I agree that dancing is an art, and it is very possible with out doing self damagee, but if you are trying to win then why risk it? I know it might be a bit newb-ish, but hey, look at my name
I totally forgot about the twisting bit that suo talked about. Alternating between twisting left and right when holding hands or hand and arm is a great tactic. With my older kick opener, it didn't usually DM an arm, but it did
almost enough to split. Then I would twist back and forth, usually resulting in thei lower half twisting off and flying away. If you do twist however, set every possible joint into it. If you are going to twist left, extend left pecs, contract right, rotate chest left, contract right elbow, extend left, and I usually contract right hip and extend left to give me some counterweight. It might also give you a nice free kick in if you contract abs as well.
This one is kind of obvious, but take the time to learn blocks for the most common openers. Learn defence against head hit openers, left and right kicks, leg steals, and sweeps. If a dude is using the same opener over and over, or alternating between left and right with the same opener, why not block it. I have always said that a lage part of judo is social engineering, so to speak. If a good player is a few people down in line, use one opener until it is his turn, then do an opener that works well against the counter for the opener you were using before. This works like a charm (and PID hates it, lol)
Last edited by NewbLuck; Dec 1, 2007 at 05:28 PM.