Leo White's Judo

[CaliG]

If I were in Atlanta I know where I'd be training.

[Frazetta]

With Jacare at Alliance BJJ I bet.

[CaliG]

Looks like Atlanta has a few good schools.

I'd be at both.

[Formosa Neijia]

Leo White is awesome -- a former US Olympic coach no less. His superjudo TV has high-def clips on things that you can't see anywhere else. Something interesting about him, he got hurt in the military and lost a lot of flexibility in his legs, from what I hear. Rather than quit judo, he found ways to work around those limitations. So now he has all sorts of variations on traditional throws that seem to work even better than the traditional ways.

Didn't know he was on youtube, though. Thanks.

Dave C.

[CaliG]

Yeah he is good!

I really like his Ippon. I'm 6 feet tall and about 190 so most judoka are either shorter than me or if they are taller they weight a lot more than me so doing a shoulder throw isn't very likely but the way he does it with his feet wide and at an akward angle could work for me, I've tried it a couple of times in practice and it seemed a lot easier for me to pick up shorter guys.

[Andy_S]

SNIP
I've tried it a couple of times in practice and it seemed a lot easier for me to pick up shorter guys.
SNIP

Have you considered simply stepping on them?

[fuga]

I really like the way that he teaches. I especially like how he is building sequences in the throws. He also does a good job of presenting the idea and then going around and seeing the problems folks are having and then re-explaining or fine tuning for the rest of the class.

Too many video instructionals (at least on youtube) seem to lack the teacher's corrections of students, which I have often found is where the ah-ha moments are.

Thanks for sharing these, Greg.

-pete

[Fubo]

Nice find... I like the oblique seoi toshi.

[Pat]

I like it!

[CaliG]

I really like their fireman's carry on episode 26. If they resist you just turn upwards, if they don't you continue downwards.

http://superjudo.tv/category/episodes/

Leo White is a gold mine.

SNIP
I've tried it a couple of times in practice and it seemed a lot easier for me to pick up shorter guys.
SNIP

Have you considered simply stepping on them?

Nice one!

That is the EF joke of the week.

Now I can check out for a few days.

[Pat]

I REALLY like how he emphasizes "skipping in" for good footwork. John Wang and David Lin talk about it constantly and it makes foot work much more logical, functional and, fast.

I dig this guy!

[everything]

I like how in the last one, the dominant grip is nullified by the 2 on 1 trapping. Opposite side grip. Very interesting.

[baguaboy]

He looks like a great teacher....

[wiesiek]

Greg
if you don`t stop posting such videos
i will be forced to dig in basement for my old gi!

ps
in seoinage i liked go very low /full sqat on toes/
but
NEVER drop on knee
when you are in position beetwen uke legs - small lift and twist gives you nice ippon
this work equally well for bigger and smaller guys
however
tai o toschi, hane goshi or uchi mata are better choice for throwin`small tank

best
W.

[CaliG]

Greg
if you don`t stop posting such videos
i will be forced to dig in basement for my old gi!

ps
in seoinage i liked go very low /full sqat on toes/
but
NEVER drop on knee
when you are in position beetwen uke legs - small lift and twist gives you nice ippon
this work equally well for bigger and smaller guys
however
tai o toschi, hane goshi or uchi mata are better choice for throwin`small tank

best
W.

Czesc Wiesiek,

I'm curious about why don't like to drop to the knees for ippon.

These days ippon is done a lot this way. Although world champions use it, to be honest I'm not really a big fan of it. Simply because if you don't get it you're out of luck to do anything else (of course in judo the refs usually restart the match but not in jiu-jitsu) and on the cement dropping on two knees is just out of the question.



But I do like it this way at :22, where the shoulder throw is done with one knee down simply because you get a big pull, the drop, if you needed to you could still reposition yourself and it's not so hard on the knees.



I'd like to get your perspective on things, everything helps.

Pozdrowenia,

Greg