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We have charts on the most successful throws in competitions. But how about the most successful sequences? As a former wrestler, I know no technique alone is very useful, but there were chain wrestling drills that would work almost anywhere. Are there equivalents in judo?

Judo - The universal principle of adaptability·/u/Leading_Neat2541·about 1 month ago
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I remember when I wrestled for a few months and my coach emphasized sequences and said that learning a sequence is worth way more than techniques. We see people in highest levels, let me give you an example of Merab as I assume most people know him. When he has a head outside single, he always acts as though he is gonna lift the opponent and then immediately runs the pipe. It is almost impossible to defend being lifted, without being vulnerable to a running the pipe throw. So one of them works and we see that even though his opponents know that he will do this as they saw his other fights, it's still successful. This is interesting. I remember then hitting a sequence on a guy that wrestled in another gym for many years and just took him down easily. And while talking, I realised they didn't have as much structure in their training as we did. No basics, no explanation of inside position and so on, so a few months of training made me beat him.…

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