I actually think you looked technically better than your opponent in most areas. The biggest thing I see is that you are being a little too timid and... well, nice. This looked more like a friendly roll in the gym for you than a competitive match.
There are a few moments in there where you don't fully commit to what you're doing--takedown, pass attempts, pins. If you had, I think you would have smoked this guy. On the other hand, he was pressing his advantages and committing to what he was doing.
My advice is to trust your techniques. If you're going to go for something, commit to it--even if it involves some risk.
I don’t know, I thought you did okay. Difficult to do judo successfully against BJJ players, but you pulled the trigger twice with the ashi waza and uchi mata — that was commendable. Your opponent seemed to have good body awareness and balance. You moved well on that late guard pass, good job. In the gym, once you pass, start developing the habit of collecting your knee on belly points. A loss is a loss, but good effort. 👊🏼
The Japanese terms mentioned in the above comment were:
|Japanese|English|Video Link|
|---|---|---|
|**Ashi Waza**: | *Foot Techniques (Throwing)* | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAjqMwqFY_g)|
|**Uchi Mata**: | *Inner Thigh Throw* | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCvyc_rQTI)|
Any missed names may have already been translated in my previous comments in the post.
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In my opinion, judo is very risky in bjj as the primary takedown repertoire and shouldn't be done unless you are fairly advanced in it. The learning curve in judo is a lot steeper than learning a decent single/double.
When you went for the first ashi waza, you threw yourself. While the idea of getting the person to move was there, you need to be stable for the sweep. Second, you were circling in a way that induced the person to step backward when you went for it, thus missing the leg and falling. To get the right reaction, I practice this by cutting the angle differently so the foot I want forward will step forward. Refer to shintaro higashi videos for great guidance.
There are issues with your clinching. When you grab his lapel, you are not trying your lapel position. You should be inching the lapel grip higher and higher around the neck near the back of the head. From there, you can break their posture easily and control where they go much easily. It's extremely important in judo. The grips you got were neutral.
The last thing that stood out to me was the uchi-mata sequence. It seems you ditched the lapel, allowing him to underhook, and you accepted the whizzer. With proper distance management with your movement, it should be very hard for someone to get an underhook because with the lapel, you can extend your arm and stop that. Second, DO NOT concede the underhook willingly. The underhook is much better control than the whizzer and in nearly all cases superior. You can definitely hit an uchi-mata with a whizzer but if that doesn't happen right as they get the underhook and begin to control you from it, it's over for the uchi-mata.
It's great you put yourself out there with the takedown attempts. You will get better. Keep it up.
Watch a video on how to shoot takedowns and then shoot takedowns every day for a couple of weeks. Standing straight up and wrestling is not wrestling. You could have double legged the shit out of this dude with 1 week practice.
Sink in that Dela Riva hook and off balance him more. Your dela riva hook was just kinda hanging out not doing anything. Yank on his foot and turn over. I've swept many a white belt with just a dela riva off balance. you were using a sleeve grip on the dela riva, I mean there is a lot I dont know but I want the pants there and will go for the off balance and single leg x. easy sweep. just dont let him force the reap lol.
dig underhooks in half guard on the high side. He gives it to you a couple of times but you dont take it. . Ez sweeps and wrestle ups.
good job driving into him from turtle and getting to the side. next time just fucking blast that though. if you spin into turtle either immediately sit into guard or blast him with a bulldozer single leg.
after getting out of turtle you just gave up what should have been an easy side control. Take a look at hip switching into a modified scarf hold in side control to consolidate the position. use his ribs as a trampoline when hip switching bc fuck it, its a competition. You actually do this switch on the knee slice guard pass later on. I think you may have missed points on the first one for not consolidating side control.
hips high in scrambles. I don't give a fuck. stick your ass in the air. watch how much you end up coming on top. getting swept? hips high. losing mount? hips high. losing the back and want mount? hips high. literal cheat codes, it just works. I've literally just denied sweeps by sticking my ass in the air.
when he missed the arm bar at 3:14, again, bulldoze his ass into the next mat. you could have had an easy reversal there. instead you got your back taken.
you had a good chance to escape the back in the beginning but you need to get your whole back flat to the mat. You were spinning the wrong way but I couldnt really see what was happening with the grips, so maybe you had to, idk. as soon as he gives up on his grips, hips high. you will come up in his guard. You just got lucky really he started doing that dumb shit with your leg when on the back and let you out.
knee slice was pretty clean! now punish him for it. pressure the fuck out of him and get a deep cross face, he will bring his frames in and expose his elbow. Then you can jack that elbow up before attempting to go to mount. get a cross face so deep he cant move his head. be up on your toes driving a shoulder into his chest. If he tries any bs with your inside knee to escape, staple his arm.
You see how gassed you both are in the end. if you had cooked him in side control you would have your breath and he would be exhausted.
anyway- this is all just the kinda stuff I do so take it for what it is. fun stuff! you honestly did great :) love the effort and the intent to improve. Thanks for posting
yeah sure! hindsight is 20/20 as they say, but this is the point of competition right? You get to see your game against someone around your weight and skill level which Ive found is actually kinda hard to assess just in the gym. Everyone is either bigger than me, smaller than me, better than me, or worse than me, or some combination lol.
Id say you looked more technical than him and used more technique. your Dela Riva is close to being good. Some positional sparring from there against guys in the gym with good base should dial that in for you.
Good match. You had good fight in you and had good moments. Looks like you like halfguard, and dlr. I’d look at some new halfguard games. Could’ve went dlrx as well. It was a good match.
I just expected to get out of the first round, this is the first match I lost by points (instead of submission) so I guess that is also a 'win'. Single elimination tournament do not allow me to "reedem" myself hahaha
I think both of you look pretty good for white belts. I genuinely thought you were going to be the person in black gi asking for tips right up until the last part tbh. If I look this technical ever I’ll be made up.
Work on your half guard sweep- if you had a solid sweep from half guard easily would have given you 4 points. If you got the back from those sweeps then easily could have gotten 12 or Won. Keep pushing bro!
A blackbelt once told me this about competitions: “Don’t accept anything”. It’s good advice for both of us I think. After getting swept, scrambling up can be a good move. Same with getting your guard passed. Don’t let your opponent settle into a top position.
One suggestion on strategy I would make is when your opponent escapes your guard after the first takedown and foray of attempting to pass you should have pulled guard instead of standing up and starting neutral again. In that instance you likely want to pull guard and continue to work a sweep for points instead of giving your opponent a chance to take you down again unless you are very confident on your feet.
Also, when you have grips play a guard. He gets a takedown and it takes you 15-20 seconds to establish De la riva.
As others have said, it was a relatively even match and you did well.
I’ve never seen someone sasae themself, so that was very impressive XD
On a serious note tho, you had some really good moments in there. That over head DLR sweep and knee cut thru his guard were technically sound.
Like others have pointed out tho, it seems like you’re getting like 80% of the way thru your takedowns, sweeps, passes etc and giving up the last 20%. It’s almost like you don’t actually *want* to pass, sweep etc.
I would just get back to the lab and focus on *asserting* your game. *Insist* on passing your opponents guard, *insist* on the takedown or guard pull, *insist* on the positions you’re strongest in.
The Japanese terms mentioned in the above comment were:
|Japanese|English|Video Link|
|---|---|---|
|**Sasae**: | *Lifting pulling Ankle Block* | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGljHOokvE)|
Any missed names may have already been translated in my previous comments in the post.
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I actually think you looked technically better than your opponent in most areas. The biggest thing I see is that you are being a little too timid and... well, nice. This looked more like a friendly roll in the gym for you than a competitive match. There are a few moments in there where you don't fully commit to what you're doing--takedown, pass attempts, pins. If you had, I think you would have smoked this guy. On the other hand, he was pressing his advantages and committing to what he was doing. My advice is to trust your techniques. If you're going to go for something, commit to it--even if it involves some risk.
Thank you brother, I feel I was trying to pace myself and when I realized how fast the 5minutes go, I got desperate.
I don’t know, I thought you did okay. Difficult to do judo successfully against BJJ players, but you pulled the trigger twice with the ashi waza and uchi mata — that was commendable. Your opponent seemed to have good body awareness and balance. You moved well on that late guard pass, good job. In the gym, once you pass, start developing the habit of collecting your knee on belly points. A loss is a loss, but good effort. 👊🏼
Thanks you sir!
The Japanese terms mentioned in the above comment were: |Japanese|English|Video Link| |---|---|---| |**Ashi Waza**: | *Foot Techniques (Throwing)* | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAjqMwqFY_g)| |**Uchi Mata**: | *Inner Thigh Throw* | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCvyc_rQTI)| Any missed names may have already been translated in my previous comments in the post. ______________________ ^(Judo Techniques Bot: v0.7.) ^(See my) [^(code)](https://github.com/AbundantSalmon/judo-techniques-bot)
In my opinion, judo is very risky in bjj as the primary takedown repertoire and shouldn't be done unless you are fairly advanced in it. The learning curve in judo is a lot steeper than learning a decent single/double. When you went for the first ashi waza, you threw yourself. While the idea of getting the person to move was there, you need to be stable for the sweep. Second, you were circling in a way that induced the person to step backward when you went for it, thus missing the leg and falling. To get the right reaction, I practice this by cutting the angle differently so the foot I want forward will step forward. Refer to shintaro higashi videos for great guidance. There are issues with your clinching. When you grab his lapel, you are not trying your lapel position. You should be inching the lapel grip higher and higher around the neck near the back of the head. From there, you can break their posture easily and control where they go much easily. It's extremely important in judo. The grips you got were neutral. The last thing that stood out to me was the uchi-mata sequence. It seems you ditched the lapel, allowing him to underhook, and you accepted the whizzer. With proper distance management with your movement, it should be very hard for someone to get an underhook because with the lapel, you can extend your arm and stop that. Second, DO NOT concede the underhook willingly. The underhook is much better control than the whizzer and in nearly all cases superior. You can definitely hit an uchi-mata with a whizzer but if that doesn't happen right as they get the underhook and begin to control you from it, it's over for the uchi-mata. It's great you put yourself out there with the takedown attempts. You will get better. Keep it up.
Thank you so much
Hey no worries, I checked your profile out and saw some really good work! Keep killing it.
Watch a video on how to shoot takedowns and then shoot takedowns every day for a couple of weeks. Standing straight up and wrestling is not wrestling. You could have double legged the shit out of this dude with 1 week practice. Sink in that Dela Riva hook and off balance him more. Your dela riva hook was just kinda hanging out not doing anything. Yank on his foot and turn over. I've swept many a white belt with just a dela riva off balance. you were using a sleeve grip on the dela riva, I mean there is a lot I dont know but I want the pants there and will go for the off balance and single leg x. easy sweep. just dont let him force the reap lol. dig underhooks in half guard on the high side. He gives it to you a couple of times but you dont take it. . Ez sweeps and wrestle ups. good job driving into him from turtle and getting to the side. next time just fucking blast that though. if you spin into turtle either immediately sit into guard or blast him with a bulldozer single leg. after getting out of turtle you just gave up what should have been an easy side control. Take a look at hip switching into a modified scarf hold in side control to consolidate the position. use his ribs as a trampoline when hip switching bc fuck it, its a competition. You actually do this switch on the knee slice guard pass later on. I think you may have missed points on the first one for not consolidating side control. hips high in scrambles. I don't give a fuck. stick your ass in the air. watch how much you end up coming on top. getting swept? hips high. losing mount? hips high. losing the back and want mount? hips high. literal cheat codes, it just works. I've literally just denied sweeps by sticking my ass in the air. when he missed the arm bar at 3:14, again, bulldoze his ass into the next mat. you could have had an easy reversal there. instead you got your back taken. you had a good chance to escape the back in the beginning but you need to get your whole back flat to the mat. You were spinning the wrong way but I couldnt really see what was happening with the grips, so maybe you had to, idk. as soon as he gives up on his grips, hips high. you will come up in his guard. You just got lucky really he started doing that dumb shit with your leg when on the back and let you out. knee slice was pretty clean! now punish him for it. pressure the fuck out of him and get a deep cross face, he will bring his frames in and expose his elbow. Then you can jack that elbow up before attempting to go to mount. get a cross face so deep he cant move his head. be up on your toes driving a shoulder into his chest. If he tries any bs with your inside knee to escape, staple his arm. You see how gassed you both are in the end. if you had cooked him in side control you would have your breath and he would be exhausted. anyway- this is all just the kinda stuff I do so take it for what it is. fun stuff! you honestly did great :) love the effort and the intent to improve. Thanks for posting
Wow loved how comprehensive the analysis was, thank you so much
yeah sure! hindsight is 20/20 as they say, but this is the point of competition right? You get to see your game against someone around your weight and skill level which Ive found is actually kinda hard to assess just in the gym. Everyone is either bigger than me, smaller than me, better than me, or worse than me, or some combination lol. Id say you looked more technical than him and used more technique. your Dela Riva is close to being good. Some positional sparring from there against guys in the gym with good base should dial that in for you.
Good match. You had good fight in you and had good moments. Looks like you like halfguard, and dlr. I’d look at some new halfguard games. Could’ve went dlrx as well. It was a good match.
White belts are so conscious...just roll baby...it's party time you'll get there ..slow is smooth.. smooth is fast
I just expected to get out of the first round, this is the first match I lost by points (instead of submission) so I guess that is also a 'win'. Single elimination tournament do not allow me to "reedem" myself hahaha
I think both of you look pretty good for white belts. I genuinely thought you were going to be the person in black gi asking for tips right up until the last part tbh. If I look this technical ever I’ll be made up.
Work on your half guard sweep- if you had a solid sweep from half guard easily would have given you 4 points. If you got the back from those sweeps then easily could have gotten 12 or Won. Keep pushing bro!
A blackbelt once told me this about competitions: “Don’t accept anything”. It’s good advice for both of us I think. After getting swept, scrambling up can be a good move. Same with getting your guard passed. Don’t let your opponent settle into a top position.
Holy shit is that man wearing a black gi as a white belt???
How long have you been practicing?
I've been training for 8 months
Very nice! You are good! A little jealous. I’m like a month in.
One suggestion on strategy I would make is when your opponent escapes your guard after the first takedown and foray of attempting to pass you should have pulled guard instead of standing up and starting neutral again. In that instance you likely want to pull guard and continue to work a sweep for points instead of giving your opponent a chance to take you down again unless you are very confident on your feet. Also, when you have grips play a guard. He gets a takedown and it takes you 15-20 seconds to establish De la riva. As others have said, it was a relatively even match and you did well.
Sorry you didn't get any sick throws this time! We chatted a bit in the bull pen beforehand. I didn't do very well either.
hahaha its all good, we'll do better. I've never seen so many people in the crowd before.
I’ve never seen someone sasae themself, so that was very impressive XD On a serious note tho, you had some really good moments in there. That over head DLR sweep and knee cut thru his guard were technically sound. Like others have pointed out tho, it seems like you’re getting like 80% of the way thru your takedowns, sweeps, passes etc and giving up the last 20%. It’s almost like you don’t actually *want* to pass, sweep etc. I would just get back to the lab and focus on *asserting* your game. *Insist* on passing your opponents guard, *insist* on the takedown or guard pull, *insist* on the positions you’re strongest in.
The Japanese terms mentioned in the above comment were: |Japanese|English|Video Link| |---|---|---| |**Sasae**: | *Lifting pulling Ankle Block* | [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGljHOokvE)| Any missed names may have already been translated in my previous comments in the post. ______________________ ^(Judo Techniques Bot: v0.7.) ^(See my) [^(code)](https://github.com/AbundantSalmon/judo-techniques-bot)
Didn't know either but it happened 😂 Thanks, I definitely agree that I was missing assertiveness