We Fought a Judo Tourney Today. VIDEO

Had a good time at a Judo tourney today. Ziggy competed again, and once again she crushed. Took out a black belt and a brown belt. Ziggy is wearing a blue belt; that's her karate rank. They asked us to wear our highest rank in any martial art, so don't freak out BJJ police. :o

Tanner Terry won his division with an inverted triangle against a black belt. Alberto Moya finished second in his division, which was the largest division of the day.

All of our folks are white belts in Jiu Jitsu. Video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzqAO7eIQh8

she's doing some things from inside the guard that i don't like here, but it was a nice finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u18kN-_bvHM

she sets up it up from an americana. very good setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7aZySt1z88

armbar against a black belt. girl got her arm wrecked, but she was super tough.

Puttin in work in Decatur!

Good job everyone!

congrats guys n gals

Alberto Moya finishes from the back with body triangle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PuNOO6C874

finish with an inverted triangle. cool setup, too. chris herzog inspired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PzehrMLd0g

good job guys

Great job again guys. If you guys were asked to wear you highest belt then I guess they were too. What were they a black belt and brown belt in?

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

finish with an inverted triangle. cool setup, too. chris herzog inspired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PzehrMLd0g

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Hmmm I think I've seen that set up before ;)

Good job!

They are gonna come to your school now right? That was dominant.

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Originally Posted by Jon Helton

Great job again guys. If you guys were asked to wear you highest belt then I guess they were too. What were they a black belt and brown belt in?

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everyone there (except for our team) was from either a judo or japanese jiu jitsu background.

Cool. I did a lot of these type tourneys when I first started Jiu Jitsu after coming from a TKD background. Gave me a lot of experience.

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Originally Posted by Jon Helton

Cool. I did a lot of these type tourneys when I first started Jiu Jitsu after coming from a TKD background. Gave me a lot of experience.

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sounds like a similar path to mine. we are a tang soo do school. have been for 40+ years. jamie started incorporating grappling into his program about 15 years ago because he wanted his students to be well rounded. he has a 3rd degree in JJJ. technically he has never ranked in BJJ, but i'd put him against most anyone. he wipes the mat with me, for sure.

i have fought in a TON of these kind of tournaments. it's still all we have in alabama, really. we are going to host an open tourney this year at our place. i would love to grow that event into a large tourney.

whoa! Great job Tanner, Alberto and the Ziggy!

Ziggy is a beast! Is she gonna do MMA?

Way to hold it down Brandon! :)

Great job guys and gratz.

Guys please correct me and I am not trying to stir shit just curious.

I have only competed once in Judo and only done it for a couple of years so could be completly wrong (Us Aussies can be a bit behind the times), but I was always of the understanding that putting yourself on your back (a scrafice throw essentially) unless you pull off the throw is ippon to the other guy/gal. Just wondering if these were Judo rules or some form of hybrid?

Just curious.

Awesome ground game though and congrats

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Originally Posted by Tim Bruhn

Guys please correct me and I am not trying to stir shit just curious.

I have only competed once in Judo and only done it for a couple of years so could be completly wrong (Us Aussies can be a bit behind the times), but I was always of the understanding that putting yourself on your back (a scrafice throw essentially) unless you pull off the throw is ippon to the other guy/gal. Just wondering if these were Judo rules or some form of hybrid?

Just curious.

Awesome ground game though and congrats

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No, you can go to your back with sacrifice throws, its about who is in control at the time of the throw. Tomoe Nage is one of the most common sacrifice throws in Judo (which goes across your back).

However there are other pieces that says its a hybrid set of rules, 100% sure its not standard judo rules. Regardless it doesn't take away from Decatur's performance.

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Originally Posted by Tim Bruhn

Guys please correct me and I am not trying to stir shit just curious.

I have only competed once in Judo and only done it for a couple of years so could be completly wrong (Us Aussies can be a bit behind the times), but I was always of the understanding that putting yourself on your back (a scrafice throw essentially) unless you pull off the throw is ippon to the other guy/gal. Just wondering if these were Judo rules or some form of hybrid?

Just curious.

Awesome ground game though and congrats

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It's definitely not under the standard rule set of Judo. They call it "freestyle judo." It's under the AAU (American Athletic Union). There were some really funky rules, and I stayed frustrated most of the day. For instance, we had to "stay active" on the ground. There were probably 10 occasions throughout the day where our guys either had a dominant position (mount, back, side) or a locked in submission and they restarted from the feet because of "no activity."

Awesome job Brandon and crew!

So how the heck do i never know about these damn local tourneys???

It would be nice to not have to drive 3-4 hours and take up a whole weekend just to compete!

Palmer... if you showed up then everyone my as well not play:p

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Originally Posted by Brandon Palmer

Awesome job Brandon and crew!

So how the heck do i never know about these damn local tourneys???

It would be nice to not have to drive 3-4 hours and take up a whole weekend just to compete!

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you will know from now on :)