Lex Fridman's blog
Here are a few good articles from Lex Fridman's training blog from just the past couple of weeks:
- Grabbing the Leg is Legal Again — Not technically, but apparently de facto based on Lex's observation of the Tokyo Grand Slam. Gerald Lafon had a similar observation at the World Championships, also in Tokyo.
- Te Guruma Counter with Harai Goshi — From the Tokyo Grand Slam. The Dutch player makes the mistake of trying te guruma from behind her opponent.
- Avoiding the Penalty for Stalling in Judo — Players use meaningless fake footsweeps to look like they're attacking, and refs buy it. I don't know, seems like that's asking for tsubame-gaeshi.
- Wash Your Gi — Yes. And the vodka is an interesting suggestion.
I see Lex is not only a judo competitor, he's a computer science researcher, a poet, and a general all-around thinker. I came across his blog via comments on AnnMaria De Mars's latest blog post, "Luck of the Draw is (usually) a Load of B.S.".
January 4th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Lex is a friend of mine and I agree. His blog is very good. his posts are always very well thought out, well worded, and always seem to spark good debate and discussion which is definitely the sign of a well executed blog. I encourage everyone to check it out
Oh,and http://www.disabledgrappler.com is pretty good too HA HA HA
January 4th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
Thanks Andy. Great blog and YouTube channel. I like the Fall Promotionals video. I think I'll come up there to compete if there is one in Spring.
January 4th, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Yup, I subscribe to Disabled Grappler too!
Thanks for posting.
January 4th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Lex — cool, maybe I'll see you there.