Kumi Kata
20 Seasons
Grip fighting is one of the most important aspects of judo. Our Superstar Judo coaching library contains over 150 videos of the world's greatest judoka revealing their gripping techniques, strategies and tricks.
Learn numerous grip breaks, the ways to pin the sleeve and dominate the lapel, getting to the opponent's back, using the head, the benefits of posture and movement, gripping game-plans, and transitions into both Tachi waza and Newaza.
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Bouncing to get a reaction | Euan Burton
Episode 1
One of Burton’s most effective ways to get a reaction from an opponent is to bounce his weight up and down when gripped up.
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03:12Episode 2
Right v left twitch | Euan Burton
Episode 2
When fighting against a left handed opponent, Burton – a right hander, has a good twitch to get their left leg back, so that he can throw with his Uchi mata.
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04:27Episode 3
Controlling the distance | Euan Burton
Episode 3
A big part of Euan Burton’s game was strong and offensive gripping. Burton, a right hander, shows how he likes to control the distance when fighting a left handed opponent.
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03:41Episode 4
Breaking The Lapel Grip | Euan Burton
Episode 4
Burton shows his strongest grip break against right handed opponents who like to take his lapel
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02:56Episode 5
Catching the sleeve | Euan Burton
Episode 5
In a right versus right situation one of Burton’s key objectives is to dominate his opponent’s right hand. Here Burton shows how he prevents his opponent from getting their lapel grip
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Blocking the arm coming over | Euan Burton
Episode 6
Here Burton shows his strong and aggressive response if an opponent tries to throw their arm over the top
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Lapel and arm over the top grip | Euan Burton
Episode 7
Burton shows one of the ways he likes to control his opponent’s head
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03:41Episode 8
Dealing with high arm | Euan Burton
Episode 8
Burton shows one of the ways he neutralises a strong right handed fighter.
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Cross grip and arm over the top | Euan Burton
Episode 9
Here Burton’s shows a very unorthodox grip from which many of his throws came
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Kumi kata - Controlling the lapel, overview vs opposite | Ugo Legrand
Episode 10
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand introduces the methods he uses to control the lapel of right handed opponents.
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Kumi kata - Controlling the lapel, lapel movement vs opposite | Ugo Legrand
Episode 11
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand reveals the lapel movement he uses for controlling right handed opponents.
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Kumi kata - Controlling the lapel, using the elbow vs opposite | Ugo Legrand
Episode 12
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand reveals how he uses his elbow when controlling the lapel of right handed opponents.
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Kumi kata - Controlling lapel, creating distance vs opposite | Ugo Legrand
Episode 13
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand reveals how he creates distance off controlling the lapel of a right handed opponent.
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Kumi kata - Pinning the sleeve using seam vs opposite | Ugo Legrand
Episode 14
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand introduces how he pins a right handed opponents arm by using their sleeve seam.
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Kumi kata - Pinning the sleeve using outside seam | Ugo Legrand
Episode 15
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand demonstrates how he uses the outside seam on the opponents sleeve to pin their arm.
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Kumi kata - Pinning the sleeve using inside seam | Ugo Legrand
Episode 16
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand demonstrates how he uses the inside seam of the opponents sleeve to pin their arm.
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Kumi kata - Pinning the sleeve - Competition variations | Ugo Legrand
Episode 17
Olympic Medallist Ugo legrand show us how he pinned his opponents sleeve using the seam in competition.
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Kumi Kata - Pinning The Sleeve, forearm grip vs opposite | Ugo Legrand
Episode 18
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Kumi kata - Pinning The Sleeve, forearm grip in competition | Ugo Legrand
Episode 19
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Kumi kata - Pinning the sleeve, overview | Ugo Legrand
Episode 20
Former European Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist Ugo Legrand reveals how he pins the opponents sleeve after breaking off their lapel grip.
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Kumi kata - Pinning the sleeve, from sleeve grip break | Ugo Legrand
Episode 21
Former European Champion and Olympic Bronze medalist Ugo Legrand reveals how he pins the opponents sleeve after breaking their sleeve grip off.
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Kumi kata - Controlling the sleeve - Overview vs same | Ugo Legrand
Episode 22
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand introduces the methods he uses to control the sleeve of left handed opponents.
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Kumi kata - Controlling the sleeve - Second arm vs same | Ugo Legrand
Episode 23
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand shows how to bring in the second arm to control the sleeve of left handed opponents.
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Kumi kata - Controlling the sleeve - The catch vs same | Legrand
Episode 24
Former Olympic Bronze medalist and European Champion Ugo Legrand shows the catch he uses to control the sleeve of left handed opponents.