Why Japanese Judokas Shake the Gi

Have you noticed many Japanese players like to shake uke's lapel when they are gripping up? The reason they do this might surprise you...
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[@PatrickHansen]

I watch your videos to get ideas for take downs in Jiu Jitsu and this has helped a ton!

[@disfuncionexe]

learning from other arts helps. wrestling for my school this year made my takedowns a lot better. when you grapple for a different objective it makes your grappling smarter

[@latetodagame1892]

What a privilege to have you on KZbin.

[@Qunyc1985]

The dojo is under the Japanese buddist temple in Manhattan. The statute out front was hit by our Nuclear weapons proudly. Come out and visit.

[@TheLockon00]

Really interesting. Makes sense. I don't do Judo (jiu-jitsu guy) but my guess coming in was it was like feinting in boxing and was meant to kind of mask your actual kazushi and throw attempts by creating a lot of white noise by yanking the gi around in non-committal ways.

[@watsonsdaily3128]

You also "shake the gi" in order to give you a bit more material to grab onto and a little bit more room for throwing. If the jacket's all tight it's a bit harder to throw. I've never heard that expression before though!

[@---tx9xx]

good point too. i find it's a great mnemonic aid to hekp me remember to pull pull pull for kuzushi rather than pushing or not doing kuzushi

[@alanIrl99]

There's a lot in there - really good stuff. First time I saw you got the red/white belt btw. Many ongratulations :)

[@Stukas1909]

Great insight! Keep up the great work and its wonderful to have you here on KZbin!

[@LycanRace]

Valuable lesson learned. Thank you!

[@alLEDP]

But the Koreans used to also shake the lapel but for another reason. It was a good mind game in preparation for seoi nage. Look at the superstar judo footage

[@alLEDP]

Doing the kuzushi with the shake

[@bjarnell]

🙇

[@bjarnell]

Was going to ask the same question. I’ve always been taught the “shake” is distraction but I really like Shintaro’s perspective on the arm movement to evade the grip and setup the next action. Would love to hear more on why he doesn’t like the distraction shake though

[@latetodagame1892]

@@bjarnell it doesn't distract.

[@bjarnell]

@@latetodagame1892 it certainly distracts some

[@AdamBarkerThe]

Very helpful explanation. Gonna remember this for class, thank you.

[@jrmbayne]

On a more serious note, if your opponent has anything like a cell phone in their d, shaking it and untucking it will make it fall out and you can win by DQ

[@R1DDL3RS]

Good explanation. You can also turn your palm down to the floor and drag your opponents lapel-holding arm down to loosen grips too.

[@LilShinobi711]

Thanks for the tips this is really gonna help my Judo a lot. Love your content forgot to sub a while back.

[@georgeli926]

I started doing Judo about one-two months ago. I started shaking the gi. It’s mainly so that I can push and pull the person, so that I can hopefully get a reaction to set up a throw. Other times it’s so that I can break a grip, like what Shintaro says. Shaking the gi doesn’t help with a grip in most cases because there’s more play on the gi which could make it harder to get leverage and you can even lose the grip if you don’t have a good grip.

[@crisantogarcia6646]

I was just listening to you and Peter talk about this on the podcast.

[@ΓραικοςΕλληνας]

One of the greatest posts here on this issue.

[@BushCampingTools]

Love these videos!

[@timothylarson3583]

Nice combo at 2:56

[@XandrogZodbolt]

Colossal Osoto Gari too

[@ElDrHouse2010]

good explanation

[@andrewkarl5174]

Great content, so hope no one from my club sees this.

[@k1mura92]

This channel is so freakin awesome

[@mikeingyu580]

Amazing video as always! Thank you!

[@blindtrust1535]

Thanks for the insightful information master.

[@KevinLeeVlog]

Learned something new!!!

[@spartacusantipas4580]

Thanks Sensei!

[@azamattasmaev4580]

Good lesson thank you 🙏

[@jordanhoffman8418]

Shake your arm, not their gi. Got it.

[@Qunyc1985]

Oh shit its cousin Eugene!!! Love that dude

[@matheuspn2722]

Ok, definitely one of the best judo videos out there! Impressive Thanks a lot!

[@AlexanderPews]

"what is this.. ?! it makes no sense.. !" *Shakes GI violently* that has made me laugh out loud for some reason xD

[@0713mas]

That was awesome!

[@frankiebey1279]

Excellent!!

[@alexandresensealexandremin1887]

ARIGATOU Best regards from BRASIL 🇧🇷♥️🥋

[@KeemaOfficiel]

Awesome video

[@m2y8v]

I shake the "Gi" once a day.

[@rafaelsoaresbiondi2849]

Ótimo vídeo!

[@smarty5680]

I always feel for the guy who gets chucked around 😂

[@marksoberay2318]

This channel is amazing you know I've been to many judo clubs over the last 30 years and frankly the cririculum is extremely boring, it's also osoto gari over and over and you know what I saw students quit like crazy from boring moves that dont work...I think Judo needs to have an exciting syllabus ... something that works and that's what will grow the sport it's not a secret that the sports participation has plummeted in recent decades

[@raeban7295]

Everyone joining bjj💁‍♀️

[@Qunyc1985]

I prefer Travis .......but I trained there too. Judo is watered down....and thats the reality. Imagine this.....in NYC mad Asians are getting crushed.....none of this has been a help. Food for thought and I have trained here.

[@johnhaworth7034]

Why do judo with all of its rules, or you can just go do bjj and roll 🍥

[@rohitchaoji]

@@johnhaworth7034 Jiu jitsu could really do with more of judo's technical standup. Although I myself prefer jiu jitsu because it hurts less as I don't have to practice falling over 100 times in an hour.

[@nikosmith4631]

Do you have a video on the takedown series you did at 2:55?

[@ceric9516]

agree

[@scar19921]

Would it also be they they shake it to see how they would react to a potential throw?

[@docteurpikachu6913]

Guilty as charged.

[@SLJET]

BRAVO👍

[@toportime]

So in short "Do not shake the Gi, Shake your arm"

[@jrmbayne]

It's because if there is any candy in there, it will fall out

[@Matto_Harvo]

I wonder if boxing coaches use judo to explain concepts

[@cahallo5964]

my guess is that they like the sound it makes

[@cahallo5964]

damn I was wrong

[@henrito2003]

Ok now I know why a guy almost blew my nails away when shaking his Gi ,makes sense 👍🏼 thanks Sensei !

[@efka9667]

I shake the gi to annoy my randori partners. I'm training their composure 😄

[@asimnicholsmusic]

I was taught this was to take out the slack.

[@themaverickblackbelt8054]

Since I've only ever done Judo in Asia, I have thought the shaking is normal... My senpai(s) have used the lapel shake to gather more of the material around my shoulder. It feels like a tourniquet on my left armpit. While it does raise my left shoulder, it feels more like they're driving my shoulder into my ear and head. Maybe my senpai are just mean/care about me?

[@cassiooctaviani473]

6:00 is more like a Yama-arashi rather than osoto-gari, isn't it?

[@jassimarsingh6505]

Nope

[@ForzaTerra89]

It seems odds to me to push their right arm into their hip. What does that enable you to do. Not saying it’s bad, I trust you know what you’re talking about, just if anyone can help me to understand? Thanks

[@munkhtulgabattogtokh1602]

Awesome! This is so true you betrayed Japan

[@young5005]

?

[@sayfeddinebentatou8662]

he gave out their secret :p

[@Chonoryokusha]

Shake the WHAT now?!

[@jim1631]

I thought the shake was to loosen the Gi to get better handles.

[@haroldbryant3105]

Oh…

[@martialmusicman]

So they are breaking and fending off their opponent's grips without letting go of their own?

[@latetodagame1892]

Hard off? Doesn't sound right.🤣🤣

[@syn3rgyz]

been telling ppl this for years so that they would stop low key slapping me in the face with it. Wish you would demonstrate this with an actual judo gi though, cause it looks really easy here mostly cause eugenes barely grabbing onto anything with that BJJ gi and it's tight sleeves

[@Davesworldyoutube]

I'd love to be there the moment the Judo guy gets into a real street fight and his opponent does not have on a karate ghee for him to grab. That's the Achilles heel for Judo. I suppose the Judo guy could carry an extra karate ghee with him at all times and give it to the guy who's attacking him

[@AljosaPLampe]

No need for a jacket if you go for a double or a bear hug and trip the legs… We know how to work without the gi, at least most of us

[@catocall7323]

@@AljosaPLampe plus anywhere cold the jacket is no different than a gi.

[@catocall7323]

I've been there, didn't go well for the judoka's opponent.

[@rohitchaoji]

Grappling is grappling. The gi just adds extra handles for grips, but you can still do most of those techniques without a gi.

[@gNFEuV9rY77w]

誰か詳しい人日本語で解説してくれ～