George Takei feels like half the reason I still even used twitter.
A lot of the communities I interacted with because people shilling their products, but George remained.
Swapping to Mastodon was something I had low expectations for, but it turned out great.
Good sacrifice techniques are so slick, so don’t be shy about it. They are also a great setup for newaza!
I can’t pick just one technique because newaza and tachiwaza techniques both have their own allure.
For tachiwaza, I love uchi mata and seoi nage. It is so satisfying to hit a big throw with a clean landing. In newaza, juji gatame is my go to.
Sadly I haven’t. I might be travelling to Asia in the next year or two so it is definitely on my list of places to go. I would love to go to a university club and get destroyed.
I started judo because there was a demo at my elementary school and I thought it was cool.
17 years later, I have gotten to travel all over the world and meet a ton of really cool people. I haven’t done judo the past few years due to COVID and grad school; however, I finally have time to get back into it again and I am really excited!
I read that as hot pickles and got realllllllly confused until I reread it.