How to throw with Ippon Seoi Nage? Let’s take a look at this great judo throw, a staple in the training routine of most judoka and a technique that teaches key judo skills including rotation and alignment.
Coaches can find Ippon Seoi-Nage as one of our featured techniques in the teaching resources Top Ten Throws and Advanced Combination Judo.
Read moreTeaching Judoka is the first part of a two part series on Coaching Judoka written by 3rd Dan judo coach, Vince Skillcorn.
This first post focuses on teaching judoka from ages 5-8, the second post on coaching judoka age 9-11.
Read moreIn the June 2014 issue of the Koka Kids magazine we teach a great Osae-komi circuit to help junior judoka practise their Newaza holds and develop a fluid movement from one hold down into the next. This helps develop coordination and balance skills as well as an understanding of each hold down.
To complete the Newaza Circle of Skill the judoka must move from Mune Gatame, then move into Yoko Shio Gatame, then to Tate Shio Gatame, then to Kuzure Kesa Gatame and back into Mune Gatame. (Feel free to add in more hold downs, of course!)
Coaches can use this as a warm-up routine, with uke being passive to help children learn the names of each of the Osaekomi. For more advanced judoka, the circuit can be made more difficult, by getting uke to become more active, struggling to escape, as tori moves from one hold down to the next.
We have a certificate that coaches can download and give to their judoka when they feel they have achieved a sufficient level of skill.
Download the Circle of Newaza certificate here.
For more information and a visual guide of the circle please go to Page 24 of the June/July Issue of Koka Kids (please note if you have ordered this issue, your Dojo copies will arrive in Dojos in the last week of June)
Do you want to subscribe to the Koka Kids magazine and further educate your junior judoka about judo? Follow these links:
Judoka! Look out for your copy, which will be arriving through your mail box this week, if you have subscribed individually.
Coaches! Your ordered copies will be arriving to your dojo (or preferred address) also very soon, if you have subscribed your judo club.
How to throw with Morote Seoi Nage? Here are 5 tips to help you with this spectacular throw which works well in combination or as a direct attack.
Morote Seoi Nage features in the judo books and is one of waza in the coaching resource: top ten throws.
Read moreHow to throw with Ouchi-Gari? Read on for this tutorial on how to throw with this rear judo throw.
Ouchi-Gari features in the judo books and also in the Coaching Resource: Teaching Judo Visuals for Ouchi-Gari
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Tips on scoring Ippon are always worth listening to, but even more so when they come from five of Great Britain’s London 2012 Olympians.
Gemma Gibbons, Karina Bryant, Winston Gordon, Euan Burton and Ashley McKenzie reveal what it takes to score the perfect throw in judo.
Once you’ve read these champion tips, see which are the best judo techniques at an Olympics Games to score with.
Update – Find Olympic Activities for Kids the Tokyo 2020 Judo – download the Be Inspired pack and inspired the next generation of Olympic medal winners.
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