Judo Case Study: Denis Vieru's Tai Otoshi (Paris Grand Slam 2019)

[@JudoMatLab]

Superb video! I love your highlights too! Definitely some of the best judo content on youtube! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks for nice words! Your channel was a great inspiration, why have you stopped?

[@Headhunter_212]

Hear hear. I’ve never spent one minute on the mat but I love breakdown videos of all kinds. Bravo. I’ll get you on patreon. I’m curious as to what tools you use to create these videos. ThX.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

@Daniel Sullivan Thank you sir! I edit the videos with Magix Vegas, for graphics (circles, arrows, lines etc.) I use anything I find in free online picture databases. If I need something more in depth I use "Kinovea" sports video analysis tool, but my videos don't go that deep, so I rarely use it.

[@Headhunter_212]

Decoding Judo - Grappler Kingdom thanks bro. Keep going!!!

[@JudoMatLab]

@@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486 Initially, my work and training schedule changed, leaving me less time to work on videos. More recently, I've begun graduate school, so I have even less time haha. I'm really happy to hear my videos were impactful for you! Even though I can't train much judo right now, I get a lot of joy from watching your videos :D

[@grammarsoundz9479]

lmao!!! The trip over the pole is hilarious!!! Thank you for the breakdown and study. I am now a sub!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@kace999]

Having done that myself on a run, it is a lot better if you ukemi :) I only lost skin on my shoulder and knee, as opposed to my face and hands.

[@ejwalsh877]

I regret that I have only one thumb up to give. Excellent analysis, and thanks for mentioning the importance of being careful with the leg placement as to minimize risk of injury.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you!

[@abdelrrahmenjudoka5832]

Juste a big respect for this artistic work keep this quality

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you!

[@jacekszymala306]

Jedna z lepszych analiz technik judo. Dziękuję bardzo. Proszę o więcej.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Dziękuję, Jacek! The new video will be out soon.

[@jacekszymala306]

@@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486 Super, czekam i pozdrawiam ze Szczecina (PL)

[@LuizFernando-hf6bx]

Great video, very detailed analysis, especially on the mistakes.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you!

[@vitaliececan5896]

Bravo Denis

[@ff-josettan827]

Thanks

[@DubiousDom]

Awesome. Now do Ono’s spinning uchimata entry

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks, Ono's Uchi Mata is not in plans for near future. But I'll most likely do Maruyamas Uchi Mata in upcoming months.

[@markd2797]

Decoding Judo - Grappler Kingdom YYES

[@yasmini.alamin6031]

There is an amazing spinning uchimata by the Russian girl in 57kg Mischka? From the most recent kazan grand slam

[@samuraiken88]

Lmfao

[@jotarokujo7955]

Incredible and detailed video of one of my favorites judo techniques

[@megatronpasteteque2182]

Great post as always sir ! Less videos but with more and more quality, keep going ! I love the feints at 2:49.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you!

[@andrefedalto]

Great video! One of the best analysis of a throw I've seen on youtube. Please keep them comming!!!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Could've done better, but thanks man!

[@yasmini.alamin6031]

Such excellent quality presentation and detail. Thank you so mich

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you for watching!

[@marshall8425]

Omg i love these videos♥️♥️♥️♥️ keep doing this pleeeease!!! Love you❤️ i will try this in randori💪

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks man, appreciate that!

[@outlawz1089]

Very informative and excellent Content. Please make more Breakdown videos like this. Thanks !

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you, sir!

[@openmindwithj]

These videos are amazing.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Glad you like them, thanks!

[@oyblin4300]

This is fantastic!

[@davidsopinec368]

Awesome judo study thank you very much for this video and keep going ! 🙏👌😉

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you!

[@moshezuchter]

Thank you so much for making these. Super helpful.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks for watching!

[@maxim3349]

Awesome videos!! Keep up the great work!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks man!

[@Yupppi]

Great breakdown. The momentum from the leg does not travel up the chain though (you can try pushing or kicking your leg against a wall, your upperbody won't travel through the wall as a consequence of the wall blocking the leg). A kickboxer would fall flat on their face when kicking someone if the momentum travelled up from the blocked leg and projected the upperbody forwards. Your whole body's momentum is forwards (the upperbody and mass center in particular since there's the pull on the shoulders) and your balance point has shifted over the blocked foot so since you can't lay it down further to support, you tip over. In fact your leg only moves to find a new support point for the upperbody that's being pulled over the mass center, otherwise it wouldn't even move but be anchored to the ground. It's not very relevant to the subject, but having the physics not off is nice.

[@yusufs.3797]

You did a great job man ! Keep on going !!!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks!

[@ricardoaugustin39]

very useful content! brilliant job!!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thnak you, sir!

[@RobinsonStocks]

Really nice breakdown.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks!

[@raikmazurek4479]

thanks a lot for your detailed video!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks for watching!

[@marthaluntz1508]

wow- excellent - one of the best vidios on on line learning. thank you Ari of don,t be a victim

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks, glad to hear that! But what do you mean "don't be a victim"?

[@dogedesign]

Love your job bro !

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thnx man!

[@herculesjiujitsu6233]

Amazing content!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks!

[@kunshikun]

Vieru fights finely.your analysis,too.

[@davishirayanagui4508]

Great video!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks!

[@HaiFishing]

Great content and study. Subscribed! :)

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks!

[@AlexCruz-wc1yo]

The 10 dislikes to this video were the woman at 5:42, her 8 friends and the dog who she blamed for it and wasn't taken for another walk in two months 😂😂😂

[@fredericdambach6883]

Thank you for this very interesting video. Vieru performed a brilliant taiotoshi at Paris. I have read carefuly your analisys, but I don’t agree with it. I will try to explain my point of view and why, what you consider as flaws, are on the contrary necessary for this type of taiotoshi (please forgive my poor english) In your analysis you compare Vieru’s taiotoshi to a « standart golden taiotoshi ». But, is « standart taiotoshi » the only way to perform taiotoshi ? in all the situation ? is « standart taiotoshi » the best way to perform taiotoshi in every situation ? To answer theses question I will analyse Vieru’s taiotoshi using what, I believe, is an absolute criteria : « Kuzushi, Tsukuri, Kake ». By absolute criteria I mean that to perform a technic efficiently, you must respect these 3 steps : Kuzushi, Tsukuri, Kake. (Kuzushi means « destroy uke’s position », Tsukuri « construct a good position », and Kake « apply the technic. ») Of course some people might say : « i don’t need to make a Kuzushi, I just lift the guy, and threw him » This why I add « efficiently ». My hypothesis (which is also Kano’s 😊) is that using the minimum of energy requires these 3 steps. I don’t say that these 3 steps must be performed in that order. Sometimes Tsukuri is made before Kuzushi, sometimes both are made at the same time, and sometimes Tori does not perform Kuzushi, it is Uke that does it on his own (in « barai » for exemple). Nethertheless these steps are needed. Kuzushi in Vieru’s taiotoshi : the Kuzushi is made by a Kosotogake feint. Uke reacts by retreiving his left leg backwards and toggle forward .This feint allows Vieru to step on the side, doing part of the Tsukuri at the same time. This action-reaction is very different from a standard taiotoshi form. In a standard taiotoshi form (I agree with you) Tori pulls up Uke’s sleeve to put Uke on his ball of feet (but it s an action not a action/reaction) but in vieru’s case his kuzushi is made by Kosotogake feint that allows him to step on the side and make Uke off-balance at the same time. Tsukuri : Vieru complète his Tsukuri by putting his blocking leg. At the same time he pulls with his left hand down and look down as well. (That’s already his final Kake position). You noticed that Vieru right leg is rather high. This is a good way to prevent Uke from stepping other. This leg play the role of the stick in the video where the girl fall other. As Uke’s foot will bump into the blocking leg Tori does not need to put his weight on the blocking leg BUT, on the contrary, in that case Tori left hand must pull DOWN (and not up) other wise Uke would get a chance to jump other the blocking leg. (and his right hand does not pull up but on the side and then down) To resume, on a standart tai-otoshi Tori lift uke’s right sleeve to put him on his ball of foot. At the same time as uke’s right foot should not move (Uke should not be able to step forward) Tori must put all the weight of Uke on his foot. To do that Tori put his own weight on his blocking leg. But here the kuzushi makes Uke move forward (like the girl in the video) and the blocking leg plays the role of the stick for the girl. For the Kake, Vieru looks down in the direction of the throw (direction of his left hand) In conclusion, we cannot compare Vieru’s taiotoshi and standart taiotoshi. There are simply two different forms. ..and in my opinion standart taiotoshi is so diffcult to perform on stong competitors that it is (almost) never used in competition.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Sir, you are totally on point. I honestly messed up with this video. I wanted to show the basics (traditional aspects of Tai Otoshi), but the example is not entirely traditional, therefore I made some generalised statements that doesn't entirely fit the video narrative. You make some great points about technique, actually, initially I wanted to include some of points you are making, but decided to go different way to fit the narrative. Sorry, still haven't found the perfect style and template of how to make this type of videos, I'll try not to make such mistake next time. Thanks for remarks!

[@juanfrancisconeculmanm4120]

That's awsome guys

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thnx!

[@vibarva]

It’s like watching messi in uefa, those faints are art.

[@WagonWheeI]

I heard Vieru studied the collier judo method. European coaches have been studying it. That looks like the collier way of doing tai otoshi.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Interesting, to be honest haven't heard of this method. Could you please, enlighten me a little bit about this method. What is this method about? What is so special about it?

[@juvinious]

Collier's sons have a channel on youtube where they show some of their work. kzbin.info They mostly seem to be concerned with practicing Judo in the sense of old school jujitsu. They worked with the choreography company on the recent John Wick movie.

[@ElPinku]

Great video! Can you do Koshi Guruma by Saeid Mollaei?

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thanks, good suggestion, I'll write that to my list.

[@davishirayanagui4508]

Please make a video about yoshida's uchi mata

[@davishirayanagui4508]

It would be great

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

I see what I can do, maybe in future.

[@yudikurnia2637]

Ciamik bos

[@benbryson6598]

Looks like he throws both right and left?, this was right but some footsweeps were left sided.

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

From what I've seen he does most of his throws with his right lead leg, but he prefers to do that Tani Otoshi/Ko Soto Gake sweep with his left leg. If you are interested you can watch his fights here: www.ijf.org/judoka/16235/videos

[@vladtepes671]

❤

[@louis1716]

Can you make a Eri seoi nage video like that? :D

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

For now I have few other projects in mind, but Eri Seoi Nage for sure goes to list of future videos.

[@abdelrrahmenjudoka5832]

Similar work bat most clean executit by Shikhalizada Similar feint bat in the end he finished with Harai goshi

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Is that the one in Baku Grand Slam 2015?

[@abdelrrahmenjudoka5832]

@@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486 Yes it was in final versus oates (GBR)

[@Rokudan-nn7ky]

Compared to lees no grip tai Toshiba this is standard fare

[@m5a1stuart83]

Gokil... Kakinya cepet...

[@berto0975]

It's name is not feint, is damashi

[@hercules9987]

please make a subtitre

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Go to this link, copy the text to google translator and you'll get the translation. www.patreon.com/posts/27700649

[@damonicwolf]

Great content! Please check grammar and spelling - content this rich is worth polishing up. I picked up: with feints (not with feint)... stable (not stabile). Arigatou and have a great day!

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Thank you and sorry for mistakes, I checked grammar like 10 times, but these things just somehow slip into the final video. I'll try to check for mistakes more next time.

[@abdelrrahmenjudoka5832]

Remember Lee won hee best t'ai otoshi executer 4ever

[@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486]

Next video will be about Lee Won Hee and Korean Tai Otoshi.

[@abdelrrahmenjudoka5832]

@@decodingjudo-grapplerkingd5486 wow Thank s bro #Rei 🥋😁

[@yvannicola8163]

Vraiment vous la faites un peu trop durer votre mayonnaise même pour ceux qui adorent le judo .... La même vous pouvez la faire deux fois moins longue ! on préfère regarder 2 fois une vidéo "pas escargot" qu'une seule vidéo limace ! ... Je me casse, j'ai tenu exactement 1mn48 !!

[@alang.2054]

Yeah it kinda looks like these all MMA Facebook videos that are 5 min but provide information that can be given in 10sec