Ippon of the Week 40 - SYR v CHN - 2008 Junior Worlds

[stijn748]

look closely, you can see that the guy in the white gi blocked the knee of the other guy, so that the blue gi guy had to fall, or he broke hes knee.

[mdol88]

that wasn't strength... that was pure skill and breaking balance.

[SKUBASTEVE54]

good timing, nice execution, excellent technique. well done.

[judobudo666]

哇!nice~

[happynobody]

The guy is ridiculously physically strong though - not anyone can pull this off

[thebadger8]

ummm its called offbalance buddy and the move is called Osoto-gari which is all leverage

[happynobody]

Please don't reply if you just got your white belt and feel cocky. If you ever done any competition you would know that even though it is a question of getting the other off balance, you need to be pretty strong to pull off what was shown in the video.

[SauThirTonyJaa]

How about me as a 6 year Judoka 1st DAN and I support thebadger8's explanation? :p

Look closely and you will see the blue guy's legs stayed close together the moment the China guy executed the throw, therefore his Centre of Gravity will easily shift out of his base area, thus you can just apply a little force and the guy is knocked down. It was great timing done by him.

And if the blue guy was more careful and got a proper stance he would not be put off so easily.

[happynobody]

Of course there was off-balance involved, just like in any judo movement, but if you look closely at around 0:23, you can see the blue guy trying to counter it, but not even close to succeeding at pushing the other guy back. When you're that strong to be able to get a guy close to you with him not being able to do much to resist your grip, this movement because a lot easier, as there's much less chance of you getting countered or blocked.

[winoguitaro]

Counter it? How the hell do suspect him or anyone else for that matter to counter from that position?????

[happynobody]

coupled with the fact that he had a really solid grip on his upper body, the guy had pretty much no chance

[adtd13]

i agree with what your saying but it doesnt matter how strong you are and how good ur grips are if your off balance your goin to lose. go to a grading get ur yellow belt and then comment on videos haha

[happynobody]

@adtd13 I guess it's not your fault your parents are cousins eh? Good luck with that ;)

[edbiology]

I once read someone called CK sensei "newbie" in the judo forum.

[winoguitaro]

Now that's what I call judo!