As a parent, the choices for extra-curricular activities can be overwhelming at times. Each child has varied interests and abilities, and each family budget is going to have additional challenges and constraints. Chances are, if you have found this blog, then you are interested in martial arts in general and the benefits of martial arts …
One of the biggest determining factors when choosing a martial arts class is the “vibe” of the class. When you walk into a gym or dojo, people will often feel out the class to see if it is a right fit for them. But what are they looking for? While different people may articulate it …
We are back! After taking a break for a few years, we decided to start up the club again, so over the past year we have been running the gym for friends and family out of our garage in Springfield. Setting up the garage space and new mat was a challenge, but has been so …
This is a Judo Montage. My wish is that people will use it as a resource to learn more about Harai Goshi. This is here as a guide so that people can watch and learn more about the wonderful throw. With much time and practice anyone can achieve a great level of mastery of Judo …
Turn on Youtube Annotations to get the translation to english. In this video series the Legendary Koga imparts his Judo wisdom. He covers many topics ranging from mindset, to uchikomi, to winning by ippon. Koga is an excellent instructor and he was also a legendary competitor in his time. He was most known for his …
These are all the recorded fights of Jesse that I know of. Jesse is a USA Judo Shodan who started his judo journey at the age of 16. Since then he’s had many competitions and we collected some of these videos here. We’ve includeded some videos from the rest of his training and journey here to be …
A video looking back at First Principles Judo Club in 2016. 2016 was a wonderful year. Kylee and Khloe started coming and made it all the way to yellow belt, London and Kennedy made great progress in their overall judo, and the Lackeys started attending class. Thank you to everyone for attending and putting in …
This is a video I made of our Judo class three years ago when it was out in Ozark! – Jesse Mann This video was edited by Jesse Mann. It’s a retrospective for our Judo class and family. A wise mentor once told me, “Never forget where you came from”. This video stands as a …
