Sunday, 28 March 2010

Ne-waza Issues

Our club does a fair amount of ne-waza so I often find myself up against good judo guys on the ground. Under judo rules I am sure that I would lose the majority of these encounters. As a BJJ guy, I am trained to be quite comfortable off my back. Unfortunately, some of these positions count as osaekomi (pins) from which my opponent can score points and finish the match.

The next biggest issue for me is the turtle. Judo guys go for this all the time and in shiai (competition) this would likely cause the referee to call a stand up. Not good for me. So I need to work out some effective anti-turtle manoeuvres.

I have noticed that I tend to leave my arm out when being thrown, which could be disastrous against a good juji-gatame (arm bar) expert. To counter this, I need to let go of my opponent's gi and improve my ukemi (breakfalling).

Finally, I am finding that people stand up when I catch them in sankaku-jime (triangle choke). My conditioned response to this is to hook the leg; however, I am informed that the ref will again call a stand up if this happens.

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