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Juji-Gatame: The Ultimate Study by Neil Adams
- Uncover game-changing body mechanics that make Juji-Gatame easier than ever.
- Transition seamlessly between throws and trips directly into Juji-Gatame.
- Take advantage of failed attacks that provide opportunities to threaten with surprise Juji-Gatame techniques!
- Deploy combination attacks by countering the opponent's defense with multiple variations of Osaekomi, OR use Osaekomi to set up match-ending Juji-Gatame attacks!
- Make your Juji-Gatame razor-sharp with Olympic-level drills that Neil has used throughout his legendary career.
- Upgrade your Juji-Gatame With Neil’s Adams Ultimate Study series!
Course Content
Volume 1
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Welcome to the Course | 0 |
| About Your Instructor | 0:43 |
| Outlines and Objectives | 5:35 |
| Warm Up - Intro | 6:08 |
| Warm up Exercise 1 - Moving around Uke's Body - Weight & Balance exercise | 6:58 |
| Warm up Exercise 2 - The Flick Over | 8:50 |
| Warm up Exercise 3 - Flick over & Leg in - a Timing & Transition exercise | 10:56 |
| Warm up Exercise 4 - On our Back Spinning into position - Juji from underneath | 14:27 |
| Warm up Exercise 5 - Contact & Control | 16:19 |
| Hand Placement - Intro to Hand Placement | 17:24 |
| The Hook | 17:54 |
| Arm Pressure & Control | 20:02 |
| Lapel Grip Turn | 22:00 |
| Pressure on the Elbow & Forearm to Turn | 23:29 |
| Shoulder Catch & Crunching Hands | 24:51 |
| Thumbs up! & Focus on the Hands | 25:53 |
| Body Placement - Intro to Body Placement | 29:20 |
| Finding the Correct Angles in Transition | 29:53 |
| Spinning Underneath into Position | 31:23 |
| Body placement determines direction of attack | 32:53 |
| Angles of Attack | 35:28 |
| Balance Lines | 38:19 |
Volume 2
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Feet Placement - Intro to Feet Placement | 0 |
| Kata Version | 0:33 |
| Ude Hishigi Juji Gatami | 1:33 |
| Using the legs in turning your opponent | 2:08 |
| Controlling the head with the legs | 5:36 |
| Breaking Balance with the Legs | 7:11 |
| Head Placement - Intro to Head Placement | 12:35 |
| Using the Head to Control Movement in Ude Hishigi Juji Gatame | 13:10 |
| Pushing & Hooking the Head | 14:05 |
| Using the Thigh to Push the Head | 16:06 |
| Using the thigh from on the back | 17:09 |
| Pillow for the Head | 18:02 |
| Change of Direction - Head first | 19:38 |
| Transition - Intro to Transition | 20:36 |
| Tomoe Nage into Juji Gatame | 21:14 |
| Tai Otoshi into Juji Gatame | 22:09 |
| Ashi Waza into Juji Gatame | 24:01 |
| Kouchi Gari into Juji Gatame | 25:01 |
| Taking advantage of failed attacks | 25:52 |
| Through the Guard - Double Leg | 28:37 |
| Through The Guard - Single Leg | 31:13 |
| Grip Break - Intro to Breaking Grips | 32:42 |
| Half Nelson - Figure 4 Arm Squeeze | 33:15 |
| Using Sangaku legs to break the grip | 35:48 |
| Foot Hook | 37:00 |
| Figure 4 Away from the Head | 38:07 |
| Hip Lift | 40:09 |
| Chest Block | 41:32 |
| Double Turn | 42:44 |
Volume 3
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Escapes - Intro to Escapes | 0 |
| Arm Flick-Slip | 0:42 |
| The Walk Around Escape | 2:46 |
| Yatskevich Leg Trap & Roll | 3:50 |
| Turning Inwards | 6:00 |
| Combinations - Intro to Combinations | 7:23 |
| Adams Juji Gatame into Osaekomi | 8:06 |
| Yatskevich Juji Gatame into Hold | 9:21 |
| The Eckersley Combination | 10:08 |
| Osaekomi Over-roll into Juji Gatame | 11:23 |
| Sangaku Jime into Juji Gatame | 12:54 |
| Juji Gatame into Sangaku Jime | 14:52 |
| Counters - Intro to Counters | 17:41 |
| Ouchi Gari Counter | 18:09 |
| Faults & Fixes - Intro to Faults & Fixes | 19:17 |
| Keep it TIGHT! | 19:59 |
| Insufficient control of the head | 21:22 |
| Maintaining Pressure into the Joint | 23:00 |
| Leaning too far towards the head | 24:23 |
| Overbalance - Coming into too fast for The Catch | 25:43 |
| Elbow not stretched forward enough | 27:03 |
| Drills - Intro to Drills | 28:19 |
| Training Uke for Action & Reaction | 28:46 |
| The Catch Foot & Hand Together | 30:22 |
| Adams & Yatskevich variations with The Catch keeping pressure on the arm | 31:43 |
| Guard Position - Spinning each way | 32:56 |
| Spinning from Guard into Juji Gatame L&R Finishing | 33:47 |
| From The Guard Spin into Juji Gatame Plan B Osae Komi | 34:46 |
| Plan C Using the Over Balance | 35:58 |
| Continual flow of Plan A through to Plan D | 37:10 |
| Free movement - All Fours - Off the Back - Into the Roll - Hold down - Repeat | 38:32 |
| Whole Demos - Intro to Whole Demos | 40:30 |
| Double Label Roll | 40:58 |
| Full Yatskevich Roll | 42:06 |
| Full Roll with partner lying flat | 43:13 |
| Full Spinning from Underneath | 44:17 |
Volume 4
CHAPTER TITLE
START TIME
| Case Studies - Intro to Case Studies | 0 |
| Alexander Yatskevich (USSR) - u81kg | 0:29 |
| Asari (JPN) - u66kg | 11:14 |
| Flavio Canto (BRA) - Olympic Medallist u 81kg | 22:11 |
| Gawthorpe | 33:32 |
| Kayla Harrison (USA) - 2x Olympic Champion u78kg | 47:53 |
| Neil Eckersley (GBR) - Olympic Bronze Medallist u60kg | 55:24 |
| Ray Stevens (GBR) - Olympic Silver Medallist u86kg | 1:12:26 |
| Rhonda Rousey (USA) - Olympic Bronze Medallist u57kg | 1:16:33 |