Welcome to the December edition of the the Almost Heaven Judo Monthly Newsletter, hopefully it finds you enjoying the holidays.
Notices and News:
The Big news is that we have moved to 800 Camden Ave. South Parkersburg about 1.5 miles from our old location. Hopefully in the near future we will get a sign up letting the masses know who and what we are.
John and Steve recently put up a dusk to dawn light where we park in the back so that makes it a tad safer of a night for our students. Thanks Steve and John.
Winter is moving in so we have fired up the gas heaters so don’t let the cold keep you from training.
Judo as Physical Training:
This month I would like to talk about my favorite technique, it is Uki Otoshi (floating drop). I have loved Uki Otoshi ever since one time I tried it in randori and it succeeded, much to my and my opponent’s surprise. Anyway once I started learning it for the Nage-no-kata I found out that there is a lot more subtle than other judo throws.
Here is the opening paragraph from the Kodokan Judo institute concerning the throw uki otoshi.
The technique of Ukiotoshi is making Uke’s body into a right (left) forward floating position, then, with both hands Tori pulls down strongly to the left and throws or uses a similar technique to throw. Ukiotoshi and Sumiotoshi are identical techniques, which are generally called Kukinage.
You can read the Article in its complete form here: Uki-otoshi
Judo Etiquette:
Instead of the usual Randori section I thought I would do an Etiquette section to let all the New people partake in the reasons why we do what we do.
The word Dojo has many meanings, such as exercise hall, practice hall or place of learning the way. It formally was used by Buddhist monks in reference to worship, it also could be a meditation hall or club. As you can see it can mean a great many things to the martial arts that you are studying. Our sport being Judo, we refer to it as a Judo Dojo. “Jerry Dalien”read the rest of the article here: judo Etiquette
Kata:
I found this on You tube and thought I would post the link so you can also enjoy:
Nage no kata
Something cool I found:
A little dated but fun nevertheless
Photos this Month:
Ed W. Doing some outstanding Harai-Goshi
More next month
Anata no juudoo sensei
Dai saru
