Dimitri Dragin is one of the World’s best practitioners of Ashi waza.

Throughout his competitive career the list of those he foot-swept is like a who’s who of Judoka.

He was able to execute his De Ashi Barai from almost any position

Although intending to attack with De Ashi barai, in competiti...

Here is Dimitri Dragin’s De Ashi Barai from a standard right vs right position.

Of all of Dragin’s De Ashi Barai variations this was his most successful.

It’s a perfect example of what Dragin’s Judo is all about.

Using his whole body to apply pressure onto his opponent, getting a reaction and ...

The thing that made Dimitri Dragin so dangerous with his feet, was his ability to execute Ashi Waza against both right and left handed opponents from a wide variety of positions.

Even when up against a strong left hander who has a dominant grip over the top, Dragin could find a solution. And thi...

When Dimitri Dragin finds himself in an uncomfortable right v right situation, he has ways to change it.

Dragin doesn’t look to escape, but instead he chooses to use it to his advantage, it was a scenario he trained for.

With both fighters being in a right handed stance all their weight is on ...

Dragin’s Left Ippon Seoi Nage is an attack he executes from a right stance.

To make it happen he has to create distance between himself and his opponent and have a lapel grip.

Dragin can do it against right or left handed opponents. But he says it works best against opposite stance opponents, w...

Against right handers, Dimitri Dragin’s focus is getting Uke out of their right handed stance. But when against left handers feels he can attack without a large set-up - his favourite technique in this situation is a Left Drop Seoi Nage.

Dragin will only do this attack if he is dominating the K...

Dimitri Dragin’s Sumi Gaeshi is executed in a right vs right scenario, where both fighters have a traditional grip of sleeve and lapel

He has 2 main variations

The first is his twitch set up variation. Dragin uses this when the opponent is in a more upright position.

The twitch is used to get...