[QUOTE=Dr. Gonzo;3060961]When I do newaza, gi or no gi, I barely grip at all.
And even when I do standing Judo, my grips are very light.[/QUOTE]
Good example of adjusting to particular physical condition.
Although not gripping a lot is a is a high-level skill.
And I when to hold on to a grip and when to let go is really important to.
These sorts of things take years to learn.
[QUOTE=Dr. Gonzo;3061003]Everyone watches Mifune Sensei, and he did give an amazing display of Judo.
But, watch his ukes just as closely.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, back on an old judo Forum there was a guy who actually was mifune uke.
He basically said the same thing.
[QUOTE=goodlun;3061009]Oh so speaking of the Monkey paw thing, I can now see how Gordon Ryan is applying it in this match:
[video=youtube_share;b75H_EwSD_o]https://youtu.be/b75H_EwSD_o[/video][/QUOTE]
Damn he is good. Reminds me of my former BJJ teacher. Close to same build, too.
Mifune is an example of Kodokan mythology in action. I’ve seen a photo of him when he was in his prime. He was one buff little MF. Too bad no film of him in action as a much younger man.
[QUOTE=Dr. Gonzo;3060942]Again, it comes down to how skilled people are within their models.[/QUOTE]
I am not what and how much you follow but I feel this is an interesting match up for what your talking about, it was an odd ruleset for sure.
Interesting tactics by Gordon given that they agreed to the no leg locks rule but the Kani Basami entries where a good way for him to bring to the floor and to get into a control position, didn’t quite work out the way he was looking for but given the rule set not a bad tactic?
Just to prove I care about the Gi and don’t watch just Gordon Ryan matches:
Also I found this match interesting cause Mahamed Aly is so very good, but that was a pretty one sided match.
The tempo was given to Nicholas Mergali for almost the whole match and it all seems to come off of the fact that Mahamed Aly did leave that exposure to the Omoplata.
If I am understanding correctly that exposure was from having that flared elbow. What I can’t really tell is if that was bad form on his part or Mergali effectively creating that flare in his elbow.
What people don’t understand is how strong Bjj world champs are. You can’t just remove grips at will.
Mergali used collar and DLR and his other leg to create an off balance that caused Aly to break posture. Mergali shoots a triangle @ 00:55 and Aly is forced to extend his arm and end up in an omoplata attempt. He’s able to get out of it. But from here on out Merigali now has a collar and sleeve grip they can’t just be removed regardless of what the dip shitz in the booth think. Muhammad Is trying to pin margali down with his left arm because he can’t get it back Due to margalis collar and sleeve grip. From there he just goes down the rabbit hole of margali capitalizing on nice sub attempts and transitions
Drysdale’s grip is stronger Then his kimono as well.
I mean, I don’t think it was a good or bad tactic, in and of itself. I think it was just the absolutely only way he had a chance at all against a 6-time NCAA title holder, and it just so happened to work out ok.
Point is, if he approached a match with Bo Nickal like that on 10 occasions, I think it would work out for him less than 50% of the time. He’d be better off over time just learning how to wrestle for real.