I Challenged A Judo Black Belt to A Match | White Belt vs Black Belt

Thought we would have some fun in this episode today! So I challenged Aurelia (Judo 1st Dan) to a Judo match! Both me and Mike are Judo white belts, our goals are trying to defend as many throws as possible.
I tried to use what I learned in the previous episode to prevent her from taking me down. Let's see how this goes!
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[@KevinLeeVlog]

I need to start my Judo training so we can arrange a rematch. 😅😅

[@thedopesickshow]

This was great! Just subbed, I’m a bjj blue belt and judo brown belt at separate gyms and also box. It looks like you have a wild mix of stuff on your channel! Love it, glad I randomly found it.

[@Sam_Iamknot]

You allow her to beat you to the inside grip(s) almost every time; she (or opponent) will always have better control, especially for takedowns with insinde control. Lesson learned through BJJ training; you want inside control; although, looking a 2nd time her collar grip does shift from lapel to behind your neck/shoulder area, seems to also be a great control grip-position. Pummel, swim; try if able to shed get her to change her grips. Awesome material, coach! Good lessons learned.

[@thedopesickshow]

@@Sam_Iamknot I’m a judo brown belt under a former Olympian and bjj blue belt under a world champion, and in general inside control is good but GOOD EYE on the high collar grip. My judo coach says if he gets that grip on anyone it’s time to take them to the “butcher shop” haha. He’s 60 with a pacemaker and 30% use of his heart but will close his eyes and beat our Junior national and 2nd at nationals champion. Another tip to stop a judo player is a cross grip. In judo you can’t use a cross lapel grip for more than 3 seconds, so holding that grip with bjj rules with a stiff arm can stop more attacks than you’d believe. Also a counter throw called tani otoshi is EXCELLENT for any turning throw by your opponent.

[@schmo78]

First of all, you should wear a white belt if you are a white belt. At least the size of your Gi seems to be according to the rules in contrast to her Gi. In this thing she would be disqualified before even stepping on the Tatami in any official contest. Next time you could try to defend at least a little bit, because it´s obvious for anybody who has done Judo for a while that you don´t even try.

[@felixangelmoritzvinent4576]

Yellow-orange in judo

[@thedopesickshow]

I’m a brown belt in judo and blue belt in bjj at separate gyms. It is INCREDIBLE what each does to fill where the other lacks. In judo I wreck everyone in newaza (groundwork), and in my last 3 bjj competitions I took down all but one opponent in both gi and no gi. I’m pretty good standing in judo and pretty good on the ground in bjj, nothing special though. Cross training provides a unique advantage in both arts that is unbelievable. Loved this video!

[@KevinLeeVlog]

Thanks for your support!

[@danielone8]

How old are you?

[@thedopesickshow]

@@danielone8 33, training obsessively has kept me off heroin since April 9th 2010. Before that I had to do 5 years in federal prison. While on bond for 2 years I trained kenpo karate daily, one day a month we did very basic grappling. PRISON FIGHTS I Fought A Prison Monster is a video where I talk about basic grappling saving me when kenpo wasn’t enough. It’s on my channel, along with jiu jitsu every Friday with world champ Paulo Santana and judo with former Olympian Tarek Moneir, they’re my coaches. I just started a few weeks ago so only one video is up so far with Paulo. I also went from 135 to winning prison powerlifting competitions, before/after pictures are in thumbnails on my videos.

[@Taekwon-Brando]

Hey man!!! I keep seeing you in every comment section, looks like neither of us can stay away from judo and Bjj haha!

[@Taekwon-Brando]

@@thedopesickshow I also had no idea there were such a thing as prison powerlifting competitions, did they let you guys have access to weights at the prison you were at?

[@Dynamic6000]

Judo is the most visually appealing Grappling art, so many beautiful and effortless looking techniques.

[@-_deploy_-]

And it hurts the most when done outside the dojo 😂

[@Joshuanyc73]

I've watched some of their other videos and her movement is so relaxed and precise. She's awesome.

[@ianarn]

Nice! More of Aurelija please on your channel. Perhaps add a different exhibition game with a taller opponent as she said she likes to control close and from above it would be interesting to see how she would answer. I think her confident coolness and non flustered attitude led her to basically rip you all a new one. Obviously she’s studied all aspects of the Philosophy of Judo in her training.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

I will ask her to see if she is down for another episode!!

[@user-xj7jz6wx3g]

She could have succumbed at least once. But all women have very low self-esteem, women assert themselves at the expense of men. And they want to win everywhere, even where it is not necessary

[@mrv1271]

This was great, a good way to show the importance of stand up Judo techniques. Truly shows why Judo is the most complete wrestling art by far.

[@keenan3618]

Just curios, is grabbing the legs legal in judo?

[@stevesstuff552]

@@keenan3618 not under IJF rules.

[@Dynamic6000]

@@keenan3618 it’s part of the system so you would learn it, but it is not allowed in competition. Reason being is you will have less defensive posture by not needing to worry about the single and double leg and can focus on throwing those bigger techniques overall.

[@keenan3618]

Thanks guys!

[@MilkANDMagic]

Tbh bjj is the most complete. Actuslly trained to get the submission. Learning wrestling and judo though would make you a takedown monster

[@OmegaSupremeWCheese]

Awesome man, my background is in WC and Judo, and I'm new at BJJ, but you ran into a buzzsaw there, weight classes matter more in Judo than BJJ, and she's got the perfect judo build, strong, lean, and long legs. From what I've seen so many BJJ guys have learned some wrestling so they use that low crouching stance but they aren't actual wrestlers so many don't know how to attack singles, sweep singles and such, and if you're not attacking from that stance you're giving the judoka your back which is where 90% of her shots came. But letting a judoka get grips coming over the back or even Georgian grips that's all red meat.

[@volatileepiphanies5547]

I had low expectations for this. I was half expecting you guys to stiff arm and stall the whole time. A lot of people will do that to try to look good. You guys really got in there and tried. I have so much respect for people that forget their ego and just don't focus on looking good. Plus I used to train under a Pedro Saur guy, so much respect.

[@jenso413]

yes! it’s so frustrating when people try to do comparisons with judo and just stiff arm the whole time. in a real judo competition you can’t do that, and there’s no fun if one person is just trying to defend and not attack

[@rns7426]

You guys laughing while being thrown by a judoka 😂 I was tickled, you guys made that fun!

[@KevinLeeVlog]

Thanks!! It was super fun for us too! Haha

[@killersalmon4359]

I'm not surprised they were laughing while being thrown. Isn't that what all martial artists seek? Finding an art where they get totally dominated and then wondering, how can I learn this? They probably felt that same way the first time they rolled with a Jiu-Jitsu person and realized they were totally helpless. How can I learn this? Isn't that the Holy Grail of any person seeking martial arts truth?

[@KevinLeeVlog]

@@killersalmon4359 totally!! I laugh all the time rolling or sparring with someone better than me! It’s such a joy to see such high level skills exist out there!

[@bed7496]

@@killersalmon4359 this is the realest comment on youtube.

[@jerryhymytang8859]

Kevin is a true martial artist whom as a Sifu/mentor not only pursue excellence in his own field but also embraces takedowns and knockouts just as someone new to the arts of fighting. Great respect from someone who also practices Judo and Wingchun.

[@kevincourcey813]

It was great to see you guys having such a great time with this. Aurelia is impressive, but I imagine her height advantage is significant.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

For sure! Weight, height, strength and skills are huge factors. But it was still fun to play and be able to experience this! Thank you for your support!!

[@ericlee1226]

Nope...all of these guys have advantage (being so much shorter...)if they know how to grip fight...especially she likes the high grip, break the dominate grip and when she tries again...drop seionage...

[@Taekwon-Brando]

@@ericlee1226 i agree, in my experience doing Randori with someone taller isn't necessarily harder I just have to change my approach. Now the strength factor on the other hand makes everything alot harder for me

[@Makinja]

@@ericlee1226 Agreed. She was killing them with the grip she used to set up, while they were just kinda holding on to her.

[@paulstarstarpaul5700]

Strength would be a factor of course. However I doubt that she is that much stronger than him. Height isn’t really an advantage. In fact most Judokas are rather short for their weight

[@ktkt1825]

She's very skilled and has excellent control- letting you all down easy on some throws. A shorter player has some advantages, but BJJ can develop a habit of bending forward- a poor position.

[@jrtien]

With wrestling skills its a good position.

[@Sage2000]

Such positive energy.

[@counterhit121]

Aurelia energy during the intro was like a wolf about to feast

[@mcjon77]

That was AMAZING! I did a little Judo in my BJJ classes but could never get any of the throws to work. People just kept stiff arming me. Watching what she did with you guys REALLY enlightened me regarding what I was doing wrong. I also am able to visually understand Kazushi with what she did. I have to save this video. It is amazing.

[@lewispeart2344]

The trick with a stiff armed opponent is really 2 fold. 1) Dominate the grips initially so that they cant stiff arm, and if that fails and they do establish a negative grip 2) turn them to neutralize it It does take quite an experienced Judoka to be comfortable working against stiff arms,

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

BJJ is an offshoot of Judo

[@Bazyliszek67]

Very good. Imnot training Judo, but I was thinking about it when my friend's dad said, back in my school days, that judo was much better than karate. Unfortunately, I have one leg that is thinner and I still have problems with balance. I used to be skinny, but now I weigh a lot and I don't know how I would cope because I haven't trained martial arts for a long time. However, I like martial arts and I love watching judo competitions.

[@Bujin80]

Can definitely see the French Judo influence with the over the back v arm (Russian) or collar bone (Japanese) focus in the clench.

[@andrecheongavocadojudo2114]

Congratulations again on your black belt Kevin!

[@Docinaplane]

Great!! She's very impressive!

[@j.w.j.a.2014]

Good vid! Bring her back! :-)

[@MatthieuSCHREK]

As a judoka, it's entertaining to watch. Lambs throwing themselves to the wolf screaming "eat me NOW" is the image that comes to mind. I've been there too, I know the feeling. Hang in there guys.

[@Bulldozer55-sf7ww]

Good stuff

[@trapperscout2046]

Her judo is on point!

[@sanjayshroff543]

She has some Excellent Combo's in her Nage waza repertoire. Excellent Judo Overall. 👏👏👏👏 The BJJ practitioners should not fall that easily though.

[@denramamon2703]

BJJ does not focus enough on defending against throws.

[@Todo_fighting]

@@denramamon2703 it's all the opposite, you don't have to throw them.

[@denramamon2703]

@@Todo_fighting all grappling arts need to master throws cause in the end throwing hard on the ground can stop the fight. This is a real caveat of today's BJJ. So much focus on ground grappling that you see lots of today's BJJ practitioners just pull guard or even worse butt scooting.

[@Todo_fighting]

@@denramamon2703 that's disgusting, i remeber one bjj coach talking about how is possible to see high belts in bjj that can't take anyone down.

[@Todo_fighting]

@@denramamon2703 i remeber in bjj classes when de coach tell us to start rolling stand up and some guys just putting not resistance to be taken down, that's why i focused more on wrestling and judo.

[@benpurcell591]

Were you adhering strictly to judo rules (no leg grabs)?

[@RichiXEats]

Hey Kevin what martial arts do you train in apart from jj

[@obscurelines]

In some ways taller fighters are very effective but they also have fewer throwing options - lots of uchi Matas and trips. It's a bit more fun to fight someone about an inch taller (and ideally lighter!).

[@moonstruck336]

Kevin is a very likeable person, and damn this girl is strong

[@alchemistjeff]

Another vid with Aurelia. Smooth move to get closer to her

[@anthonyt.6082]

BJJ Brown Belt, Judo Green belt here these two arts are perfect to cross train with each other you gain a lot of benefit in the long run

[@stevelim1842]

Kevin Lee, is that a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you are wearing?

[@mcjon77]

Another thing to not that in a "street" situation, she is basically gripping the belt/top of the pants. Unless your attacker is bare ass naked, you could still employ this throw.

[@Joshuanyc73]

Cool vids! Best defense is a strong offense. If you don't keep your opponent defending then you are the one who is being set up for the throw.

[@77stephani77]

Fantastic love it. 🤓👍💕

[@deeward5572]

She can beat me up

[@tsb4684]

She's double the size of them and much more skilled. Even a 6 ft guy would have hard time against her.

[@user1118gp]

I'm 6 ft 2 and I'd let her throw me

[@ad_6436]

@@user1118gp A 'tomoe nage' would do the job for me.

[@albertmuhe5529]

That judo shoul be,and have fun ,no matter you will practice ukemi,and other técnico,good luck!

[@zachariaravenheart]

I just love her accent. She sounds adorable.

[@vantrg]

at 3:04 Mike could have attempted Ura Nage that Aurelia taught on self defense.

[@fullmetalmars8571]

She’s dope, great content

[@leewightman8001]

Mick is getting ragdolled ..judo is brutal

[@darkdrake13]

Definitely a high level competitor that girl

[@Taekwon-Brando]

Awesome!! I also do judo an bjj and wing chun, we have a dummy at our gym as well

[@jacobharris954]

Was it like cross training with wing chun, I am wing chun guy now doing kali

[@Taekwon-Brando]

@@jacobharris954 yes actually, our Sifu Justin Hall is a former MMA fighter with some really cool fights on here and he teaches a blend of Gracie Jiu Jitsu combatives along with his 40+ years of wing chun :) and thats awesome! I've never looked into Kali, is that a grappling art or is that the stick fighting one??

[@elumiomerk4013]

@@Taekwon-Brando the stick fighting one, they do hand to hand, knives and sticks. Kali is very much a sister art to Silat, you'd find great overlap.

[@Taekwon-Brando]

@@elumiomerk4013 do Kali and silat come from the same place??

[@elumiomerk4013]

@@Taekwon-Brando Kali is from the Phillipenes and Silat is from Indonensia and Malaysia. I don't know about the historical political ties, but the three countries are very close. I find the martial arts link analogous to muay thai, muay lao and Lethwei. They look very similar.

[@rogerfulgham3941]

Amazing 👍👍💪💪👊👊🥊🥊🥋🥋

[@takeonetoo7083]

Cool Video

[@TheDantheman12121]

Holy shit this girl is brutal. 3 takedowns in about 10 seconds.

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

Would be interesting to see how it plays out if you guys allowed leg attacks like low singles and blast doubles. Against a dangerous Judoka you always want to drop your levels.

[@SeanWinters]

from my own experience, as a judoka who has been practicing since before leg grabs were banned, if someone shoots for my legs it's pretty easy to be able to back out of it, but if they do grab one or even both legs, it's a choice between twisting around to do an uchi mata, sacrifice throw straight back with Sumi gaeshi. if the sacrifice throw doesn't work, then you can go ahead and go back, try to take the guillotine.

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

​​@@SeanWinters I know exactly what you're talking about many of my Sensei's have been competing when leg attacks were still allowed. And sometimes we goof around on the mats. The thing is I'm still competing in freestyle wrestling and I have a degree of experience in how to utilize leg attacks against Judokas. I never shoot in blindly without set up and I've noticed that Judokas bite on fake shots pretty hard lol. So I would circle add in a couple of fakes and then shoot in for a low single or ankle pick. Blast doubles on the other hand almost never work against experience Judokas because once they've got a grip of the gi you're going through the ceiling lol. Either way it's fun to cross train.

[@SeanWinters]

@@wrestlingjudoms1302 You're 100% correct, taking leg grabs away from competition has indeed left judoka open for fakes, and that has absolutely become a big hurdle in cross training. That's a great strategy, thanks for the tip and things I should look for!

[@elumiomerk4013]

@@wrestlingjudoms1302 Respect dude. I myself thought I would not like to train judo cause my end goal is self-defense, judo seems lethal a lot of the time in self defense situations. And the internet says it takes a lot of time to be proficient in Judo. The gi is another thing, it'd be nice if there were nogi judo classes available.

[@wrestlingjudoms1302]

@@elumiomerk4013 Judo is still an excellent art to learn and you're right it takes time to get good at it. Wrestling is easier to learn overall. Some no gi schools for judo do in fact exists it's just extremely hand to find. But putting all that to the side I reckon it's very important to cross train because grappling has become so diverse. Understanding both systems of stand up I believe should be a priority.

[@Lukeclout]

Shit - Aurelia is fucking badass. She also a Savate (French cuisine version of Muai Thai mixed with Sambo ) Champion apparently. Like to she her in UFC against Anastasia Yanukova.

[@Roy13ful]

Aurelia vs Shintaro !!!! Please :)

[@wiser.kinder.calmer.6530]

I like that counter she did to both of you

[@kerrijohnstone7588]

She was incredibly good

[@nicobellic3465]

This is fantastic. I didn’t think she’d be able to off balance and throw you- i thought you were co operating in a previous video. Can you do a rematch even with your limited skills? I would have loved to see if you tried to off balance her or fight back/throw her would she be able to make it look this easy? Kinda like you can look good hitting mitts but it’s different when someone is punching back

[@KevinLeeVlog]

Haha thanks. If I could use wrestling or BJJ it would be a different story. But it was pretty difficult to stop her from taking me down. She is a Judo champion and had lot of competition experiences. Having said that, I would love to do a rematch with her just so I can try something different.

[@MilkANDMagic]

@@KevinLeeVlog do bjj vs judo to even the odds hahah

[@MilkANDMagic]

@@KevinLeeVlog But if im being honest bro, it definitely looks like you werent really trying. Especially with all that other grappling knowledge you have figured youd put up more of a challenge. I gave more of a fight to judo black belts and I was only ever a white belt too with zero other grappling knowledge.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

@@MilkANDMagic I will try harder next time! 😅

[@MilkANDMagic]

@@KevinLeeVlog love the channel though bro, keep it up

[@Tamales21]

Does she have her own channel?

[@lyessports8879]

Tnek you pour votre retour شكرا

[@felipemartinez1275]

Judo rules!

[@jaishrikrishna70]

What's your height dude ?

[@Times365up]

It makes sense. Tall people need to be upright. If they lower their fighting position, they're off balance.

[@Dynamic6000]

In judo everyone fights upright in a “natural posture” even short people. The typical standing BJJ stance where it’s not fully deep like a wrestler and not fully upright, is actually very poor when it comes to fighting a Judoka as they are looking to pull you forward and break your posture anyway. Those moves that looked pretty effortless, probably were because they were off balance.

[@hancockjason8758]

She is awsome an strong

[@kuppa2766]

Sir, I want to ask, does height really matter in judo?

[@Kitajima2]

Combined weight and agility definitely matter, and although height will still play a role, judo is a game of leverage and momentum. The first two matter most, there are weight classes for reason

[@kuppa2766]

Thanks for the answer, sir

[@Kitajima2]

@@kuppa2766 Np!

[@fernandosulantay]

I once as a white belt ask my i instructor to take me down as many times as he could, it was a BJJ instructor but the result was quite similar 😹😹

[@jeffcook3904]

Actually, she only took Mike down four times, not five. Good video! I hold a black belt in both judo and BJJ, by the way. They are the best things to have ever happened to each other!

[@mattreef3379]

Am i delusional to to think that a jui jitsu brown belt should have done better than that? Or was the size difference too much?

[@Larsbor]

I thought the little guy was suppose to learn to take down the big person..?!

[@agahyunushanoglu6557]

super

[@ivufit5846]

How tall is she?

[@otiszoff8079]

the Georgian/Russian grip

[@user-tg5lm8bm6f]

благодарим..

[@HarborSite-7]

Aurelia is a badass. 🙏

[@DJEmirMixtapes]

Looks like fun, I also I see wooden men in the back :)

[@greysaku]

OMG😳

[@JohnDoe-fu4qd]

what are you a brown belt in?

[@KevinLeeVlog]

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but I tested for my black belt recently.

[@rickfinsta2951]

Oh, damn. Dat Ura Nage, tho.

[@jamesrussel6975]

Woah she’s like Manon from Street Fighter in real life. Her Judo is excellent.🐜

[@padredamian4686]

Aurelia strong judoka💪

[@Mutex50]

So, is she like 6 foot 3?

[@mattjorgensen2267]

She is dope

[@bushidofernandez198]

Nice video, That is a randory

[@healthwealth651]

How tall is that woman? Or are you really that short?

[@lalloligyst718]

She Woman handled those dudes!

[@slavicvolk]

Size difference matter a lot. Also guys were not aggressive and just letter her get over the back grip? Wish guys at my gym were this size lol

[@killersalmon4359]

Their grip fighting hurt them - she got dominant grips and they couldn't fight them off so they were constantly on the defensive. Dominant grips = Good position on your feet.

[@JacobMeza-pro-footballer]

I know she’s taller, but she doesn’t look all that larger-she threw them so bloody easily, she looked like it was no effort for her

[@tusharbhalla5336]

Aurelia Agel

[@Koko-il1go]

How tall is she !

[@KevinLeeVlog]

Very tall. She is like almost 6ft.

[@AlwonDomz]

My humbled white belt opinion... If your chest is facing into a Judoka's shoulder there's a +90% chance you're going for a ride... If your chest is facing directly into a Judoka's chest then there's a 49% chance you're going for a ride... lol. Try your best to keep their shoulder out of your chest.

[@gregorde]

She’s good.

[@matiasu7952]

Can someone send this to rokas

[@RemainHumble2024]

I knew she looked familiar

[@jonnupe1645]

Ayyy I'm 135lbs too, let's spar!

[@MontyQueues]

to be honest, I think many people have a natural tendency to undermine Aurelia's accomplishments due to her appearance but at the end of the day, the color doesn't lie... she also trains striking too, no joke

[@tc47101]

😁😄👍

[@darshimellavi7853]

What is her weight

[@TheAfkg]

179

[@fuckingkimura]

This dude is smol

[@kenryu364]

She❤

[@moonsdonut5188]

i want her lol

[@deeward5572]

She will beat you up

[@The6thDimention]

Great video! Still can't help to say she's beautiful.

[@omarkusturica3174]

Aurelia has a cold

[@patrickmalarkeyanoldirishm646]

Hell, if anybody tried to rob you, beat 'em up

[@darshimellavi7853]

Im mma figher😂😂😂

[@munkhtulgabattogtokh1602]

Might as well retitle to black belt demonstrating judo. I haven't even watched the video yet

[@boydaddy9898]

She can take me down all day everyday 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheChocolateChamp]

Lol I know right

[@alwaysbekind3548]

I knew someone was gonna say it. Lol

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

I think they enjoyed that