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Awesome Judo Highlight

Judo Newaza

Some beautiful Judo newaza, or ground fighting. Some beautiful transitions to submissions. Judo Newaza has a much faster pace then BJJ due to the time constraints in JUdo competition.

Turtle Sweep and triangle attack against turtles opponent

Stephan Kesting of grapplearts.com and Mike Lee show some turtle techniques. I really like the judo tie in here. Judo and bjj are two sides of a coin and really complete each other.

Damian Maia triangle from half guard

Strength or conditioning?

What do you think is more important? I have always been biased towards strength. Part of that is based on my natural preferences and strengths. I prefer lifting to running. However, since my main focus has always been self defense, I feel strength is more crucial. As one of my online buddies has often said, " in the real world, relative strength doesn't mean shit". It is much more likely for some one to over power me in a street altercation then out last me. I figure if I can go hard for 3-5 minutes, my conditioning is good enough and I can spend more time getting stronger.
Now if competition is your goal, conditioning is way more important. Weight classes limit the strength difference and more fights have been lost to gassing then anything else. If you are still going strong late in the match, you will be more effective.

What are your thoughts?

Tito Ortiz Highlight

In honour of Tito Ortiz' Retirement fight last night here is a highlight I found. Tito was a MMA pioneer and a warrior who fought the best of the best his whole career. Although he lost last night, it was almost the perfect way to go, losing a close fight to another former champion. Enjoy.