How to adapt your Judo to no gi & the pros and cons to using Taekwondo in a street fight

How to adapt your Judo to no gi & the pros and cons to using Taekwondo in a street fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJLJRfX4JVg


Coach Firas zahabi talks about how to adapt your judo to no gi using as example some of the big names in the MMA world like Fedor and Akiyama who have perfected no gi judo in their game. He also talks about pros and cons of using Taekwondo in a street fight.

35 Comments

  1. I think taekwondo is good but you need wrestling in case if clinch happens and to not let yourself takedown

  2. Great insight firas! I’m no judo player, but what you said about chaos vs calm, and the need for momentum really clicked with how I approach takedown sparring during bjj class. I give them to much movement – especially higher belts. So thank you! P.s thanks for the other bjj videos. I’ve downloaded the bjj playlist and its been really helpful

  3. Khabibs father is judo blackbelt? Khabib vs raphael dosanjos throw

  4. Though he has a great single, I believe Khabib, who is a black belt in Judo, has a better collision then Fedor. Though you have a point with Fedor, Judo works well in the chaos of the clinch. The thing with Judo practitioners from what I see is they have a great sense of body transition and sway in the clinch. A better sense of it then wrestlers because they are consistently shooting. When you have a great sense of the body sway, throwing and sweeping becomes easier. Judo is hard because it takes years to master the sway and transition in the upright position. It's far easier teaching a judo guy wrestling, Sambo, and even Jiu-jitsu, then it is teaching a wrestler, Sambo, and Jiu-jitsu player Judo because the timing needs to be just perfect to hit throw or sweep when you can't attack the legs.

  5. Could you do a video analysis of Fedor's rush, clinch and takedown transition? And if you could give us insights on how to generate that momentum in grappling (no strikes) training vs MMA approach.

  6. yeha Fedor judo is rarely talked about and underrated but its been a huge part of his game, exceptionally quick trips and throws often won him the fights, he had been training judo with the Russian national team and earned medals on the national level (and Russia always had very strong judo team) before he went to MMA

  7. Before around 2011 when leg grabbing was banned, double leg, single leg, fireman's carry, ETC. were all common takedowns

  8. Judo also helps with setting up other things. For example, you don't necessarily need to land your judo throws, you just need to get something good out of the threat of them. Uchimata forces them to either get taken down or take a step, when they take a step, they are susceptible to a front headlock because you already have the overhook. You could then snap them down and take the back or you could finish with guillotines, anacondas or D'arces. Another way that you can use judo is stepping in like Zabit does. He uses the threat of his striking entries to create a certain response form his opponent and then he uses that same entry to execute osotogari. He hops in with it, that's sick!

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