Monday, January 05, 2015

Judo newaza movement with a ball


Sensei Greg Ables at the recent Winter Intensive in OKC was hyping balance drills using balls, BOSU boards, and other stability training devices.  This is valuable because there is relatively little sport-specific solo exercise that we can do to improve our martial arts, and this is (I think) some of the best. 
 Stay tuned for some more examples...



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