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On Saturdays, before our usual practice, we have a one-hour judo class. Yasuhiro Yamashita is in charge of teaching the 3rd-year students (that's me) so I get to be taught by him once every week. When you're at Tokai, being around judo legends and training with upcoming Olympic gold medallists is nothing out of the ordinary. But for a small-town Canadian girl like me, it's quite amazing : )
Today, Yamashita taught us osotogari, a technique that has won him many of his matches. Personally, before today, even though I like the technique and I find it spectacular to watch when it's done properly, it wasn't a technique I used very often. Shorter fighters don't usually tend to use it. It's preferred by tall and long-limbed fighters. But after today, it's now a technique I want to work on to add to my repertoire. I used to feel awkward doing it because I knew my technique wasn't exactly how it should be. But after our lesson with him today, after he pointed out the major points of the throw (ex. where to push, how to make all his weight shift to one leg, etc), I already feel much better practicing it. And I'm looking forward to next week's lesson. : )
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And do I get to know these pointers? ;-)
No, they're top secret! Just kidding. Just skype me!
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