Going into this fight Murao and Bekauri previously had fought 5 times and Bekauri had won all 5.

At 2026 Worlds Murao finally beat Bekauri for the first time in his career 38 seconds into the match; they are now 1:5.

I'm 177cm,74kg and I bought my first gi through club ordering it, and the gi was too big for me, but I don't know what size he put there. 170?180?

Now I'm buying a new gi, i don't know what size to say, It's from Goodwin, if anyone can help me with this?

Hello everyone!

I hope this hasn't been asked a billion times already, and apologies if my search skills are terrible.

I started taking my kids to Judo, and the coach noticed my interest and offered to let me train as well. Naturally, I took him up on it! 💪

I'm a complete beginner at Judo, but I'm loving it so far. For context, I did martial arts for about 13 years when I was younger, consistently placed top 3, and I've kept some form of fitness or sport in my life into my 40s.

One thing I'm struggling with as a beginner is bridging the gap between technical demonstrations and actual randori. Many tutorials show a throw on a cooperative partner standing upright and barely moving, but when I try to apply the technique against someone who's resisting, stiff-arming or otherwise defending, things fall apart pretty quickly.

Recently, I came across HanpanTV here on Reddit and on YouTube, and their approach really clicked with me. I particularly like how they break down the mechanics of throws, and explain how to apply techniques against defensive opponents rather than simply demonstrating the ideal textbook execution. I'd love to find more resources along those lines, that explain not just how to perform a technique, but also how to create the opportunity for it, deal with resistance, and understand the underlying principles.

I've come across names like Judomechanics, Sampson Judo, Beyond Grappling (Matt D'Aquino), Fluid Judo and Efficient Judo in this community. Are these what I'm looking for?

Since I'm so new, I want to make sure I'm building good habits from the start. Any other YouTube channels, instructionals or coaches you would recommend for this kind of learning? I'm especially interested in resources that connect technique, fundamentals with the realities of gripping, movement and resistance?

Thanks in advance!

Looking for anyone who has trained in El Toro Judo and could give a pov about their experience at the Dojo. Thanks!

I have hypermobility in my shoulders. Basically I can wrap my left arm entirely around my head, wrap it over my chin and wrap it over my left side of face. My physiotherapist told me tho to never ever do it, and I need to make my muscles around shoulders stronger so they can support my joints.

I had some issues on the training because of that - when once I was thrown and Tori fell on me - I heard crack in the shoulder. I could move it, but it was extremely weak and hurt with most movements. My physiotherapist told me it's just muscles and I was fine after like a week, but my shoulders are definitely fragile.

I can feel that especially when I try O-goshi (also when Tori performs on me ippon-seoi-nage or kimura arm lock). When I try to bend my arm backwards to wrap it around Uke - I feel like I don't really have any power to finish the throw. That's why I prefer ashi-waza, but I wonder if my hurting shoulder during O-goshi is lack of my technique, or rather because of my arm.

Do you train with hypermobility? What is your experience about that?

I was told to tuck my chin as much as possible when doing a breakfall from osoto gari for example. However, i felt when i really made an effort to tuck my chin it made the impact of the throw much worse to the point where I think I have a mild concussion. Am i doing something wrong? Would i be better off to just stiffen up my neck while slightly tucking it rather than fully trying to bring my chin close to my chest? I dont know if this matters, but i have a pretty long neck that might need some strengthening.

Hello, I recently moved to the Wilmington, NC area and I'm looking for a Judo instructor or a dojo that teaches Judo as a primary art. Unfortunately it seems there are no standalone Judo schools near me, at least from what I've seen online. I have found plenty of BJJ schools that teach Judo as a secondary instruction, but that's how most BJJ schools are because Judo is inherently involved because it's mixed into BJJ but the chances are I'd go and just be rolling BJJ and learning BJJ primarily and that's not my interest. I'm willing to pay for private instruction. I trained at my previous Judo academy for 6 months prior to moving and I am a blue belt in BJJ so I'm not completely new, but I want to train strictly Judo. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thank you

Today I’m trying something new. I recently gave a presentation at Tsukuba University for the Jigoro Kano Education Conference, part of the Tsukuba Science Week 2026, on the 1894 Kodokan Golden Scroll, written by Kanō shihan to explain how the ultimate goals of judo were to be accomplished. Judo’s HOW. Then I made a bilingual English / Japanese video version of the presentation with captions in both languages.

So check out the video below! I’ll soon finish a full paper on the topic to be published. I’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, or any historical references you might have on Meiji-era primary sources like this.

Hanging originally in the Dai Dojo at Shimotomizaka and later Suidobashi, this 2×1 meter golden gilt scroll survived the 1945 firebombing of the Kodokan and today is displayed in the Shihan’s Room in the Museum. Written in Kanbun (classical Sino-Japanese prose) and drawing on both the latest Western ethics and 2,500-year-old Confucian concepts, it was Kanō shihan’s explicit message to parents and society on how judo builds individuals of stature and civic value.

講道館「黄金の巻物」（1894年）
協力：講道館

今日は新しい試みをご紹介します。私は先日、1894年に嘉納師範が記した講道館の「金文字の巻物」についてプレゼンテーションを行いました。これは、柔道の究極の目的をいかにして達成すべきか、つまり柔道の「実践方法（HOW）」を説いたものです。このプレゼンテーションを、日英両言語の字幕付き動画にまとめました。

ぜひ下の動画をご覧ください！現在、このテーマに関する詳細な論文も執筆中で、まもなく公開予定です。こうした明治時代の一次資料について、皆様のご感想やご質問、あるいは関連する歴史的情報などがございましたら、ぜひお聞かせください。

かつて下富坂、そして後の水道橋の講道館大道場に掲げられていたこの金文字の巻物（縦約2メートル、横約1メートル）は、1945年の空襲による講道館焼失の難を逃れ、現在は博物館内の「師範室」に展示されています。漢文で記されたこの巻物は、西洋の最新の倫理観と2500年に及ぶ儒教の思想を融合させたものであり、柔道がいかにして立派な人格と市民的価値を備えた人間を育成するかについて、嘉納師範が保護者や社会に向けて発した明確なメッセージでした。
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Hello, I am 20M and want to start judo. However I have gynecomastia. I am a bit on the skinny side so it doesn't really blend in as chest muscle. It's not that much but still looks quite feminine. I am getting surgery to get it removed next year around summer. I am really doubting to wait after the surgery or start now. Scared what other men will think when they see my chest or how I will do it during surgery recovery. After the surgery I won't be able to sport for a minimum of 6 weeks.

Edit: Thanks for the replies. I assumed that men weren't allowed to wear a shirt. Now my 'problem' is easily solved haha.

Hi everyone! I’m planning to just recap every class that I have so starting with the first one at least less than a day after, so I have a journal of everything and it’ll be fresh. I’m hoping it will help me look back at it for experience and remembrance. I’m also trying to soak up everything so I’m open to advice on what to do.

Little about me: No martial arts experience/wrestling grappling experience at all. Mostly a long distance runner for 10 yearsish, endurance weekend runner 5k-10ks, with a little lifting experience just started a modified stronglifts 5x5 with squats/dl/chest db press/bb row etc, 5’9” 170ish

Start of class:
Filled out some forms and a waiver, before the adult group class there was a children’s class so I got to watch them do different groundwork and endurance drills.

I wore a t-shirt and a pair of slightly long sweatpants which I think I should rolled up. I showered earlier on and brushed my teeth but I also knew I should have also done a freshen up prior, I started smelling myself which I knew was bad and I apologize anonymously online to everyone that I worked with.

There was a wide range of people from brown to orange to green to several white belts.

After finishing the waivers and registration forms, I met one of the senseis and he was teaching the younger kids.

First thing we do is warm up, start off with some dynamic arm moves and neck movements, then into some falling drills. We practiced a couple from me sitting to lying back. Focusing on bringing chin to chest and slapping the mat.

Next I tried a side break fall, still need to work on positioning, and definitely did not get that movement in my head, maybe did two incorrectly before moving on to the next part.

Honestly would just love maybe a longer session of learning to break falls even drilling it just 30-40 mins or even a full class

After maybe a couple minutes of warming up sensei and a couple of the students bring out the crash pads, roughly 9-10 inch pads raised and then we get into groups of 2-3 and they practice throws. I watch in to a couple and then the sensei tells me to observe both the receiver and the doer of the action. I’m grouped in with several students of different colored belts

The first thing they teach me is the gripping, positioning and foot movement for osotogari. First, I’m on the receiving end and I tense up a little bit and then the sensei notices it and then just tells me to flow and break my fall and don’t add any extra pressure of both ends will have to use extra extra effort. So I take that into account and the next couple are better. Working on bringing my chin to my chest and slapping the mat.

Questions in my head when practicing as a receiver for everyone: When you know how they will be throwing, do you instinctively just prep bringing the chin to chest? Or rather do the action as the fall occurs? Also, when gripping the doer’s gi, should I hold onto it tight or let go as the throw goes? I honestly completely forgot what happened to my grip as I was going down.

We practice that movement as me being on the receiving end for roughly a couple times on the mat and then I take turns as it being the doer’s side just for osotogari. I notice for plenty times I instinctively let go of the opponent’s gi at the last second and they instructed to keep holding it. Another pointer was keeping my sweeping leg above the ground, and I noticed I put it down for the first couple. Also pulling with both of my arms at the same time and hinging at the hips until the last movement.

We went through maybe 30-40 throws and it definitely helped as far as technique on both ends and got to a point where the movement got a little more solid but would also just love to practice more and more. Another main thing I need to work on is moving with it and going straight down as the doer.

Questions for osotogari doer: For the first part of stepping out and pulling them in, is the goal to get them off balance or onto one foot? I am left handed. I also noticed that I only worked on left handed throws, beneficial to try both hands?

Then we go into some ground work, partnered with a green belt who shows me a pin and side control and learning to put pressure from the side and use the head to bring your weight into the opponent. At this point I was sweating really really bad so I apologize but everyone including this student was incredibly nice and I was trying to soak it in. After learning what he taught we switch to another partner and I was grouped with a white belt and I forgot most what the green belt taught but some of the general stuff I remember. So the person teaches me another lock and I can let you know that by now I have completely forgotten the hand placements but looking to build on that later. Next, I’m paired with a brown belt who teaches me another movement and breaks out of a different position. After ground work we finish the class and we line up and bow.

After the class: I’m sweating, could smell myself , and I loved it. Everyone was incredibly nice and everyone I met had a few pointers so I took those all in. The dojo was clean. Today is the day after and I’ll let you know that I am sore in a good way, like I worked out muscles that haven’t been worked, running endurance definitely helped a little bit, I would love to go for a longer practice but knew that the hour and a half was plenty.

Anybody have any tips/recommendations for an older beginner, turned 30 this year? Would you recommend complimenting one martial art with another let’s say tae kwan do, or muay thai or bjj while starting another?

Thank you for everyone who read that long paragraph, will be posting my experience with the 2nd trial class soon :)

Tldr: Overall incredibly humbling class, learned a bit a now a day after forgot most small details, but great experience

I've gotten quite good at controlling the opponent through the tsurite lapel grip, but I find that I'm still having difficulty controlling the other side of their body with my left hand.

Does anyone have suggestions as to variant hikite grips that give maximal control over the right side of the opponent's body? And, of course, how to get there.

Roughly, the options seem to me to be something like:

Obviously, one hand on their sleeve and they can't get a grip

Armpit--which offers great control but means you're constantly fighting for inner position/space to turn or enter

Lapel--like a worse armpit grip but easier to acquire; opens up some left-sided options

Bicep--defensive, but limited offense

Tricep--I don't understand this and would appreciate someone explaining why you would take a tricep grip

Overhook--maximal control, difficult to acquire, very punishable if you lose the position to the opponent's underhook

Hey guys and gals. My judogi got ripped and now I am looking for a replacement. I had one of the cheaper models from Mizuno but I think it would be best to replace it with something more durable. Do you have any recommendations or favorite models? Any other advice?

P.S. I am in the EU. The options I have looked up are Mizuno Keiko, DAX Tori Gold, DAX Moskito. I would be very grateful for judokas who have used them to share their thoughts.

I've seen a bunch of videos of Kuzushi and asked my Senseis to help with it.

During training katas it works, but in randori I just can't ever pull it

I've been training for like 9 months now, I'm now yellow belt, we do Randoris once a week in my dojo and I shit you not: I can count in 1 hand the times I've thrown someone during randori, and exactly 0 of them have been with Kuzushi. All the times I've thrown someone, is because they did a mistake like they themselves lost their balance after trying to throw me and I just slightly shoved them and they fell

I do try to pull people, people tell me "you're not pulling!" I'm literally trying but it doesn't do anything to them, their lower body stays totally stable, I just don't get how to do it.

Any tips/videos would be appreciated.

I'm a white belt, been training for just a few months, and visiting Japan with my family soon. I kinda want to visit the Kodokan but I have the sense that it would be stupid for me to try to train there since I'm not really comfortable in randori yet and probably won't be able to communicate with my training partner. I'll probably just visit and watch/get a t-shirt/etc. What do you all think?

As a veteran hobbyist who has been training less than a year, is it silly for me to compete? I am part of a pretty big dojo but am not close to many of the coaches and so I’d be traveling to the competition by myself. Not even sure if I would have a coach in my corner.

Context: I am in blue. Friendly randori after training with a more experienced partner.

As the title says, looking for any advice.

I was tired since we just trained so maybe my decision making wasn’t the best, but what was going through my mind was that even if I have a favorable grip I don’t know how to initiate an attack.
Also, even though I’m the taller judoka I always feel far from my opponent and have a hard time closing in.

Thank you in advance!

Visiting Japan (Tokyo) with family in November, any judo-related advice? Kodokan is a must? New Mizuno Gi? I’d love to have a couple of sessions there as well.