Videos From My Judo Competition Last Weekend

[Pan]

So, funny story, BMac hasn't punch choked me in a WHILE. I'd figured out a way to stuff the choke and ride it out until he moves on because it isn't working.
Unsure of the Judo specific rules, he asks me if it's ok to do the choke, while we're on the ground... Confident in my ability to defend, as I had been doing, I say, "Sure! Go for it!"

The collar to my gi got in the way of me pulling my hand through to defend like I normally do.

I lost because my gi made a no gi technique more effective

lol stupid gis!

[Eddie Bravo]

Beautiful bmac!

I would've been there but tickets were sold out

[David Rosado]

So, funny story, BMac hasn't punch choked me in a WHILE. I'd figured out a way to stuff the choke and ride it out until he moves on because it isn't working.
Unsure of the Judo specific rules, he asks me if it's ok to do the choke, while we're on the ground... Confident in my ability to defend, as I had been doing, I say, "Sure! Go for it!"

The collar to my gi got in the way of me pulling my hand through to defend like I normally do.

I lost because my gi made a no gi technique more effective

ahaha nice.

[Brian Debes]

Congrats again! Did all the ground work happen because they didn't feel your takedowns were clean enough? I stay confused about judo rules, were they lacking the "speed and power" by their definition or something? Or only kodokan recognized throws can be ippons?

[William Schrimsher]

Any throw that lands a person largely on their back, with force and control, without entanglement (locking out of the knee) of the legs, is valid for Ippon.
Anything less, they give you points, but allow groundwork to proceed. This was a freestyle judo ruleset, so they allow groundwork without stalling, you stall, or get stuck in a position because the other guy is stalling, you get stood back up. IJF Olympic rules give you about 10-20 seconds to obtain a submission before they stand you up.

[Phill Schwartz]

Porra!!