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Entertaining video of Shintaro Higashi training with his students and some visiting Judoka.

Link.

Enjoy.

Hey r/bjj,

As my life progresses, I am less connected with the community, but I've always enjoyed reading people's promotions posts (even white belt stripes), so I do one every time I'm ranked up.

Many of you probably know me as the crochety Judoka who tells everyone they suck at takedowns (which is mostly true). A lot has changed since I started many years ago. The community has grown more than I ever thought it would and has shifted culturally as well. I am slowly beginning to relate to old timers talking about how it was "back in their day".

I have been teaching BJJ since 2014, was promoted to purple in 2016, and spent around ~2,000 mat hours as a purple belt (I have it recorded

• Ashi Ude Garami

• Sankaku Ashi Garami

• Ashi Hara Garami

Help me out here. I didn't want to overcomplicate the nomenclature, but I've seen it called different things.

Yesterday I had the opportunity of awarding a kyu rank to a committed student, but I added some rank requirements to the already pretty thorough USJA Senior Rank Requirements.

I asked him to demonstrate:

• 1 forward throw when uki has a single leg

• 1 rear throw when uki has a single leg

• 1 forward throw when uki ducks under and body locks

• 1 rear throw when uki ducks under and body locks

• 1 way to over come a stiff arm to the collar

• 1 way to over come a stiff arm to the hip

• 1 way to over come a low, broken stance (Guard Pulling / Low Shooting Wrestling)

These felt appropriate since a lot of our Judoka cross train BJJ &amp