Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 14 - Ippon Seoi Nage with Collar Grip

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 14 - Ippon Seoi Nage with Collar Grip

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Travis shows another variation of the seoi nage, now using a collar grip. Stressing the importance of the grip, Travis opens his arm and rolls his hand up his opponent's shoulder. His other hand is pulling the other arm up as well. Now he takes his steps and rotates into his opponent, bringing his elbow underneath the far arm. He finishes the throw by pulling the arm down and lifting his opponent as he did before.


Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 13 - Ippon Seoi Nage with Arm Grip

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 13 - Ippon Seoi Nage with Arm Grip

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Travis shows his favorite version of the ippon seoi nage from start to finish. With the collar grip, always on top of his opponent's arm, Travis first pushes the arm down, causing his opponent to push back up. Travis uses this opportunity to pull the arm up, and use his foot work to turn and close the distance, bringing his other arm underneath his opponent's arm. To finish the throw, he pulls down hard on the arm, lifts his opponent by raising his level and throws him over the top by bowing down.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 12 - Seoi Nage Drill

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 12 - Seoi Nage Drill

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Travis puts the footwork and the lifting together to work a seoi nage drill. He also breaks down the importance of distance based on how tall your opponent is or what his posture is. The taller your opponent, the closer you need to get to him to properly lift him up and throw him.

Travis Stevens BJJ for Judo 11 - Seoi Nage Footwork

Travis Stevens BJJ for Judo 11 - Seoi Nage Footwork

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Travis breaks down the footwork required for a seoi nage throw into three simple steps, turning himself 180 degrees. This drill can be done with a partner standing still to help gauge your distance, or it can be done on your own.

Travis Stevens BJJ for Judo 10 - Lifting Your Opponent

Travis Stevens BJJ for Judo 10 - Lifting Your Opponent

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Travis shows an exercise to practice properly lifting your opponent of his feet before you throw him. His partner holds his arms straight out and Travis turns his back to him and closes the distance. He grips the gi or wrists, squats and pulls his arms forward. Now Travis straightens his legs and pulls his partner forward, lifting him off the mat. From here, he can finish a throw simply by bowing.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 8 - Foot Sweep with 50/50 Grips

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 8 - Foot Sweep with 50/50 Grips

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Travis answers a student's question about how to take down your opponent when you both have the same sleeve grip pushing down. Travis lifts his front foot off the mat to put more weight down on his grip, and places his foot behind his opponent's foot, hooking his heel. He bends his knee and sweeps his foot out from under him for the takedown.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 6 - Fundamentals of Grip Fighting

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 6 - Fundamentals of Grip Fighting

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Travis covers many topics in grip fighting, including how to grip against an opposite side opponent, how to determine what stance your opponent is, how to transition from sleeve to collar grips, and he shows a drill to practice setting up your grips.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 5 - Making Grips on Opponent with Same Sided Stance

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 5 - Making Grips on Opponent with Same Sided Stance

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Travis' opponent now has a same sided stance as him, so his first step is to use his foot work to circle his opponent to the left. After closing the distance, he reaches for the sleeve, but his opponent pulls his hand away. Travis no punches his arm straight out to grip the lapel. Now he can circle step back to the right, and make a grip on his opponent's sleeve. From here, with both grips, he can now attack as he did before.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 4 - Inside Trip

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 4 - Inside Trip

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Travis sets up his sleeve grip as shown before, and makes a grip on the collar. His opponent reacts by bending over and backing up. Travis back steps to create an angle, and his other leg loops behind his opponent's ankle as he drops to his knee. His collar grip pulls the head to his body, and his other arm locks the leg to take his opponent down.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 2 - Closing the Distance

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 2 - Closing the Distance

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Travis goes over a little more advanced footwork that is used to circle your opponent, while simultaneously closing the distance, so you can make your first grip on him.

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 1 - Basic Footwork

Travis Stevens Judo for BJJ 1 - Basic Footwork

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In this series, Travis Stevens, a 3X Olympian, a silver medalist at the 2016 Olympic Games, and a BJJ Black Belt, teaches some of the Judo fundamentals that have helped him become the decorated competitor he is. To start off his seminar, he goes over some the very basic and very important footwork needed to perform the techniques he will be showing.

Inside The University 296 - Kata Guruma Drill

Inside The University 296 - Kata Guruma Drill

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Walking backward with the collar and triceps grip, when his opponent is stepping forward with the same side leg as the collar grip, Xande pulls the collar down as he squats and throws his other arm under the legs. In the second variation of the drill, Xande drops to his knees while pulling the collar, and dumps his opponent over his shoulder.