That goes for every professional going against a beginner. It would be odd if not. I couldn’t give her any logical disadvantage as I usually do, the shooting competition was waaaaay closer. Go watch!

Thank you so much!

Daaaaaanke meine Liebe <3

Thanks so much Andrew! Yeah - with proper technique size doesn’t matter much. I would be cooked fighting full-out against any black belt 🥋⚰️

Do you think you may carry on with judo? You seem to have a talent for it😀

I'm definitely going to try it out again in the future! Though I never thought I would enjoy a fighting sport this much, I have caught the bug and with the Olympics right after this video I binge watched all the matches and I love it!

@@CatianaKeys If you do, you should post your journey into judo on here. I would love to see how you progress. 🥋🤗

Thank you! See you soon ...

Judo was so much fun to try! Though I really love how all the martial arts are so different from another. Oh - I didn’t really look into different forms of judo so far, maybe I should. Thanks for the insight!

Thank you so much for this lovely message. I can’t wait to see what we can all learn in 2025. the best is always to come.

My reactions were so slooooooow - how the heck do these pros know what to do mid-fight? I gained so much appreciation for this sport after finally trying it!

That doesn’t have anything to do with this video, but sure - the early 20th century was horrible. A lot has changed since, but we have to remember to not do the same mistakes and vote against right-wing politics that hopes to exclude ”otherness“.

Ebenfalls ein sehr gutes Sprichwort. 🐽

Thanks for watching! All the best for 2025

Oh ja! Das ist ne super Erklärung, daran hätte ich nicht gedacht. ☺️ Guten Rutsch schonmal.

It’s harder than it looks!

Honestly, I don’t know where the suits are made. It’s quite the niche product though ..

Yes! This shooting range was built for the Munich Summer Olympics 1972 and is used as a World Cup location till this day. ✨👌🏾

There are many channels that focus on challenges. And no, Michelle‘s isn’t about sports specifically. Hasn’t she recently tried to defuse a bomb? That’s as thematically different from a weightlifting challenge as it gets. Also, I’m US-American not German. Just FYI. And Germans have been known for innovation since the 1600s. If you dislike my UNLOCKED series that’s totally fine, but this level of aggression is unwarranted.

I had just talked to my protagonists in German, which is why I pronounced it semi-German by mistake despite knowing Japanese. 🫠 すみません！I’ve gotten great feedback from other judoka on the in-depth challenge and history section so I hope you can appreciate the rest of the video despite that mistake.

Thank you so much! I totally should have watched your snatch tutorial before this challenge. For everyone more savvy than me, check it out HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGS1gIB3jNB5nK8

Thank you, I appreciate that a lot! ✨

Factsss

That’s the best compliment to me, thank you so much! The whole point of the series is to bring new eyes to all of these sports and showcase how intricate and fun they are. Everyone has their favorites and within winter sports curling is in my top 3, though I have clue how I first stumbled upon it. I love the strategy aspect of it and how it can all fall apart if you can’t execute on the vision. I will make you scream at your TV in the best of ways 🫶🏾

Thanks for the uplifting comment! I don't think the algorithm has found my audience yet. I guess it's somewhat niche and universal at the same time. But I hope to be able to monetize my channel someday so I can continue working on this project and not pay for everything out of pocket. It is very fun to try sports I've only seen while watching the Olympics in real life. *Fingers crossed

@ you'll make it your stuff is already high quality

Uff - that’s a great question. Physically, the judo or javelin challenge probably. But otherwise being confident in the idea of UNLOCKED and organizing the shoots in the first place.

Thanks! The important part is to know your true north and let that guide the rest of the way.

@@CatianaKeys That right. You gotta keep the chase going.

Aaaaaaand we all agree at the same time, that she had no chance against me, right? 🥲 Thanks for finally letting me know what that throw is even called! I’m honestly itching to learn more, it was so much fun.

@@CatianaKeys yeah it's obvious because you're such a strong girl.💪👌 And about the name of the throw, yeah it's a combination of ippon-seoi-nage and o-soto-gari which is really reliable especially when you perform it quickly because it'll make the opponent totally confused and that's why I often use this technique as my main combined technique.😉👌

Ko-soto-maki-komi, no? Nevertheless nicely thrown :)

​@@2eanimationyeah something between those two according to the direction that mascha landed. But anyway, it was really clean. 👌

Thanks! 🙏🏾 Is there still a possibility for new throws or does literally everything have a name?

Thank you so much! ✨

@@CatianaKeys No, Thank you! It's a very good introductory video to those wanting to know more about Judo.

Thank you so much for this comment! Even if KZbin never becomes my main stream of income making UNLOCKED is a pleasure! What sport(s) would you like to see next?

@@CatianaKeys well whatever you think is interesting and have access will be great, I am sure. There's so many fascinating traditional sports - and new ones, like trampolining and climbing. And winter as well.

I appreciate your trust, thank you. I’ve been looking into organizing a winter sport coming up 🤞🏾…

That’s so cool! I only tried standing, but it looks harder in the other positions. 😅

But I did challenge an Olympian to a judo bout and technically did win, I actually put that part in brackets as a question instead of making the title “I won against a judo Olympian after two hours of training”, which most others would have done(, which despite being accurate still would cross the line to me personally as it implies it being serious.) From the start of the video I show how great the Ballhaus twins are and explain that I’m an absolute noob. Therefore, it isn’t clickbait, just a clickable good title. But we can agree to disagree. What would you have titled it instead to still engage and interest possible viewers?

Freut mich, dass es dir gefallen hat. Der Sport ist wirklich toll!

Thank you so much. I’m glad this helped in your journey to a yellow belt and beyond! My head jerked back so bad on the drop moves, that is so hard 😫

Judo is a whole lot tougher than anticipated! Can't wait to try more Olympic sports. Let me know if you have a favorite.

It totally is! You have to be able to hold steady and aim perfectly with extreme focus 60 times in competition. Also, My back hurt soooo bad the next day 😅

Dankeschön, thank you, gracias!! 🤞🏾

You’d be right about that! I was great fun, so much more delightful than anticipated.

@@CatianaKeys Keep it up. I've been doing it for years and love it.

Thank so so much Frankie!

Thanks 🙏🏾

Yay - Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it, more is to come.

I had the best teachers! It was so much fun 🙌🏾

😊 Maybe you go to Training regularly

First I need to try a loooooot of other sports ... I just uploaded my weightlifting video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX2pd2CBltmCoLM

Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it 😊

I’m glad you like the concept! ☺️

Such a great sport!

Maybe 🪄

My hand slipped and the javelin smacked me on the head 😅

@@CatianaKeys Ouch. My original thought was that it stabbed you.

True, I was told that during warm up and took them off off camera then. I wanted to add that in, but the video already felt way too long 😅 It was a lot more fun than I excepted and I got to watch soooo much judo during the Olympics as a sports journalist and I could finally appreciate it. Thank you!