What it's like to train Judo in Japan
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2020
- What it's like to train Judo in Japan
Generally, when I go to japan, i go train with the Kokushikan University Judo team. It was my father’s alma mata and they are considered one the big four judo universities in Japan. They have produced dozen of Olympians. The athlete pipeline begins in elementary school recruitment to join the prestigious kokushikan system. The accepted students attend secondary school in boarding school format. They are put in “sports classes” and are segregated from the general academic population. Once they are in the system, they live and breath judo. They train one sport, year around. at the middle and high school level, practices revolve around forming strong fundamentals and fully embodying the technical system and philosophy of the institution. The practices are already grueling with 6am workouts and Afterschool practices that run from 3-7pm.
When I go to train in Japan, I train with the university team. IN one of these practices, The university team and the pros share the mats together. You can expect about 2 dozens pros (which tend to be alumni) and a total of about a hundred Judoka grappling. The University Judoka compete to make the starting line up. If they shine there and compete with success, they can move on to turning pro after they graduate. Thats when when corporations sponsor you so you can fully dedicate yourself to Judo. it comes with all the employment perks, such as Salary and performance bonuses. You can fight for big corporations like Toyota, or keep it relatively small cap.
Here is a general practice at one of these universities.
10 min warm up, 10 min drills.
3 sets: 8 rounds of 5 min of stand up training
5 rounds of 5 min ground training
At Kokushikan University, the coaches hand select athletes that get the”red sash.” If you are selected, you have to wear a red sash around your waist, which indicate that you are allowed NO breaks. Different schools have different color coding. For instance, when I trained at Nittaidai, they had different sash colors for the intensity in which they wanted to train. Like if you had the yellow on, you were injured and only training 20%.
If you don’t have an affiliation, you can always seek out a local dojo. In my experience however, since many judoka train with their academic affiliations, there aren’t as many commercial clubs as you would think. Many of the commercial clubs are geared towards youth development to help the student athletes excel in their program systems. You can however, visit The kodokan, the birth place of judo which houses many dojos and practices throughout the week. Sometimes they host training camps as well. Those are incredible. One time I competed in the Tokyo Grand Slam then, I stayed for the international training camp. Every top competitor from around the world attended. Alongside the top 8 athletes from japan. It was one of the best training experiences of my life, sharing the mats with some of the greats like Inoue, Riner and Illiadis. If you have any questions about training in japan, please leave it in the comments below. Make sure you like and subscribe too if you havent already, so i can keep on committing to help you achieve your grappling goals.
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I trained at the Kokodan in Tokyo and Osaka and it was the best Judo experience of my life. I'm not good at it, I just love it and learnt so much in both places. It was hot in Osaka, 40 plus degree days and felt like 50c inside, there was a 13 year old kid in Osaka who rode his bike 13km in the hot weather, trained for 3 hours like there was no tomorrow and rode it back home. I love Japan!
Was it expensive? How do you managed to get there first of all?
"You can fight for corporations..."
I can't be the only one who thought about Kengan Ashura lol
That reminded me of Tekken 😂, you can fight for the Mishima corporation
@@y200sub Oh yeah, that too! lol
That's how fucked up Capitalism is.
@@OjoRojo40 not capitalism, human green gone bad :)
@@hortinus
"Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit".
Sounds more like systemic "greed" my friend.
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism
Really shows the huge skill gap between us hobbyists and bonafide pros. Thanks for the video
2:38 for the love of god some give that man a high five
he is probably looking for a randori partner lol
I used your dad’s books when I started training in aikido and again when I started training in jujitsu. I learned a lot from him and am glad to see that you’re carrying on his tradition. Your videos are excellent.
I like your concise, short, simple and precise quality of your videos. No bullshit introductions or continuous transitional words or excessive cuts every 2-3 seconds like other UA-cam videos. I hope you keep putting out top notch work like this. Thanks!
It’s my life time goal and on my bucket list to train at the Kodokan ...evidently I have to wait for our current world crisis to be over but I will go to japan for this ....thank you so much for the insight !!
December would be okay probably
So did you go?
This is the best video ever! Would love to see more!
Fascinating stuff. I love learning about this kind of thing. Thanks for making the video.
This is very fascinating ! I love the dedication and passion that Judoka put into their work.
Super accurate!
and more informative than most Japanese are able to attain in Japan!!
Visited Kokushikan / Nittai Univ for my first grader boys tournament last year, living next door town, and enjoyed every minute of their open training (which leads to middle/high school level recruits down the road from the surrounding areas)
Able to lear n from the very best coaches, (their high school/ Univ teams winning most major tiles all year round)
Kokushikan sure is a one stop shop from youth development all the way to University, then onto corporate sponsored level to Olympians.
Shintaro sensei,
Thank you sooo much for your UA-cam channel!!
There are so many insights that passed down from your father to you, leading upto generation of great contributions to the sport of judo.
Although I live in Japan, sending kids to Dojo half of the week from age 5,
Honesty, there aren’t many information available online for parents who didn’t grow up with Judo, to help/assist children’s learning into everyday practice at home.
Even for a Japanese native like me to attain that in Japanese is difficult. (Most books outdated, DVDs are mainly aimed for older teen athletes)
with UA-cam auto recommendation, I have now found the best source of Judo learning. And with fingers cross to have my lil boy joining Kokushikan down the road.
Looking forward to seeing more of your great teachings online, and hopefully in person someday!
Keep putting out awesome content brother
Very interesting video, I want to do the trip one day so this has good information. Thank´s
You are an inspiration to the intensity I hope to be!
I wish Judo would be schoolsport in Germany too 😭
In East Germany it is.
Depends on the teacher. If you have a teacher that is a judoka you might get a facultative course. As schhol execs do not like to explain black eyes and rashes to the parents it usually can only be voluntary judo or martial Arts practise.
@@gan102 East Germany is BEST Germany. ; - )
MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT DOING MMA + JUDO IN JAPAN ? THANKS !!!!! I'M GOING PRO IN MMA AND I WANT JAPANESE MMA , NOT UFC . I WANT TO DABBLE IN SOME JUDO AND WEIGHT LIFTING IN JAPAN . I BELIEVE HOWEVER , I WILL MOSTLY SPAR IN MY OWN CLUB AND OTHER MMA CLUBS , NOT JUDO CLUBS . HOW IS THE JUDO-MMA SITUATION IN JAPAN ? STRONG ? THANKS AGAIN !!!
@@tennofabiost.clements1715 It's been some time since I was looking into the japanese mma scene, but as far as I can remember it's mostly up to yourself to combine unless you go into a fight gym with active pro mma fighters - but they always come with management and salaries.
If you like MMA and you're in the states or europe, I'd go with that and only pick up your judo as an extra flair for your style.
I love Japan, and have recently started studying Judo, what a beautiful sport!
Great video. You should definitely do a vlogging series next time you go and train there. Would you be able to make a video about No Gi Grips for judo and the main concepts and roadblocks? Thank you
Hey, Great video keep it up!
Excellent video keep it up
You are the best sensei , your fan from morocco
Incredible. I never knew just how intense training got to be over there; maybe one day I'll have a go at it.
This was awesome
I train at Nichidia when I'm there. 6 days a week. Love Tokyo, miss it especially during quarantine
Holy shit! As an American coming from a BJJ and wrestling background I had no idea how intense Judo was in Japan. I always knew how influential Judo is on all of grappling, but now I know why. Respect! Would love to see more of the rounds on the ground.
Japan is really great at developing their athletes. The coaching and the work ethic is the best in the world. Japan is very skilled in judo, baseball, weight lifting, and even rugby
I trained in the Kodokan couple of times as a brown belt and it was one of the best Judo experiences I ever had
Hi Higashi san, Nice Video. I lived in Setagaya-ku for 5 years and trained at Kokushikan Highschool club, My son trained in the Junior class also. Great Video and I see some familiar faces. Rob
I trained judo during my study abroad at Hiroshima and Kyushu University. When we went to the All Japan Judo Championships I was super impressed by Kokushikan and their large, strong team. Tatsuru Saito who is in the olympic team was competing there in his third year. I can't wait to return
Hi Shintaro thank you for helping us improve.......love your tips BTW it helped me alot...... do you have any tips on how to counter a Osoto Gari???
There’s really one person that gave this video a thumbs down... really? Looks like the coolest experience ever!
Imagine that for a huge portion of your life you're boarding at the school/University and all you have time for are judo and studies. You will be dog tired and your social skills will be weak as you're spending most your time with like minded people aka judoka. Do they even get to see their family?
I was lucky enough to get in on a randori session in the evening at the Kodokan when I visited Tokyo as a ikkyu. Great experience but I felt so anxious because I didn’t want to break any rules. It was a lot of fun.
I plan to visit japan and kodokan sometimes, trying to do the same, did you took your training gears with you ? Was it free ?
Maxime Lupinski I brought my gi, didn’t seem like there are any loaners. And it cost 1000 yen when I was there maybe 5 years ago
I live in Tokyo now. i cant train like I want because i am military. Do you speak any Japanese? If not, is it easy to get into a session?
Can't wait to get back to the Kodokan! It's been closed for over 3 months now... Let me know if you guys have any questions about the Kodokan school for white belts.
bochan207 yes, please share anything you would like to say about that!
How is the belt system?
I agree! Please share anything you'd like! We'd love to learn!
@@joatanpereira4272 For Adults, its only white and then goes straight to black. (I believe most Dojo's in Japan are like that) Only the kids use different colors. White belts however, have "kyu" grades starting from "no kyu, 5th kyu, 4th kyu, 3rd kyu, 2nd kyu, 1st kyu. After passing 1st kyu, you get to Shodan, (1st Dan) which is when you get your black belt. 6th~8th Dan is Red-White (Coral) belt, which are most teachers at the Kodokan, and then 9th and 10th Dan is Red Belt. There are only 3 living 10th dan's in the world, and they all work at the Kodokan :)
@@bochan207 Oh, thanks. It's totally different from the Brazilian belt system.
Hey, Shintaro. Do you have any recommendations for dojos in or near Sasebo? Thank you
I love judo and I love visiting Japan. I am looking forward to training judo there next year, however, alas, I am only a lowly mudansha (not even green belt). I have two very stupid questions, if I may ask.
How bad of an idea is it to go to train at a university dojo as just a mudansha/beginner? (I'll have a friend/sponser who is dan grade, but I wonder about your perspective.)
Second, have you trained under kosen rules? (I guess it's like flipping the newaza and standing/throwing sets?)
Thanks in advance for reading.
Thank you so much. If one day I need a recommendation, can I come to you?
You are the best
Could you elaborate on the sash sytem. You mention that they wore a yellow sash to indicate they're training at 20% intensity. Are there other sashes?
This got me hype and I just wanted to run to practice.. but it always hits harder and harder when I have to remember that one idiot had to crash into me breaking my spine and my dreams alongside with it.. 10 years of my life down the drain.. you know what really hurts? I was already practicing with the national/Olympic team at the time.. take care of yourself and keep practicing!
It wasn't for nothing, those 10 years.
That's a shame bro , hope you'll find something more to complete you with . 💪
I visited the kodokan in 2019. I was in Japan for the rugby World Cup. I loved Japan I just wish I was decent at judo!
Wish we could make Judo like this in America.
Have you ever had the opportunity to train at one of the Kosen clubs? If so, how would you compare their newaza skills with what you've learned in jiu-jitsu?
10 minutes warm up.
10 minutes drill.
Would ❤️ to see those . . if you have it . . .
Hi sensei, did you get to do any randori with the greats you mentioned? If so how was it?
I'm relatively new to the content of this channel and i apologise if my question was already addressed elsewhere.
I would like to know, in your opinion, experience and expertise what makes Japan still the best place for Judo and the creator of the majority of high-end Judo athletics compared with Europe or USA?
Intensity of training? quality of instructors? taking Judo as a way of leaving? Maybe the culture of martial arts in the country?
if anyone want to replay with an opinion i would appreciate that.
Thank you for making the videos, i'm liking a lot of your content.
Hello! Can you please make a video about an effective variation of o soto gari that works in competition and in real life (no gi)? I would be happy if you could do that. Thanks for reading.
I'm ikkyu and speak Japanese pretty well, I'd love to do this!
Mr. Higashi I have a question about hands in judo, in your experience are there judokas with naturally more resistant hands? Is there a way to strengthen them eventually? I have a big grip strength but my bones hurt bad after an intense randori. Thanks a lot.
At what age would you recommend for young kids to go to train in Japan? Also would you response differ between boys vs girls? My daughter summer attending training at Kodokan when she visited he Obachan last summer and first found it tough but really enjoyed the opportunity by the time she left to come back to NA.
Always wanted to train there. Maybe I can still make it happen. Is it expensive to train there? Thanks for making this video.
i see there are many foreigners training in the video. do you think we need to understand japanese to study there or are the lesson in english?
Do you think its easy/feasible to get a student visa into Japan as an adult player? I'm casual with my Judo, but at the same time would love to fully commit to a daily program.
What is the “off-the-mat” conditioning like? What do they normally do in terms of weights, cardio, conditioning, diet, etc?
isalehyan when I went for training at the Kodokan, we did lots of running at 5 am then newaza. Other days, weight training and newaza again at 5 am. After that it was all tachiwaza randori in the afternoon.
I visited the International Budo University last summer because of Kendo, but from what i saw, is a LOT of weight, running every morning and 5 to 7 hours of in mat training everyday. but then again, I didnt actually go there because of judo so thats just what I saw from the outside
@@charankko Running & weight training? Seems like a lot mixed in with judo training and randori. I'd do one or the other. Or at least run and weight train for a period to get fit and strong then do judo. Very much old school to mix everything up.
@@nidgeontour257 old school and better
@@hozerberto4886 Some might say bro. Its not for everyone? Peace!
A non-judo question; are the framed photographs behind you ones you took yourself? I like what I am seeing.
You need a double leg and single leg and some take downs from body lock side and rear. About 3-4 from side and rear.
Have you done a video on steps to minimize injuries during training? I know injury is part of the sport; I already tore and ACL attempting an uchi mata throw.
Three times dislocated kneecap my family starved for months, what an Idiot
Pure learn-by-doing.
You’re doing great sweaty
Is it still possible for Judoka to train with the Japanese Metropolitan Police? My Sensei trained with while in the Air Force ( albeit 50 years ago and he was alive) and said that was really intense too.
Training in Japan is so different from the USA...you have to train there to understand what makes Martial Arts training in Japan so unique...
I have a question, when I finish my undergraduate degree, I'm thinking of applying for a ms degree in japan, is it possible to train in the university club without being a black belt? I hope that's not a problem because I want to try it.
so hi Shintaro , English is not my launguish.
I would love to visit Kodokan or any other judo dojo whre can i ask if it ok to train ?
or is any idea becuse i do not speck japanese either. Hope to get serous anwswer
I heard you say a red sash get no break , how long was the break between rounds and sets for everyone else?
Hi, i practice judo in Greece for over a year and i was wondering if there are any organized programms to go to train in Japan for a month or so, can anyone share some knowledge please! Thank you!
Hi Sensei Shintaro. If I get accepted by the kokushikan university for a master’s degree program, could I train judo there? I’m just a begginer (2 years of judo by the time I get there in 2023, with 3 years of bjj experience right now), and It seems to me that their training is pretty much for shodans and high level judokas
Would you reccomend training in Japan for beginners? Sure I may not throw them, but I'd love to be able to learn from them.
the level there must be incredible
I had planned to visit Japan with a group of American judoka to train at several dojos, but 2020 had other plans.
Can anyone train at the Kodokan... if I vacationed in Japan, could I drop in for training?
@shintaro I'm 43 years of age and really enthusiastic about my Judo practice, I'd love to train in the birthplace of Judo too but I do wonder whether it's suitable for people like myself if I'm not a) a young athlete in my prime years or b) keen to get get sponsorship or an international competition grade?
Hi, I started at the kodokan 3 years ago when I was 39. Really awesome environment. Age is no barrier. How long have you been training?
Emil Pindur I started 21 years ago and did it for 3 years and then life and family got in the way! I restarted it 9 months ago but now obvs Covid happened. It's good to hear they take you on regardless of age. Were you working in Japan and decided to train there or did you specifically go for the kodokan training? Do you just pitch up or do you need to book well in advance?
@@theonobody I had no experience in Judo aside from the odd class I'd popped along to in Australia or NZ. If you don't have a black belt, there's a course you can do in the evenings. Pretty awesome training. And, you can graduate with your bb and that means you're allowed on the main mat to practise randori with anyone else. If you already have a black belt, you can arrive, pay the fee (either daily or monthly are available, I believe), and then train on the mat with whomever is around. Wednesdays are pretty serious - that's when they do 5 minute rounds and heaps of university students are there. I'm not good enough to survive one of those with my limbs intact yet.
But M, T, Th, F, Sa are all good. It's a friendly atmosphere, people are pretty understanding and you can usually train as hard or as soft as you like. If you don't live in Japan and are just visiting, you can train on the main mat without having a BB. Have seen plenty of white belts doing that. I came here for other reasons, picked up Judo cause I've been doing MA for a while and was living 600m from the Kodokan. Seemed idiotic not to try it. Thoroughly enjoyed it, but had time off for injury and now, of course, Corona.
Are you actually from Japan yourself Shintaro? Love what you're doing, keep it up!
Paul Stewart
No, he was born in New York.
I think he is Korean
@@lowbudgetgamer7242 i think.his japanese american.
@@lowbudgetgamer7242 shintaro higashi is very much a japanese name.
No, shintaro higashi is obviously from Nigeria 😂
I was looking for international summer training camp for children under 12 years old. Do you have any idea where and when? What would be cost? Thank you!
How can i get a Expedition to go to japan and learn judo there 🙏 plz help i need information iam from algeria
How can you train in the kodokan
Bit of an odd question, but do any students of these school move into competition fighting for an organization like Chael Sonnen’s “Submission Underground” or One Championship?
Big Ugly Boy IV
Prolly not. 20yrs ago MMA days lead my “PRIDE”, there were a lot of fighters with Judo back ground and competed at its best of that age.
Satoshi Ishi, Gold medalist Olympian is from these intuition but haven’t really shined since his debut(leaving judo at early 20s into MMA after achieving gold at the age of 21), is prolly the most famous and still fighting as a pro (training I think in Croatia with crocop camp)
Although significant amount of Japanese MMA fighters has various back bone in Judo/Jujitsu, MOST(if now all the famous ones) that succeeded in national/international level of judo stays with judo,
Leaving many MMA fighters in Japan today with some efficiency in Judo back bone but not prestige achievements. Unlike UFC having dozens of all American, D1 level wrestlers in every levels of competition.
Above is my personal view, not much facts to back it or anything but
Being a 20yrs fan of MMA, watched 30yrs of cable TV and PPV for major fights, translated in some of these MMA broadcasting, I think im seeing things first hand as a “fan” to say some general statement.
You said that once they are selected for the institution / college, they are seperate from the non-judoka? So when do they have time for education? 6AM and 4-7PM is tough not only physically, but they have no social life because they're boarding with their classmates. Correct me if I'm wrong
Not bad for just sport judo. Very Nice facility. However for true fighter style judo, have you seen the channel NIKandSi? Amazingly trained poor kids from the Appalachia.
8 rounds of 5 mins x 3, that's amazing
So, I dont train judo but I do have a grappling background. I wanna travel to different countries, also Japan and train there. Is it possible for a novice like me to train Judo there?
How do I see the schedule for the camps?
In the title I read train as an actual train and pictured one of these guys single arm tossing an oncoming bullet train
Hi, what are the big 4 judo universities in Japan apart from Kokushikan?
what do they eat? and i cant see sashs in the video, noone injured?
"3 sets: 8 rounds of 5 min of stand up training": does it mean that their sessions have 24 randori rounds? How much time of break do they get between rounds and sets? Lots of love from Peru!
0:07 that squat/rowing form... Strength coaching needs to become more prevalent in martial arts training
Bulgarian bag and kettlebell training compliment Judo really well too.
Bro wtf are you doing here 💀💀
Hi! How do you gain access to train with the university?
Can I train there if I have no training background in judo?
6 or 7 years ago, I was watching some videos of Kosei Inoue, doing some randori with ppl. starting minute 3:00 I saw that guy Higashi, and I was like.. hmm, I´ve seen him before, then, I made a quick search on youtube and yes! it was him vs Inoue, getting totally destroyed by him, and I bet that Higashi guy must be a very good judoka, but Inoue was just on another level.
Is there a lower skill bracket like for those deconditioned for couple of years and just getting back in judo?
wow good catch the guy below about the guy high five
How do you enroll in a Japanese judo university for at least a semester
Is this like wrestling at Oklahoma State or Iowa?
i wish clubs all over the world would adopt thisnpattern, only 10m warm up and drill and the rest randori
How do you spell that college name?
Bring a dojo to greenwood Ms
How do I become the strongest Japanese sportsman?
Do they still train in leg takedowns over there?
I HAVE A QUESTION, PLS ANSWER. CAN YOU TRAIN JUDO IN JAPAN AS A COMPLETE BEGINNNER IF YOU ARE AN ADULT (30+ YRS OLD)
I want to go to Osaka and train. Can I?
can you train in Japan if you don't speak Japanese?? and do you need to be blackbelt to attend camp?
Can a foreigner pay for a semester or two at that university
Kodokan Judo of Cape Coral!!!!!!!