Newer Female Grapplers, Learn Judo, Look To Germany’s Julia Dorny For Inspiration

March 7, 2022,

If you are a part of the global female grappling and fighting industry, you have most likely heard these words before.

Barbaric.

Lower class.

Not lady like.

Abusive.

There is a massive part of conservative society that absolutely believes that women should not be aggressive towards one another.

Ever.

Settle your issues in a civilized way.

Understood.

But if this pathway that many young women are now choosing is not about settling issues but creating them, competitive ones and honorable ones; isn’t that up to them to decide how their pathway should be viewed?

To be settled on the mats or heaven forbid in a cage.

For prize money.

In the PFL Challenger series, the potential purse was $1,000,000.

In 1990, there were 112 girls who participated in high school wrestling. For 27 straight years, girl’s high school wrestling has grown. In many of those years, the percentage of growth was 10% or more. In 2018, there were 16,562 and that number keeps surging.

That’s very inspiring.

Sometimes we need inspiration.

One beautiful young woman that is inspiring young girls to compete in wrestling is Germany’s three sport champion, Julia Dorny.

Ms. Dorny is the only female athlete in the world who has won championships in judo, mixed martial arts and sumo wrestling. She was the first German woman to become MMA European Champion and MMA World Champion in featherweight within the IMMAF amateurs.

Is there more?

When it comes to the mesmerizing life of Julia Dorny, there is always more.

In addition to her sports career, Julia works as a Media Scientist, journalist, and on-air reporter and presenter, for Deutsche Welle TV and N-tv.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and corporate communications in 2013.

In 2017 she completed her master's degree in media studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, majoring in the topic of "Framing in Journalism".

Since January 2020 Julia has been running her own podcast, "WOMEN HIT HARDER – The Female Power Podcast by MMA World Champion Julia Dorny" and regularly releases new episodes.

In April 2020 she was appointed to the "Athletes' Commission" of the IMMAF.

Very impressive.

What is so inspiring is how many reputable and exciting endeavors she is involved in.

When we research her Social Media, she is working out in the gym, of course, taking vacation pictures with family and friends, being interviewed on television, performing high end modeling shoots, being involved with helping others less fortunate and doing all of these things with a smile.

She is so personable.

So if Julia is the poster girl for the new world of dignified female grappling, how can it be so bad for girls who desire to compete?

For you newer female wrestlers, Julia competed and became a champion in Judo.

What is her secret?

In a television interview Julia explained that her hard work ethic is what has served her well.

Can learning Judo help your grappling game?

Absolutely.

Judo, described as the gentle way, is a system of unarmed combat, modern Japanese martial art and Olympic sport (since 1964).

The objective of competitive judo is to throw an opponent, immobilize them with a pin, or force an opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke. Therefore, it can surely help your grappling endeavors.

We see it as a supplement, but extremely important to learn.

Judo's philosophy revolves around 2 primary principles, applying the maximum efficient use of energy and mutual welfare and benefit.

Judo also influenced other combat styles such as close-quarters combat (CQC), mixed martial arts (MMA), shoot wrestling and submission wrestling.

Nice basics.

Are you interested in learning Judo to enhance your wrestling game?

You might enjoy this book.

Judo for Beginners

Your Comprehensive Guide to Judo Techniques, Takedowns & Tactics

By: Takanori Diaz

“Are you ready to learn how to train, defend & fight in Judo? If so, you've come to the right place.

Judo is without a doubt one of the most skillful, quickest growing sports in the world! With many striking styles, including throws and kicks, it's a great sport to watch, and even better to be a part of! Improve your fitness, confidence, self-defense skills & have fun with Judo.

There's a ton of other technical, complicated & drawn out books available out there, when I write it's no BS, no fluff. Just the information you want and need to get started.

Here's a preview of what Judo for Beginners contains:

• An overview of Judo
• Formalities and other preliminaries
• Warm up and basic training
• Judo throwing techniques
• Hip throws (Koshi-Waza) explained
• Foot throws (Ashi-Waza) explained
• Sacrifice throws (Sutemi-Waza) explained
• Understanding Katame Waza (Grappling techniques)
• Atemi Waza (Strikes) you need to know
• And Much more!

Very good. Sounds very well-researched, thoroughly experienced and relatable to wrestling.

Time for more.

Julia emphasized the key to her success was hard work.

As a female wrestler, if you decide to learn Judo, as obvious that sounds, applying it in reality is a must.

Now we want to be thorough.

We have a visiting writer who has some great ideas on how to educate you about taking up Judo.

Doing Solo Judo Training at Home

By Matt D'Aquino

Back in 2006 I was training really hard and ended up getting selected for my first ever training trip to Japan for two weeks and then Europe for four weeks.

Unfortunately due to and work commitments I had to leave later than the rest of the team and so I had to organize my own training by myself in Nagoya. Through a friend I grabbed a spot training at Chukyo University in Nagoya.

I arrived in Japan and got stuck into training. I ran or did weights in the morning and did three hours of solid Randori each and every night, I was doing really well against some fighters, but some of them were amazing technicians.

There was this one Judoka who trained at Chukyo University and his name was Michi. He was a tough fighter and we always had good fights against one another. I was going really well throughout my two weeks but on the second last round on my last day of training Michi pulled me around in a circle, but my foot got stuck on the mat. Then when he swept me with Osoto gari we both heard my knee go "snap, crackle and pop'.

It was horrible, I was alone and sad and my knee was the size of a balloon.

The next day I flew off to Europe and stupidly did another 4 weeks training on a torn ACL and torn medial meniscus. I trained at the Tata Training camp in Hungary before catching the train to Slovenia where I placed 7th in a Junior tournament and lost first round in the Dax cup.

I came home and had a knee reconstruction and was forced to have 11 months off Judo training. It was the worst. After a few months I started getting back into Judo training by doing a stack of solo Judo drills including:

- shadow uchikomi
- shadow moving uchikomi
- rubber band uchikomi
- rubber band exercises

Although after 11 months off training I found that when I came back to training it was like I had never left and this was due to the fact that I did a lot of solo Judo training at home.

Doing Judo at home is a great way to build your co-ordination skills, your timing as well as overall understanding of what you need to do each and every repetition.

There are many Judokas out there who believe that doing solo Judo drills at home can actually destroy your technique and create bad habits but I believe that if you do them properly then you benefits easily outweigh the negatives.

Judo Training at Home is great for people who cannot regularly attend Judo training and want to do something that is similar to Judo.

I encourage you all to perform shadow uchikomi as part of your warm ups or cool downs at training or in the gym. This way you are constantly thinking about Judo and in doing so your technique will improve.

Author: Matt D'Aquino
http://www.judoathome.com

Matt is the founder of Beyond Grappling fitness and conditioning. He is a 2008 Beijing Judo Olympian as well as nationally ranked freestyle wrestler and National Champion in Brazilian Jujitsu. Matt has a passion for teaching all aspects of grappling especially the fitness and conditioning aspect. Recently he has been traveling the world aiming to qualify for his second Olympic Games.
To learn more about Matt and his fitness and conditioning training visit http://www.judoathome.com

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