Judo Womens U52 - Uta Abe vs. Ai Shishime - Tokyo 2022

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A great final, in Kenka Yotsu (hehe) with two judo beasts! Shishime with her signature Uchimata and nasty cross grip O Soto Gari, against Abe Uta, Olympic champion and prodige. Grip fighting was excellent from both of them, and they fought multiple times in final.(Uta landed a superb Uchimata against Shishime in Baku if I remember correctly, it was crazy!) Notice how Shishime had no problem having the outside grip for her tsurite, that’s because she is used to Abe’s inside grip! Uchimata, along with Ippon Seoi Nage and some Ashi Waza, is in my opinion one of the few techniques in which the outside grip is a better option than the inside grip! In the end, winning by shidos is still a bummer, but it was a great fight Great breakdown, keep it up 😁