Commonwealth Judo Championships Cardiff 2012.

From the 22th of January to the 27th, it will take in Cardiff (Wales) the Commonwealth Judo Championships 2012.

This event is organised by the Commonwealth Judo Association (C.J.A.) and if you want to know more about it you only have to click in the different links of this post.

But just to warm up I leave you this terrific promotional video of the championship with the stamp of Fighting Films.

ILIAS ILIADIS "The Superstar"

This is the Judoka of the moment, The Superstar: ILIAS ILIADIS.
This 25 years old guy has won everything and he has still so much to show Judo World.

His medals speaks for him...

Year	Tournament	Venue	Place	Weight class
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	Gold	Half middleweight (81 kg)
	European Judo Championships	Bucharest, Romania	Gold	Half middleweight (81 kg)
2005	World Judo Championships	Cairo, Egypt	Silver	Middleweight (90 kg)
	Mediterranean Games	Almeria, Spain	Gold	Middleweight (90 kg)
2007	World Judo Championships	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Silver	Middleweight (90 kg)
2010	World Judo Championships	Tokyo, Japan	Gold	Middleweight (90 kg)
2011	European Judo Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	Gold	Middleweight (90 kg)
	World Judo Championships	Paris, France	Gold	Middleweight (90 kg)

Font: Wikipedia

... but if you want to find out more about this strong, powerful, spectacular and charismatic fighter, then CLICK HERE.

By the way, Iliadis has been training recently at Scottish Highlands with some people from the British Judo Squad (watch the video) and if you want to see him face to face, don't lose your opportunity because he's going to be the guest star in a Judo Stage at Mieres (Spain) from the 17th to the 18th of December. If you are interested in it, here you have the publicity pamphlet.

Judo Rules to do a JUDO MATCH, LET'S FIGHT!!!

I'm sure you know how to play football, basketball, rugby...you know their rules, but do you know how to do a Judo Match??? NO? you don't!!! so the first thing to fight is take a look at the basic rules, they are so easy.

JUDO RULES: 5 ways to win a Judo Match

Crystal clear by the great Jimmy Pedro, click here:

1.  The perfect throw
2. Hold down during 25 secs
3. Strangle until submission
4. Armlock until submission
5. Disqualification (Hansoku Make)

You can click the links to watch an example of each one :D

JUDO ROLL

Hi friends!!!

Today I would like tell you about the Judo roll. Most of you may not usually call this skill by this name, and that may be because it isn't an specific skill in our sport, actually you can see it in many different scenarios (free running, another martial arts, etc).

This roll is different from another ones, because we don't put our head in contact with the floor, allowing us to protect it. The only thing you have to do is rolling over your shoulder instead of your head.

There are many techniques in judo where we have to spin and roll, falling over our opponent to get a good throw and consequently the ippon. This movement is very similar to the Judo roll so practicing this skill is going to help us to do it.

Another reason to learn it, is the fact that in Judo is not permitted head dive in order to avoid neck injuries, this make this kind of roll a must in our sport.

Now, I'm leaving you a video that explains so good how to do it. It's from Parkour World Champion, Ryan Doyle, and I liked it because he explains very well the concept of this skill.

Ok, Have you liked it??? I bet you have :)

Now I'd like to finish with a quote, just to think about it:

"En Judo no se cae, te tiran", translated to English as "In Judo, you don't fall, you are throwed". 

This was said by the Great Judo Master in Spain, Jose Luis de Frutos (5º Montreal 76).

What I mean is that althought I'm encouraging you to practice all this funny rolls, falls and gymnastics skills, we should spend only the right time on them, no more. We are JUDOKAS, so we must do JUDO.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming that agility is not important in our sport, of course it is, but being a great gymnast is not going to make you become an Olympic Champion.

O GOSHI / KOSHI GURUMA

Hello everybody!!! How are you?

Yesterday, I had the opportunity of explaining some very well known Judo techniques at the Judo session in Scotswood Sports & Social Centre, their names?
O Goshi (for children Girlfriend's technique) and Koshi Guruma (Friend's technique).

These techniques are 2 support legs skills, with a limited grip.

Maybe some people is wondering "What does it mean?" It is very easy:

• 2 support legs: both feet on the ground, we don't have to put any leg in the air, as it happens with another techniques.
• Limited grip: this means that one of the grips is always on the posterior side of the upper body (back, neck, belt, etc), this fact (the arm position) makes that the spin to do throw is a little limited (tight, restricted), that is why we are calling this concept that way.

In these techniques always use our hip to help us to throw our opponent and the back grip make them very strong skills.

Now I am going to show you some differents videos where you will watch the proper execution of these skills and the different variations that you could do, as well as examples in competition.

INOUE, KOSEI "Mr. IPPON"

Here you all have INOUE!!! One of the greatest judokas EVER!!!

This japanese Champion was able to get three World Championships in a row (99,01,03), and the Olympic Title at Sidney 2000 with a great performance, winning all his fights by IPPON, the highest score in Judo.

This man was known as MR. IPPON, due to his attitud on the mat that always made him look it, always with amazing techniques, but one in particular made him famous, his incredible Uchi Mata.

I would like to sahre with you this video compilation where you will find some of the best ippons of his whole career, I hope you enjoy it!!!

See you soon :D

A Little Judo Compilation to begin: THIS IS JUDO!!!

Here you have an amazing JUDO compilation from last Judo World Championship in Paris 2011.

If you want to watch it in YouTube, Click Here