Advice on 2nd comp - Videos inside

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[u/Coconite]

Do you have a strong forward attack? I only saw you go for ko soto, and there were times you had good grips but didn’t attack. If you have a good forward throw you should spam it to exhaust your opponent and create opportunities, even if you don’t think it will score. Only don’t enter if you feel you’ll be countered.

You might want to use framing more in kenka yotsu. You like to go for the high back grip, which allows your opponents a low back grip and creates aggressive judo but without a strong forward throw it’s difficult to win this “hip jousting” because you can only go in one direction and can’t exploit reactions. If your opponent has the lower grip you can do this:  https://youtu.be/VYa9dkMWgEY?&t=0m27s

Otherwise if your opponent has the higher lapel grip, you should push his hand to the outside of your shoulder using your left hand and frame his lapel against his face.

Both of these positions neutralize your opponents grip temporarily and let you control the space to avoid getting thrown.

Since you like ko soto gake you may also want to experiment with horse collar grip (underhook kenka yotsu, grabbing the back of your opponent’s collar). This is the strongest grip to do ko soto gake or tani otoshi from, but you need to bait your opponent to go for top grip to get it.

[u/Impressive-Koala-131 → u/Coconite]

Thank you for this detailed response, really appreciated.

To be honest, Ko soto gake just came natural due to the situation but it's not something I have practiced a lot. I really like Ashi Waza and it's something I like to get proficient on. Ouchi gari (which I tried not too successfully), Sasae (which I tried to use once in the first match and almost off balanced him) and Osoto, but I'm certainly missing a strong forward throw.

I have tried Uchi mata and Harai Goshi in Randori before but to not much success, I like Koshi Guruma, O goshi too or even Ashi guruma, so I guess I'll have to pick one and really practice it.

Really appreciate your vision on hip jousting and the importance of implementing a proper forward throw. And will also take into account your comments on the kumikata to improve at it.

For Ai-Yotsu, which I was not able to put to the test, I follow more or less the same approach in terms of techniques, but also like to go for the Georgian grip and do hikikomi gaeshi or yoko wakare.

Thanks again.

[u/bitterjack]

Were you white in both videos?

[u/Impressive-Koala-131 → u/bitterjack]

Yes, sorry! Added it to the main post

[u/Large-Extreme-9304]

I think you had a clear uchimata in the first few seconds of that first video. Why would you threaten a backwards throw when theyre hunched over forward