On episode 143 of Tatami Talk, We talk about counter Judo. Is being a counter Judo fighter a good thing or a bad thing? When is the best time to use counter Judo? And how you should and can use counter Judo in tournaments and practice?

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• 0:00 Intro
• 10:40 Counter Judo
• 22:03 Balancing counter judo in your practice
• 27:48 Kakari geiko
• 29:56 Mindset

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On episode 142 of Tatami Talk, we interview Hollywood Judo's competitors at the annual fight for the cure tournament and give our thoughts on coaching at the event for the first time.------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrowsCheck out our Substack: https://tatamitalk.substack.com/Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickertCover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproducePodcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify

On episode 141 of Tatami Talk, we revisit our discussion on warmups and exercises from 2 years ago on episode 54 and episode 88. Has any of our views and experiences changed since then?

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• 0:00 Intro
• 05:09 Listener comments
• 10:31 Recent News
• 16:43 Revisiting warmups / static stretches
• 23:08 Conditioning and warmups
• 32:53 Revisiting "should we stop doing certain exercises?"

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On episode 140 of Tatami Talk, we discuss survivorship bias.

Things mentioned in this episodehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_biashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVlBY0Jh14

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• 0:00 Intro
• 07:03 Listener question on blue judogi
• 15:33 Why we don't do reaction videos
• 24:40 Survivorship bias

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On episode 139 of Tatami Talk, We discuss rivals. Someone you measure yourself against to push yourself to get better.

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• 0:00 Intro / Suspension of the LA Play Judo Program
• 13:41 Winter Nationals in LA convention center?
• 18:21 Cadet World Championships
• 22:19 Rivals
• 36:27 Anime Reference Tangent
• 42:02 Not Having a Rival

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On episode 138 of Tatami Talk, we discuss Juan’s one year experiment of having a once a month no gi Judo seminar. At the Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute. What were the ups and downs of trying to teach a no gi Judo seminar from scratch?

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On episode 137 of Tatami Talk, We discuss and dispel some Judo myths we have each heard.

• 0:00 Intro
• 03:36 USA Judo Coaching Clinic at Hollywood Judo
• 06:04 possibly migrating away from Substack
• 13:52 Listener comment on BJA episode
• 24:53 Juan's list of Judo Myths
• 50:16 Anthony's list of Judo Myths

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On episode 136 of Tatami Talk, We reflect on the unsafe series videos by summarizing it and discussing the goal of the series. We also talk about some behind the scene moments, what we think we could've done better and what we found difficult/enjoyed about making the series.

Unsafe Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvHb9LdRTks&list=PLEXb7aPs8ZSeQbD9unImCqINA9_VFhvGp&index=1

• 0:00 Intro
• 04:29 New rules when?
• 11:54 Unsafe series discussion / goal of the series
• 19:29 Was the stick breaking necessary?
• 23:01 Negative comments
• 26:48 Which videos did the best?
• 31:14 What we think we could've done better
• 36:28 Finding dangerous examples
• 39:09 Why we chose those techniques?
• 47:04 What we each thought was the challening part of making the series
• 53:54 Our favorite parts of making the series
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On episode 135 of Tatami Talk, we talk about the new unveiled BJA dan rank requirements, the UFC BJJ show, and Juan talks about how Judo has a very close history with Pro Wrestling. We also talk about our belated 5th anniversary.

New BJA Dank rank Requirements: https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/british-judo-unveils-modernised-dan-grade-pathway/

• 0:00 Intro / July 4th
• 03:17 New BJA Dan Rank requirements
• 12:52 UFC BJJ
• 27:40 Pro Wrestling and Judo
• 43:58 Belated 5th Anniversary

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On episode 134 of Tatami Talk, we talk about the Judo movie Tatami that just premiered in Los Angeles. We interview Hollywood Judo's head instructor Philippe Morotti about his role in coaching the lead actress for the movie. We also give our brief first impression of the 2025 World Championships, and talk about Aaron Wolf's announcement on joining New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Tatami Movie: https://www.tatamimovie.com/

• 0:00 Intro / Tatami Movie
• 42:35 2025 World Championships
• 47:14 Aaron Wolf joining NJPW

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On episode 133 of Tatami Talk, we talk about Kayla Harrison becoming the UFC Champion. We answer a listener question and we discuss how we sometimes need to be more selfish in training.

• 0:00 Intro / Kayla Harrison is UFC Champion
• 12:33 Responding to listener question
• 40:54 Being more selfish

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On episode 132 of Tatami Talk, we have two very special guests. We welcome back friend of the channel Dave from the “Judo Chop Suey” podcast and a first time guest DrSeoiNage (Aaron) who has been known for posting his IJF Judo statistics on the Judo subreddit. We discuss what we think of the new rules so far and talk about the statistics Aaron has gathered before and after the rule changes.

Aaron's Substack: https://drseoinage.substack.com/

Aaron's Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/user/DrSeoiNage

Dave's Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/user/d_rome

• 0:00 Intro / How the statistics are gathered

• 19:15 Discussion on Daigo and Classifications
• 24:55 Impact of the statistics
• 27:39 Why we should trust Aaron's stats / The issue with IJF's stats
• 40:27 Thoughts on the rules for All Japan And Empress Cup
• 48:55 What we Think of New Rules so Far / Yuko
• 1:00:47 Shido / Out of bounds and False Attacks

• 1:20:26 Predictions on rule changes post World Championships
• 1:27:54 Judo Statistics
• 2:01:59 Up and coming players, who we will be watching at World Championships
• 2:16:24 How we think stats gathering differs from National teams stats, Predictions on role of AI in stats gathering
• 2:25:23 Outro

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On episode 131 of Tatami Talk, we discuss our thoughts on the All Japan Judo Championships and Empress Cup.

• 0:00 Intro / GSO 2025

• 25:11 All Japan Judo Championships and Empress Cup------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrowsCheck out our Substack: https://tatamitalk.substack.com/Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickertCover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproducePodcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify

On episode 130 of Tatami Talk, we discuss how we would change newaza training.

• 0:00 Intro / Updates
• 30:35 How we would change judo newaza training
• 42:10 IJF Judo newaza
• 1:05:54 Non IJF Judo newaza------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrowsCheck out our Substack: https://tatamitalk.substack.com/Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickertCover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproducePodcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify

On episode 129 of Tatami Talk, we discuss other fun (and maybe not so great) ways to divide up your classes in your Judo club. Juan makes his case for "Casual Judo" and Anthony makes his case for a risk based model.

• 0:00 Intro / Alternative Ways to divide classes
• 21:22 How Juan would structure the classes
• 24:51 Anthony's risk based classes
• 34:27 How Anthony would divide up a youth program
• 45:30 Nogi judo and judo for MMA

------------------------------------------- Things mentioned in this episodeWomens self defense episode with Beverly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un-NhHCWmK4

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On episode 128 of Tatami Talk, we talk about Dojo culture and how most people don't actually consciously think about it or actively try to mold or contribute to their dojos culture.

• 0:00 Intro / Hollywood, Sawtelle, Goltz scrimmage
• 07:05 Dojo Culture
• 21:13 Diversity and socio-economics
• 27:51 Anthony' and Juan's experiences with other martial arts cultures
• 34:11 Lead generation
• 41:11 Safety Culture

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On episode 127 of Tatami Talk, we discuss our controversial opinions on seminars and purchasing instructionals.

• 0:00 Intro / Updates
• 15:45 Seminars
• 30:37 Video recording / retaining the knowledge
• 32:56 Positive experiences with seminars, setting expectations
• 51:58 Buying Instructionals
• 01:02:55 Watching what you want to see versus what you need to see.
• 01:09:11 Long term visits to dojos and paying for privates

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On episode 126 of Tatami Talk, Juan tells us about his trip to Japan, and we finally give our thoughts on HanpanTV's video "The Lies Behind Judo Basics" and all the online discourse surrounding it.

0:00 Juan's back, his trip in Japan

14:36 hanpanTV and their uchimata video

26:10 why we think people are upset

31:06 California Chainsaw massacre

34:15 prescribing beginners the most "optimized" throws for their body type, other hanpanTV videos

37:48 Anthony's disappointment on where and how the discussion is taking place

42:08 Harasawa made a similar video, comparing his video to how hanpanTV presented it

51:37 Did these videos changed the way we teach?

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Things mentioned in this episode

• The Lies Behind Judo Basics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M9GTgz41lQ
• "But the Japanese do it" from episode 79 https://youtu.be/jdWjQPUD88g?t=1114
• drop seoi nage video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmqALXDZ9So
• Harasawa's video - https://www.instagram.com/p/C4VOe_4P4Mo
• Unsafe series tani otoshi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvHb9LdRTks

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On episode 125 of Tatami Talk, we talk about how the new rules have affected Paris and Baku Grand Slam. We also reflect on Maruyama's retirement.0:00 Intro / Juan in Tokyo / Anthony injured again17:05 Listener comment on nomad wrestling episode25:26 Maruyama is retiring29:28 Baku and Paris Grandslam, Yuko40:35 Newaza------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrowsCheck out our Substack: https://tatamitalk.substack.com/Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickertCover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproducePodcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/episodes/Tatami-Talk-Podcast-Episode-121-End-of-year-2024-episode--2025-IJF-rules-discussion-ft-Dave-Roman-e2so8n6 Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify

On episode 124 of Tatami Talk, we discuss our thoughts on kids class and our own kids program. ------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrows Check out our Substack: https://tatamitalk.substack.com/ Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickert Cover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproduce Podcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/episodes/Tatami-Talk-Podcast-Episode-121-End-of-year-2024-episode--2025-IJF-rules-discussion-ft-Dave-Roman-e2so8n6 Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify