Randori

So all these things are getting in our way.

Yet, you know, as well as anyone, if you've done some Randori on the mat, that, you know, if things are coming at you, you're kind of learning to almost lead things towards you, lead it.

So, so, uh, so kind of use it to your advantage in some way.

Um, so I don't know what the, everyone's got their own kind of take on, you know, I said, you know, maybe it's happening for a reason or something like that.

You know, you start making... putting big big challenges in front of you at that sort of time of life or asking you know yourself what you're actually doing with your life but it took me another two years to get the fitness and to even build up the courage to get on the judo mat again um and that took that took a little while of getting back to and I've got memories one of my old trading partners or friends at camberley judo club it's a lady called laura mccallister um i actually borrowed her kit and people who know us we're quite different in size you know she's a lot taller than me as well so i had to borrow one of her kits and went back on the mat at high wickham and and absolutely loved it and then i think i don't know what possessed me but i decided to go back to camberley judo club and And it really took quite a long time to get sort of match fit.

The Randori there is really, really hard and it's a full time centre.

So in real terms, you've got people in their sort of early to mid 20s.

They're all on the world tour, you know, IJF world tour and things like that.

So I was travelling to the club sometimes once, twice a day, but that was pretty much Monday to Friday.

And you'd end up probably on average having two sessions.

So it would be the mixture of technical and then Randori.

Randori was usually held in the evening, although I believe maybe they still run a Wednesday session.

If it's static, it's bad.

If you're doing a Randori, it's not bad on these mats because you're kind of used to falling on them.

But if it's static and you just get thrown, it's rough.

Well, at least it won't.

How often are you training now? Three days a week when I can.

Three days a week.

I try to train with everybody when we have class and Randori with everybody as much as I can.

Is that more

The eight directions teach you possibilities.

Randori teaches you reality.

So now let's get into Kazushi through reaction.

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