Videos from Zoom Judo – Basic Warm-up

When you don’t have a mat to warm-up on, you need to do some dynamic movements to get your heart rate up and increase the mobility of your body before you tackle other exercises. These are all borrowed from Jason Bender at Bender Martial Arts and...

Videos from Zoom Judo – Foot-sweeps (ashi-waza)

Sequence of 4 different types of foot-sweep ashi-waza drills. (Note: Ashi-waza means “foot technique”, not all of which are foot-sweeps – hiza guruma and uchi mata are considered ashi-waza as well.) The hands should follow the feet! Deashi-barai...

Videos from Zoom Judo – Judo 101!

Three introductory videos for judo: Seiryoku Zenyo Kokumin Taiiku No Kata – Solo Drills Only”Maximum Efficiency Physical Education Kata” – Kano sensei was a teacher and he developed this kata as a way to warm up the body and also to help...