The Judo is the art and the science of the imbalance, that means that to demolish the rival in Judo it previously requires to unbalance the opponent; if that elementary but complex procedure is not followed, then, we are not making Judo.

In the world-wide championships actions of counterattack are seen, but they are characterized by a high dose of force, that turns the Judo free fight. Generally it is used Ura nage, Kata guruma, and any other thing that is to raise in weight to the rival and to turn around it. They are mechanical acts, tried well, very spectacular; but they lack the law of the minimum effort, they are absent of art, they do not have Judo in its composition.

The mechanisms of the combat include understand actions of attack, defense, and counterattack. A STRATAGEM battle little used exactly is counterattack; counterattack is really all a school within the Judo, requires masters, precision, flexibility, speed, and varied resources.

An interesting example to analyze is the Uchimata sukashi of the Japanese champion Shinohara. It applies it with great masters, and in the art of counterattack it is necessary to risk, to invite to the attack of the rival, doing to feel it trusted so that it aims his attack, one goes away in false and it loses his balance.

The FLEXIBILITY is to do all in opposition to which they do commonly most of judokas, as it is to put itself rigid, tense, with minimum mobility, but surprising; attacking with use of great force, linear and frontal attacks; all in opposition to which the Judo is really.

The art of counterattack begins by the lose of the body, no rigidities, no stiffness; much flexibility, elasticity; it is necessary TO MOVE with talent, and these displacements can be short, long, circular, semi circular; times cutting the exit of the rival, others shortening distances, others preventing its turns or advances.

These gestures allow TO SENSITIZE the body and TO ALERT the mind for the reactions. The work of feet is done on the fingers, since the boxers do, jumping softly, in rate and compass, wheedling with shoulder and hip movements.

Consider, that the body is a place of arrival with many TARGETS that to touch. Arms, average zone, legs; all are soft spots and also strong points of the handle. Let us see an example, You you want to apply to Harai goshi, that it is a hip technique.

The BIOMECHANIC of the Judo indicates that a HANDLE must exist, and a strong point of the handle to carry out sends, that must have a contact between the bodies that generates two forces, a centrifuge and the other centripetal one; and that in addition must have an angle of attack, a direction and a sense in that elliptical way that they cross the bodies.

If you enter straight Harai goshi, its STRONG POINT will be the zone of ingle of Uke, and the handle that raises will be the leg that it sweeps, and the traction handle will be the arms of Tori, the DIRECTION gives the head it of Tori, and in that sense the body of Tori moves; the SENSE is downwards and towards the left of Tori, whose body moves in an imarginary circular line.

However, as you work your DISTANCE, in Shintai it is necessary to learn to move, to walk linearly and upon circles, to change of GUARD according to it agrees, to knowing how to modify a SCENE battle; returning an attack in counterattack effective, returning an intention of attack in an insolvent intention of its opponent.

And that is done learning to walk with flexibility, looseness and SECURITY on tatami. Learn to neutralize flexible using the arms, for it plays with his wrists, they are the SENSORS of his system of defense. An advance or an intention of attack can be neutralized closing the hands or opening these like fan, or crossing a hand and pushing in the zone of the chest or the navel of its rival; or perhaps upwards pressing the elbows of the opponent.

Those artifices will prevent that his rival can enter easily, and avoids the struggle, that in addition to being ugly, is ineffective and invites to the excessive use of the force, weakening the real Judo. Teach to his body and to its mind to use the easy way, the one of the Judo.

The ANTICIPATION, this is one of the essential factors in a defense system, if you acquire a good perception, sensitivity so that it allows to know the intention him of his rival, will have a great advantage to its favor; the materialization of its thoughts will be able to be anticipated; feel as it takes hold he, in his force of takes hold is the detail, whenever it will attack will take hold more fort, when one gets tired, takes hold it more loose.

As can be anticipated, changing to him of guard, crossing it, advancing before he, or backing down, or eluding it. You need fractions seconds before to decide as TO RECEIVE an attack; because on like you receive, the effectiveness will depend on its COUNTERATTACK.

To receive an attack means to allow the contact, the beginning of the contact, its mind is a wonderful computer that will warn to him when to act. If they attack to him with Of ashi harai, you can hope to feel the contact of the foot to block and to counterattack with Hiza guruma; or before feeling the contact of the foot of tori, eluding and to apply to Tsubame gaeshi. That is one decision that its level of training and its scheme of SPEED OF REACTION will allow it to decide.

What is a resistance? The defense mechanism that usually is observed in the matches and generally in the Judo, is the RESISTANCE; on her the defense rests, and when this one is broken by a greater weight, or by a superior force, the defense is VULNERABLE.

Judoka that uses the resistance like foundation of its defense, adopts a rigid POSITION; and his guard tends to be in Jigotai, often fights bent, like dubbing downwards. The TANDEM moves it towards back. And the BASE of its guard is horizontal.

The resistance attitude has the disadvantage that once received the attack, the body remains in zero OPTIONS, like readdress or TO REDIRECT counterattack that comes from the received attack. And if the force or the weight of the rival is superior, the resistance will be overcome.

The resistance attitude has the disadvantage that once received the attack, the body remains in zero OPTIONS, like PARRY or TO REDIRECT counterattack that comes from the received attack. And if the force or the weight of the rival is superior, the resistance will be overcome.

Being based on the PRINCIPLE of the Judo, of the MAXIMUM RESULT with the MINIMUM EFFORT, which is advised to do is to follow three fundamental steps in the stratagem of a defensive SYSTEM. As they are the BLOCKADE, the NEUTRALIZATION, and the EVASION.

When you are going to be attacked, supposedly, she does not know when, nor like, she will receive the attack. For that reason, we spoke of the anticipation, like a method that involves certain measures provisory and of ALERT, that they warn, or they allow an INITIATIVE to him to neutralize the attack.

Or I mentioned that in the wrists and hands they are the sensors or RADARS against an intention of attack; and something that is very important, to learn to study the movements of the rival. Certain positions of their feet, their base, of their guard, are indicating of what technique class wants to use.

The way of as it moves his body, and of what type of takes hold uses; it will use takes hold different if one is techniques of foot, or hands, or hip. STATIC remains, is never DYNAMIC in their positions and positions, not giving white the rival.

What means to neutralize an attack? An attack has a route space, you you can interrupt the advance in some point of that space that crosses the technique of its rival, is no then reception of the attack. An attack is neutralized, when this one in its race of advance is interrupted, that is to say, is not completed, does not arrive at the target, is turned aside or cut in its way.

From that point, counterattack is applied, but, taking advantage of its force, its weight, its speed, its intention; the offensive strength, will be lost, or its VECTOR will be disturbed. And from that point a technique of counterattack will be executed, that could follow a same direction, or changing the direction, to print as well another added force.

For example, the one of ashi barai, the sweeping of tori does not arrive at its target, in the way is eluded and intercepted, applying to it him a Tsubame gaeshi, that is not another thing that of Ashi barai of against. What is a blockade. In the blockade, if the reception of the attack takes place, although this it does not get to complete itself, because it is stopped in his final section.

But the importance of a blockade resides in taking contact with the body from the attacker, stopping it in dry. And from that point to apply another technique of counterattack, in this case, the action of the weight, the force, of the speed, and intention of the rival is lost; no longer it can take advantage of because it was stopped in dry, and is necessary to start off of zero; that is, to apply to a technique of routing or redirection.

For example, against a Seoi nage, is stopped in dry with hip blockade right of Uke, and immediately, Tani otoshi is applied. In this case, the originating routing of a blockade, require of a high PRECISION and COORDINATION so that they are effective, otherwise, enters the useless struggle, and to the use of the uncontrolled force. These are the cases of the Utsuri goshi, Ushiro goshi, Ura nage, and other similar techniques of the Shimmeisho no waza.

What is to elude an attack? The technique of evasion of attacks, is one of the most aesthetic forms of the Judo, total of harmony, masters, security, opportunity, precision, coordination, and resources.

Like in the technique of neutralization, the anticipation and the precision they are elements important to avoid an attack; and that is acquired with many hours of careful training to elude or to evade is really an art of high technique, to the own style of Shihan Mifune. It requires great knowledge and dominion of the techniques of Kaeshi waza and Gonosen waza.

The technique consists of LETTING MAKE LET PASS the action of the rival, is the art TO AVOID the attacks. What one becomes, is to do that the force, the weight, the intention, the speed of the attack of the opponent is lost in the emptiness. Modernly, we can follow the world-wide champions Toshihiko Koga, Hidehiko Yoshida and Kosei Inoue; like exponents of this type of technique.

Let us say that you are attacked with O soto gari, once received the attack, becomes a brief pause, and soon you turn on your own axis 180 degrees, doing to in front of turn it to the rival and placing it you, there will be lost your action, by effect of this one avoiding and automatic turn, soon to apply to him to a Seoi nage like counterattack. The famous Uchimata sukashi of Shinohara is another example of this class of defense and counterattack.

A system of effective defense is based on a suitable experience in neutralizing, blocking, to avoid, to repulse the attacks of the opponent. Arranging simultaneously, of a rich baggage of resources, that give solidity to their defensive system.

Believe me, that you must dedicate many hours to not only practice wazas, but beside to investigate. What is to elude an attack. The technique of evasion of attacks, is one of the most aesthetic forms of the Judo, total of harmony, masters, security, opportunity, precision, coordination, and resources.

Like in the technique of neutralization, the anticipation and the precision they are elements important to avoid an attack; and that is acquired with many hours of careful training to elude or to evade is really an art of high technique, to the own style of Shihan Mifune. It requires great knowledge and dominion of the techniques of Kaeshi waza and Gonosen waza.

The technique consists of LETTING MAKE LET PASS the action of the rival, is the art TO AVOID the attacks. What one becomes, is to do that the force, the weight, the intention, the speed of the attack of the opponent is lost in the emptiness.

Modernly, we can follow the world-wide champions Toshihiko Koga, Hidehiko Yoshida and Kosei Inoue; like exponents of this type of technique. Let us say that you are attacked with Or grove gari, once received the attack, becomes a brief pause, and soon you turn on your own axis 180 degrees, doing to in front of turn it to the rival and placing it you, there will be lost your action, by effect of this one evade and automatic turn, soon to apply to him to a Seoi nage-like counterattack.

The famous Uchimata sukashi of Shinohara is another example of this class of defense and counterattack. A system of effective defense is based on a suitable experience in neutralizing, blocking to avoid, to repulse the attacks of the opponent. Arranging simultaneously, of a rich baggage of resources, that give solidity to their defensive system.

Believe me, that you must dedicate many hours to not only practice wazas, but furthermore to investigate, like incorporating the movements to the capacities of its body. Because if you recognize your limitations, it has the security, that will know how far can arrive in its preparation., like incorporating the movements to the capacities of its body.

Because if you recognize your limitations, it has the security, that will know how far can arrive in its preparation.

Author: Professor Néstor Figueroa
All rights reserved.
For exclusive academic use only.