine. In the meantime, I'll think about ways to address this in future videos that I can make now. Make sure to check out my belt pulling video as well, since you can get some sense of how my body weight is shifting and how I'm coordinating my steps for the uchi komi. Again, take your time so you can get as close as possible to the intended movement/position. Don't rush. I'd also recommend something stretchy like a band instead of a stiff/non-stretch belt like I use in the video, but the big thing is being slow and taking it easy so you can eventually clean up your position. Feel free to comment here or on that video with whether it helps at all, additional questions, etc. I'll help if I can.
Point - In the first case, though the front leg moves forward, the START of the movement is from the rear leg (and connected body parts), because you must first shift your weight to the rear leg in order to lift the front leg - doing the reverse when moving backwards.
No master, but I am sure of this...
One of the most effective Tai Sabaki is termed THE ALI SHUFFLE!
Dude, as a white belt, I gotta say this video is GOLD!
Thank you so much! I really hoped that this would help some people. I'm a huge fan of foot sweeps in particular, and you have to get really smooth and natural with these kinds of movements to make sweeps work.
Let me know if you want to see anything else (assuming I can accommodate), and I'll try my best to do it. I've got some other videos here from my club with the instructors sharing some things.
@@JudoGeoff Thank you for taking the time to answer, man. As a white belt the road ahead is long, and there's still so much I don't know. One thing that I'd really like to work on is my coordination, especially now without uke. I have a powerlifting background, so I only really moved through the same planes, and as such I look very clumsy when I try to make techniques flow (eg. uchikomi-morote seoi nage), especially on my non dominant side. I know smoothness comes with time and practice, yet any advice on how to improve coordination would be really really appreciated
@@MrRyuzaki1 I can definitely appreciate that struggle. I have lot of friends who are powerlifters, and I've personally had my issues with some of that smoothness and rhythm to "stick."
Let me think it over and see if I can come up with something for you. How long were you training before things shut down? Also, any injuries, specific things that are most difficult, etc.?
@@JudoGeoff About a month and a half before everything started, which is really not much but I'd wanted to start doing judo for years, literally, so when things shut down I was like "WHAT?!?" lol
I guess not all was lost, though. Given the nature of powerlifting I was fairly heavy for my frame so the shutdown gave me the chance to cut some weight through HIIT.
I don't have any particular injuries, and I guess I gotta count myself lucky on this. The things I find most difficult aside from making things look smooth, are basically related to closing the distance and balance.
In randori I have a tendency of muscling my way up to a throw, while still beign too far to really unbalance uke. Also, and this is the reason why I like this video so much, I don't seem to be able to turn around with tai sabaki without flopping over or ending up 'misalligned'. Y'know when you see judokas practicing the ippon seoi nage or morote seoi nage and their feet always seem to be in the same position every time they turn around? Now, I can't do that to save my life. I was thinking about filming myself like I used to do back in the day to learn the main lifts.
Okay, thanks for that. It helps me have a picture of what's going on.
The good news is that you're perfectly normal. Most people struggle with this sort of thing, and muscling through throws is particularly common among beginners -- especially when they're pretty strong people already. So being a powerlifter has likely conditioned you to shove/yank until you get your implement of choice where you want it (be it a barbell or an uke). Trouble is, humans move and resist. So timing and coordinating is far different.
The bad news is that the solution for your problem -- if we should call it such -- is mostly just a LOT of repetition. Judo doesn't really have shortcuts. Occasionally you can find small tweaks that do a lot of good, but there's no replacement for focused, careful repetition of the fundamentals.
So repeating the movements that I'm doing in the video as slowly as needed to end up in the right position is helpful. Don't try to match speed with me -- particularly at first. Just take your time, and be patient with yourself. Things will begin to click.
Now there are a ton of little points about how your weight is distributed as you step, whether you lean, etc. (when turning a tai sabaki into an uchi komi, there can often be more emphasis on leaning so that you would be more likely to disrupt your opponent's balance). Thay relates back to not muscling or forcing things, as appropriately positioning your body; controlling your opponent's weight and momentum; and engaging at the right time can (individually or in combination) really make or break a technique.
Some of this is much easier when shown than told, and I apologize for that. I'm far more limited than I would like to be in terms of equipment, facilities, and partners due to this situation we find ourselves in. That'll obviously improve as we get back to a somewhat "normal" routine.
In the meantime, I'll think about ways to address this in future videos that I can make now. Make sure to check out my belt pulling video as well, since you can get some sense of how my body weight is shifting and how I'm coordinating my steps for the uchi komi. Again, take your time so you can get as close as possible to the intended movement/position. Don't rush. I'd also recommend something stretchy like a band instead of a stiff/non-stretch belt like I use in the video, but the big thing is being slow and taking it easy so you can eventually clean up your position.
Feel free to comment here or on that video with whether it helps at all, additional questions, etc. I'll help if I can.