I Would Love to be Like Him when I Am in My 80's

This gem comes from Cichorei Kano from Judo Forum:

"There are very few judo sensei still alive today who were active an participated in the Kosen era, and who specialized in newaza hence becoming through newaza wizards. Below, you find a rare clip featuring Matsumura-sensei, 8th dan Kodokan. Matsumura is a retired sensei in his 80s who still shows up in the evening at Kodokan sharing his newaza wizardry with a handful of enthusiast followers. His hands and feet are more like claws than hands of feet and his flexibility and efficacy in newaza are mindblowing. These sensei were the predecessors of later newaza greats like Kashiwazaki-sensei."


Shochugeiko newaza lesson from Matt on Vimeo.


Newaza lesson 1 from Matt on Vimeo.


newaza lesson 2 from Matt on Vimeo.


Newaza lesson 3 from Matt on Vimeo.

Reviews: Roy Harris

Minnesota and Vermont BJJ Seminars DVD by Roy Harris

This DVD is condensed to 2 hours from over 6 hours of BJJ seminars Roy conducted in Minnesota and Vermont during 2005.

What is covered are the basics for which Roy Harris is known including but not limited to side mount escapes, posture, and positions, collar chokes and much more. There are question and answer sessions that most white to blue belts would find very informative such as take downs from the knees as well as when to open your guard and why. Did I mention escapes?

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Takedowns from the Knees DVD by Roy Harris

When I started my takedowns from the knees consisted of the head tuck and pushing over the opponent and as you can guess this got very predictable. I found this little gem and it was expanded my toolbox of takedowns greatly.

Roy covers 2 on 1, elbow and collar, butterfly type takedowns to name a few in gi and no gi variations. This DVD has a nice menu so you can skip to where you want and there are easily over 20 techniques. At the end there are some sparring so you can see him in action.

My only minor gripe is that the music was a bit 70’s porn style, but the quality of instruction is typical Roy Harris, top notch.

This is a quality instructional that is long on knowledge and short on filler.

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Soon I will be posting a review of Roy Harris' Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Over 40.