Lesson 60: July 29, 2006

warm up
ukemi

2nd Review test papers, hand out of extra material on techniques

Test Prep: Review 5th-kyu, 4th kyu techniques

Beginners:
Tachi-waza: shizen-tai, sleeve-lapel grip, kuzuchi, Osoto-gari basics
Osae-komi-waza: Kesa-gatame basics and escapes

Attn: Laurenz, Vincent, Tommy, Jozef, Benjamin, Jessy, Master Huang

Lesson 59: July 22, 2006

warm up
ukemi
anouncement test day: August 5, 2006

Hand out and review test paper

review 5th-kyu techniques

Tachi waza: uchi-komi and nage komi
Osoto-gari,Ouchi-gari, O-goshi, Ippon Seoi-nage

Osae-komi-waza: review pinning techniques
Kesa-gatame, Kuzure-kesa-gatame, Kami-shiho-gatame, Yoko-shiho-gatame, Tate-shiho-gatame

Attn: Laurenz, Vincent, Tommy, master huang, hey-han, sue-han, benjamin, david

Test Paper: 4-kyu (ORANGE BELT)

Eligibility for test
• 5th KYU (yellow belt) students with minimum 32 judo classes taken
• test fee payed, bring check to Master Shin
• wearing correct JUDOGI(no tkd uniform), and correct belt
• on time for test

General Judo knowledge:
Postures:
• in NAGE WAZA: SHIZENTAI and JIGOTAI;
• in KATAME WAZA: laying on back and half knee position.
SHINTAI (Moving):
• in NAGE WAZA: AYUMI ASHI en TSUGI ASHI (sliding);
• in KATAME WAZA: laying on back and half knee position.
SHIAI (competition)
• Elementary competition rules
• Ceremony in begin and end of a competition.

UKEMI en KATA: falling techniques and forms
• USHIRU UKEMI: backwards fall in motion
• YOKO UKEMI: sideward fall, left and right in motion
• ZEMPO KAITEN: forward roll, left and right in motion
• MAE UKEMI: forward fall from standing position

NAGE WAZA: throwing techniques
• Yellow belt techniques in motion.
• MOROTE-SEOI-NAGE: 2 handed shoulder throw
• HIZA GURUMA: knee wheel
• SASAE-TSURIKOMI-ASHI: supporting foot lift-pull throw
• DEASHI-BARAI: advance foot sweep
• KOUCHI-GARI: small inward reap
• KOSHI-GORUMA: hip wheel
• TAI-OTOSHI: body drop
• O-GOSHI from JIGO-HON-TAI (move left foot first!)
• O-SOTO-GARI (from one handed KUMI-KATA)
• OUCHI GARI one handed off the grip
• low OUCHI-GARI (one and two handed)
• Combination: OSOTO-GARI  KESA-GATAME
• Combination OSOTO-GARI  OUCHI-GARI
• Combination IPPON-SEOI-NAGE  OSOTO-GARI
• Combination IPPON-SEOI-NAGE  IPPON-SEOI-NAGE
• Combination O-GOSHI  OUCHI-GARI
• Combination OUCHI-GARI  OSOTO-GARI
• Counter: OSOTO-GARI  OSOTO-GAESHI
• Counter: right O-GOSHI  left O-GOSHI
• Counter OUCHI-GARI  OUCHI-GAESHI

KATAME WAZA : Grappling techniques
• Pins for yellow belt, left and right.
• bridge and roll escape from KESA-GATAME
• escape from YOKO-SHIHO-GATAME, leg catch
• inside turn escape from KAMI-SHIHO-GATAME
• escape from TATE-SHIHO-GATAME to half guard, and turn
• KUZURE KESA-GATAME
• KUZURE KAMI SHIHO-GATAME
• USHIRO KESA-GATAME
• Switching from 1 pin to another.
• UKE on 4 points, 2 forms with TORI in front of UKE.
• UKE in guard position, 2 forms attack TORI.


Judo terminology
TATAMI: mat
SENSEI: teacher, instructor
JUDOKA: judo player
DOJO: School or training hall
KYU: lower rank
DAN: Black belt rank
TSUGI ASHI walking by bringing one foot up to another


Judo Etiquette
bow before and after every exercise
grab only by the JUDOGI
never strike or kick, avoid pressure on the neck
avoid hitting walls, or leaving TATAMI
let go when partner submits

Judo Training forms
• KATA Forms
• UCHI-KOMI Repeated practice without completion
• NAGE-KOMI Repetitive throwing practice
• YAKUSOKU GEIKO Pre-arranged free practice
• RANDORI Free practice
• SHIAI Contest

Judo contest rules
Start of a Contest
Prior to a contest (shiai) one contestant is assigned a blue sash to wear in addition to their obi (belt) and/or they will be asked to wear a blue Judogi. After the contestants have bowed and stepped forward, the referee announces hajime (begin) to start the contest.
Scoring a Contest
Scores
• Ippon (full point)
• Waza-ari (almost ippon, half point)
• Yuko (almost waza-ari)
• Koka (almost yuko)
Penalties
• Hansoku-make (very serious violation, disqualification)
• Shido (minor violation, koka to the opponent the first time, then increasing score each time)
Objective
In Judo competition the objective is to score an ippon (one full point). Once such a score is obtained the competition ends. An ippon can be scored by one of the following methods:
• Executing a skillful throwing technique which results in one contestant being thrown largely on the back with considerable force or speed.
• Maintaining a pin for 25 seconds.
• One contestant cannot continue and gives up.
• One contestant is disqualified for violating the rules (hansoku-make).
• Applying an effective armbar or an effective stranglehold (this does not usually apply for children).
• Earning two waza-ari (half point). A waza-ari can be earned by: 1) a throwing technique that is not quite an ippon (for example the opponent lands only partly on the back, or with less force than required for ippon); 2) holding one contestant in a pin for 20 seconds; or 3) when the opponent violates the rules (shido) three times.
If the time runs out with neither contestant scoring an ippon, then the referee will award the win to the contestant who has the next highest score. For example a contestant with one yuko would win against an opponent who scored 4 kokas.

Basic Referee Signals

Ippon (full point): Opponent is thrown on the back with force, or held under control on the mat for 25 seconds.


Waza-ari (near ippon): Throw is not completely successful, or opponent is held under control for at least 20 seconds.


Yuko (almost waza-ari): Throw is partially successful, or opponent is held under control for 15 to 20 seconds.


Koka (almost yuko): Opponent is thrown with some force but not on the back, or opponent is held under control for at least 10 seconds

Osaekomi (mat hold begins): Opponent is held under control on his or her back and the time starts.


Matte (stop): Match is stopped temporarily and the time clock pauses

Test paper : 5-kyu (YELLOW BELT)

5-kyu (YELLOW BELT) Test Requirements

Eligibility for test

• 6th kyu (white belt) students with minimum 24 judo classes taken
• test fee paid, bring check to Master Shin
• wearing correct judogi (no tkd uniform), and correct belt
• on time for test

Criteria to PASS 5th-kyu test

minimum 750 / 1000 Overall test score

minimum 140 / 200 test score on general Judo knowledge

minimum 70/ 100 ukemi test score

minimum 300 / 400 nage-waza test score

minimum 200 / 300 katame-waza test score

General Judo knowledge:

• History and the spirit of Judo.
• Etiquette: Personal hygiene, respect and safety for others.
• JUDOGI, correct wearing of uniform and tying of the belt
• REI: salutations, kneeling and standing position.
• KUMI KATA, methods of holding, left and right
• KUZUSHI, breaking the opponent’s balance
• Japanese terminology.

Judo terminology

GI: clothing

HAJIME: begin

MATE: stop

REI: bow, greet

UKI: Person receiving the technique

TORI: Person performing the technique

ICHI 1

NI 2

SAN 3

ShI 4

GO 5

ROKU 6

SICHI 7

HACHI 8

KU 9

JU 10

UKEMI and KATA: falling techniques and forms

Student demonstrates al of the following techniques

• USHIRU UKEMI: backwards fall from standing position
• YOKO UKEMI: sideward fall, left and right from standing position
• ZEMPO KAITEN: forward roll, left and right from standing position

NAGE WAZA: throwing techniques

Student demonstrates all of the following techniques

• OSOTO-GARI: major outer reap
• OUCHI-GARI: major inner reap
• O-GOSHI: major hip throw
• IPPON SEOI-NAGE: shoulder throw
• Simple combinations from throw to throw and from throw to hold.
• Securing partner by holding after a throw.

KATAME WAZA: Grappling techniques

Student demonstrates all of the following techniques

• KESA-GATAME: scarf hold
• KAMI-SHIHO-GATAME: top four corner hold
• YOKO-SHIHO-GATAME: sideways 4-corner hold
• TATE-SHIHO-GATAME: straight locking four corner hold
• Ground attack: UKE on the back, TORI on the knees.
• UKE on 4 points, TORI on the side with hold on elbows.
• OSAE KOMI time durations in match.
• Prohibited actions during grappling and holds.
• Security for UKI by submission, and TORI releasing.

Judo History & Philosophy

What is Judo?

Judo is many things to different people. It is a fun sport, an art, a discipline, a recreational or social activity, a fitness program, a means of self-defense or combat, and a way of life. It is all of these and more. Judo is Fun!

As in all sports, Judo has a strict set of rules that governs competition and ensures safety. For those who want to test their skills, Judo offers the opportunity for competition at all skill levels, from club to national tournaments, to the Olympic Games. There are separate weight divisions for men and women, and boys and girls.

Judo is best known for it's spectacular throwing techniques but also involves considerable grappling on the ground utilizing specialized pins, control holds, arm locks, and Judo choking techniques. Judo emphasizes safety, and full physical activity for top conditioning. Judo is thought on special mats for comfort and safety.

Origin

In feudal times in Japan, there were various military arts developed and used by the samurai classes in their special form of warfare. Amongst these martial arts were fencing, archery, the use of spears and the art of jujutsu. The word jujitsu may be translated freely as "the art of gaining victory by yielding or pliancy." Originally, jujitsu seems to have been applied to what may best be described as the art of fighting without weapons, although in some cases short weapons were used against opponents fighting with long weapons. The techniques were principally throwing, hitting, kicking, choking, holding the opponent down, and bending or twisting the opponent's arms or legs in such a way as to cause pain or fracture. Although it seems to resemble wrestling, it differs materially from wrestling as practiced in USA, its main principle being not to match strength with strength, but to gain victory by yielding to strength.

A main feature of the art is the application of the principles of nonresistance and taking advantage of the opponent's loss of equilibrium; hence the name jujutsu literally soft or gentle art.

Judo is a refinement of the ancient martial art of Jujutsu. Jigoro Kano, mastered several styles in his youth, he began to develop his own system based on modern sports principles. In 1882 he founded the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo where he began teaching and which still is the international authority for Judo.

Judo was introduced into the Olympic Games in 1964 and is practiced by millions of people throughout the world today. People practice Judo to excel in competition, to stay in shape, to develop self-confidence, and for many other reasons. But most of all, people do Judo just for the fun of it.

Jigoro Kano

Jigoro Kano was born on Oct. 28, 1860 in Kobe, Japan as the third son in a family of three boys and two girls. Jigoro was physically weak as a child, and he was beaten up often by bullies. His desire to learn how to defend himself lead him to jujitsu. He started training in jujitsu at the age of 17, but his instructor, felt he was too young for serious training. At the age of 18 Jigoro enrolled at Tokyo Imperial University. In Tokyo, he started training Jujitsu, focusing on free style practice (Randori). The 19-year-old joined another branch of of ju-Jitsu who was known for his excellence in formal techniques (kata). Kano showed extraordinary talent and trained very hard and became a master in ryu jujitsu at age 21. Next Kano began training with a who was especially skillful at teaching throwing techniques (nage-waza) It was during these jujitsu training days that Jigoro Kano worked out some new throws and turned his attention more and more to ways of reforming jujitsu into some kind of new system.

in February 1882, the 22-year-old Jigoro Kano took nine of his private students and set up his own dojo in the Eishoji Temple. This event is regarded as the birth of Judo

1884 was the year when the Kodokan laws were drawn. Taking together all the knowledge that he had acquired from the various schools of jujitsu, and adding his own inventions, he had founded a new system for physical culture, mental training and winning contests. This he called Kodokan Judo. The big difference from jujitsu was the "do" in Judo -- finding the way. Kano saw Judo as a way of life. He saw it in terms of a sport, whereas jujitsu was merely a martial art, a method of defense. The dangerous techniques of jujitsu were eliminated from the Judo contests, but retained as part of Judo's defense system.

Principles of Judo

Judo, which is translated as the "gentle way", teaches the principle of flexibility in the application of technique. This is the flexible or efficient use of balance, leverage, and movement in the performance of Judo throws and other skills. Skill, technique and timing, rather than the use of brute strength, are the essential ingredients for success in Judo. For example, in Judo classes you may learn how to give way, rather than use force, to overcome a stronger opponent.

The principles of Judo, "Maximum Efficiency" and "Mutual Welfare and Benefit", can also be used in our dealings with others in life. The ultimate goal in Judo is to develop oneself to the maximum extent possible, always striving for perfection, so that you can contribute something of value to the world.

Suppose we estimate that the strength of a man is ten units, whereas my strength is only seven units. When he pushes me with all his force, I will be pushed back or thrown down, even if I use all my strength against him. The weaker opponent is defeated when opposing strength to strength.

But if, instead of opposing him, I leave him unresisted, withdrawing my body just as much as he pushes, at the same time keeping my balance, he will naturally lean forward and lose his balance. In this new position he may become so weak (not in actual physical strength, but because of his awkward position) as to reduce his strength for the moment, say to three units only instead of ten. Meanwhile, by keeping my balance, I retain my full strength available for any emergency. Using this principle of nonresistance and taking advantage of the opponent's loss of equilibrium, I can defeat even a stronger opponent.

Examples

o Opponents leans forward

n Apply arm on his back, slip hip in front

n Hip becomes fulcrum

n Throw heavy opponent be twisting hip of pulling sleeve slightly

o Opponent steps forward

n Sweep foot split second before he places full weight on the foot

n Opponent falls due to supporting foot

o Opponent rushes forward

n Takes his sleeves, place my foot on his lower abdomen,

n I fall back and straighten my leg

n Make him somersault over me

o Opponent leans forward and pushes with one hand

n Grab upper sleeve, pivot, grab his shoulder and bend down

n Fly over my head flat on his back

Lesson 58: July 15, 2006

warm up, ne-waza warm up
ukemi
focus technique: tai-otoshi, basics, uchi komi, nage komi
combinations to ko-uchi-gari and o-uchi-gari

randori

Attn: Laurenz, Vincent, Tommy, master huang, hey-han, sue-han

School closed: July 8, 2006

Lesson 57: July 1, 2006

warm up
ukemi
uchi komi: techiques by choice (seoinage, ogoshi, osotogari)
nage komi: techiques by choice (o-goshi, ipon seoinage, sasae tsuri komi goshi)
focus technique: tai-otoshi, basics
randori

Attn: Laurenz, Vincent, master huang, hey-han, sue-han