Judo and Wrestling

Posted by: janxspirit

Judo and Wrestling - 03/04/08 03:01 PM

How many of you Judo Players also wrestled/wrestle in high school?

Do you ever use your judo in a highschool match?

All replies are welcome.
Posted by: medulanet

Re: Judo and Wrestling - 03/04/08 03:17 PM

I didn't, but a guy on our team did. He did extremely well as a Freshman and made it to the sectional meet and was one match away from qualifying for state. However, he kind of fell off after that and never did as well. He used a lot of head and arm and hip throws very effectively.
Posted by: trevek

Re: Judo and Wrestling - 03/04/08 06:53 PM

my old wrestling coach said he actually did the reverse. He competed against Judoka using his wrestling. I also know a number of successful Backhold and Gouren wrestlers who are Jdoka.
Posted by: janxspirit

Re: Judo and Wrestling - 03/05/08 10:07 AM

Quote:

I didn't, but a guy on our team did. He did extremely well as a Freshman and made it to the sectional meet and was one match away from qualifying for state. However, he kind of fell off after that and never did as well. He used a lot of head and arm and hip throws very effectively.



Yeah, I bet he hit a lot of hip throws.. probably had a wicked uchimata (inner thigh bump) for guys doing single leg takedowns, too...
Posted by: janxspirit

Re: Judo and Wrestling - 03/05/08 10:07 AM

Quote:

my old wrestling coach said he actually did the reverse. He competed against Judoka using his wrestling. I also know a number of successful Backhold and Gouren wrestlers who are Jdoka.



I don't think I've heard of Backhold and Gouren wrestling
Posted by: trevek

Re: Judo and Wrestling - 03/08/08 07:43 AM

Backhold is also known as Cumbrian wrestling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GncZoKF-v_c&feature=related

Gouren is a form of Breton jacket wresling from Brittainy (France) which is related to Cornish wrestling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvod6Y89Usg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JdrPOQ4L1Q

All forms are throws only, without ground work.