Judo: Class 16: Tsurikomi Goshi
04/08/10 14:04 Filed in: Judo
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So today was another good day. I’m coming every practice and don’t really miss any. This has dramatically improved my fitness and I so look forward to practice. They are still hard, and you can make them harder, but I am certainly not embarrassing myself during any of practice.
Today we learned Tsurikomi Goshi which is a variation of O-Goshi we learned on Monday. Goshi means ‘Hip’ and this is another, nearly identical throw. I’ve learned there are tons of different throws, but many of them are just slight variations on each other. In O-Goshi you remove your hand from their lapel and put it around their back to help pull them over your hip. In Tsurikomi Goshi, you don’t let go of their lapel and pull on it to help pull them over your hip. Otherwise the throw seems to be identical (I might be missing out on subtleties that only a Shodan (black belt) or higher could appreciate.
Anyway, I am REALLY liking these hip throws, they feel right and I’m doing it well. I was practicing with Sensei Brett and he actually stopped class to have everyone watch how I was doing it, because I was doing it RIGHT. You have to step in and low at the same time with your leg while getting chest to chest with your opponent. Lots of people were stepping chest to chest and then trying to get low, or getting low without getting chest to chest. Both those positions will cause the throw to fail. Somehow, miraculously, I was doing it right! That is definitely a first!
Anyway, Judo is awesome, I love it, and there is a Nage-No-Kata clinic on Saturday I’ll try to attend. That will be like getting a whole extra week of Judo in since the two practices are really only 4 hours of Judo a week. I’m reading books, I’m grokking this stuff.
So today was another good day. I’m coming every practice and don’t really miss any. This has dramatically improved my fitness and I so look forward to practice. They are still hard, and you can make them harder, but I am certainly not embarrassing myself during any of practice.
Today we learned Tsurikomi Goshi which is a variation of O-Goshi we learned on Monday. Goshi means ‘Hip’ and this is another, nearly identical throw. I’ve learned there are tons of different throws, but many of them are just slight variations on each other. In O-Goshi you remove your hand from their lapel and put it around their back to help pull them over your hip. In Tsurikomi Goshi, you don’t let go of their lapel and pull on it to help pull them over your hip. Otherwise the throw seems to be identical (I might be missing out on subtleties that only a Shodan (black belt) or higher could appreciate.
Anyway, I am REALLY liking these hip throws, they feel right and I’m doing it well. I was practicing with Sensei Brett and he actually stopped class to have everyone watch how I was doing it, because I was doing it RIGHT. You have to step in and low at the same time with your leg while getting chest to chest with your opponent. Lots of people were stepping chest to chest and then trying to get low, or getting low without getting chest to chest. Both those positions will cause the throw to fail. Somehow, miraculously, I was doing it right! That is definitely a first!
Anyway, Judo is awesome, I love it, and there is a Nage-No-Kata clinic on Saturday I’ll try to attend. That will be like getting a whole extra week of Judo in since the two practices are really only 4 hours of Judo a week. I’m reading books, I’m grokking this stuff.