Sorry if this has been posted before, but I just watched it for the first time and thought I'd post it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=korAyURbW6c&feature=related

thanks craig, i havent seen that one yet "unplug" lol

It's always good to see Mifune.

Would have loved to have had the chance to meet the guy!!!

Sure thing, Robert.

I was told that it's a part of a longer 80 minute video on Mifune... Going to have to do some searching.

Something tells me Mifune had watched the original Gracie tapes somewhere along the lines...;>)

Hey the "entangled leg lock" is like an omoplata with the leg, I don't think I've ever seen that before. Are people using that today?

Not too often, I think it's a little difficult to finish.

In BJJ they do teach a hip lock with the opponent on his back with his leg bent 90 degrees.

It's funny looking at the old Judo newaza stuff. It just doesn't look quite as polished as it does after the Brazilians got a hold of it.

Watch the Brazilians do throws. Still not up to the level the Japanese were decades ago.

It's a different focus.

If you focus more on the mat, you look more refined...if you focus more on standing, you'll look more refined there.

Yes, whatever you focus on you will become good at. That is obvious. But to say by and large the brazilians can't throw is naive at best.

Mike

I have taken up bjj recently. My instructor explains the hows, whens and whys of a throw better and a lot earlier than my judo instructors. When I first took up judo, our instructors often didn't discuss strategies/tactics with beginners. You often had to fend for yourself until you get to a certain level, whereas in bjj, from the 1st few classes you understood where the instructor was taking you with the techniques.

Having said all that, though, BA didn't say bjj players can't throw.

Masamura sensei said that when training mat work, you need to go slowly and try to flow in order to make progress and to see opportunities for pins or submissions. He said that once you progress to a high enough level, you can land right into the submission or pin without any delay in competition.

He also said that it's important to learn how to throw first, because throws are harder to master, and it's best to take the hard falls when you're young.

"...brazilians can't throw..."

Who said that?

Brazil fields one of the better teams in Olympic Judo. Hoo-ray for them.

The Yamasakis are in town this weekend... They are also 3-6th Dan with the IJF.

However, if you consider the popularity of the sport, the size of the population, Brazil could do even better. I mean, North Korea and Cuba still take medals too...

This is my favorite Yamasaki.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ankP7T4-A1U

understandable

i was referring to this Yamasaki though;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5r5KLK4R5Q

""...brazilians can't throw..."

Who said that?"

That was me actually.

MC

Tiago Camillo and Flavio Canto can, to name a few.