Kaze Uta Budo Kai Forum Archive

A lot of the old timers around the dojo are familiar with the name. Justin was one of the first Oklahoma tournament Judo champions the dojo produced, way back in the origins on 16th street. Justin has continued training in Judo, and when he moved to the Dallas metroplex in the late 1990's he added a variety of mixed martial arts to his resume including Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Vale Tudo and Muay Thai. He owns Bushido Martial Arts in Arlington, home to several amateur and professional MMA fighters & title holders.

Justin will be visiting on Saturday, December 12th. We plan to hit the mat at 3PM for a dose of no gi work. The current recommendation is gi pants and an old T-shirt. Justin plants to focus on countering striking techniques both standing and grappling. The current plan (subject to change) is one hour of standing work, a short break, one hour of grappling and a half hour or more for open mat and Q&A.

Thanks to everyone who showed up. Justin enjoyed the visit and hopes to be able to do some more work with us in the future. What did you take away from the few hours of work we had?

I really enjoyed it. I was pleased to find out that although the handwork is different when you aren't wearing a judogi, the footwork is mostly the same. I was also happy that we focused on a few basic, valuable holds to work from. Even though three hours doesn't seem like much compared to the hours that add up from our weekly training, it feels like the learning was more intense because it was way outside of the regular routine.

I was going to start a new thread, then decided to tack it on to this one.

This is Blade, Justin's son. For the folks at the seminar, this is the kid Damon put the gloves on with at the end. Video is from this weekend at a tournament. The opponent tries to throw, Blade counters and ends up knocking the opponent out from the impact of the throw. Looks like a hip throw to me. I would almost have said osoto-gari or harai-goshi, except for how Blade ends up going into a sprawl on the way down.

Blade not only took first place in the teens division, but at age 16 took first place in the adults 20-30 age bracket. Just goes to show how devastating Judo throws can be.

that is certainly osoto makikomi with extra dose of thump on the back o the head