Neil Adams
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first heard Apr 2024
last heard Apr 2024
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I think that the first time, first senior European championships I fought, I fought Nevzorov, but he was only one of my contests. Then I had to fight a Frenchman for third place, but he totally outgripped me. And, um, and I remember I was more upset though I won the contest. I was more upset that he totally outgripped.
out he did outgrip me and and i was more upset and then i fought him a year later and outgripped him all right so it was um it was one of those you know it was a learning process all the way through yeah that like frustration is like whatever that does to your your soul
They just... Yeah, there's world champions in the dojo. You know, there's people that never make it out. You know, I remember we were training, like, so... And everybody that goes to Japan... All my friends that have been world Olympic champions, they all know what I'm talking about.
They know exactly who I'm – what I'm saying is that when we go to the dojos there, we all get thrown by people that never come out to be world champions. You know, they're just in the mix. Or they're going through three years of university and then they go – we had a guy – We had a guy that came in. He was a business guy. He came in with his suitcase and his briefcase like that.
He's got his tie up like that. So he decides he's going to come in and he gets changed and he's in his lunch hour. He's in his lunch hour, right? So it's got to be quick.
So he comes in and he goes through. He's working his way through the whole of the British team. We're all lined up, right? He's just working his way through the whole of the British team. And I knew it was my turn next. So I get hold of him and I throw him immediately. And then it was what we were talking about when it happens in the first few seconds of the practice.
So then I had four minutes of him coming at me and I'm going up into the air and I'm twisting off and I'm like that. And then like everybody's laughing at the side of the map or the whole British team. He's gone through the whole British team. And then he, 10 minutes later, he's just tying his tie up like that, you know, and back to work.
Like, you know, imagine him sitting behind his desk and his computer.
I'm glad he didn't get out.
Hopefully.
Kashiwazaki Sensei is my favorite of all favorites. He is what I would call a judo genius. I don't know if you can get him up here. Can we get him up? Yeah. So go into 1981 World Championships. And, uh, and I'll talk you through the great Kashima Zaki. He was one year, uh, in great Britain and he was, uh, he was a guy that was so much a genius. All right.
So you want the final of the under 60, 65 kilograms there, the one at the top, this is him. He is, uh, two weight categories below my weight category that I won the world championships same year. I won it. So this is, it's not, I'm not sure if this is going to show his final of. This is a highlight. Watch this. This he did in the final of the world.
Yeah, and then he was on top for the Neuaze and renowned for his groundwork. And he was on top against a really strong Romanian guy, all right? So his transition was just phenomenal.
So he's just showing you. So he does this coachy thing just to create space. Oh, wow. And it's his follow through into groundwork that is best of all. And then the Romanian, really strong, like I say, he'd gone all the way through to the final of the World Championships, winning most by Ipon, I think, the Romanian. And he's defending really, really well here. And you can see how persistent.
He knows exactly what he wants. He's just got to get his leg out. Now, watch. He'll tie the arm up, and then he'll pull the top leg towards him. And then he'll push the bottom one off.
With both feet. Always working. Always working. Readjust the balance. Still one leg trapped. Final of the World Championships. Good referee because he's refereeing something here that's happening, you know, that's going to decide as to whether. So he doesn't call it to stand it up at all. Watch him pull the top one now and he'll push the bottom one.
Calm. Pushes the bottom leg. Leg out. Job done. All finished. This is him again. Watch this. This is another technique that he does. And then just, again, sacrifice directly in. Directly into the Niwaza.
In Judo.
Yeah, I mean, because we haven't got that long. I mean, we had more time here. They've just brought more time back. So we've got more time to transition in and to get the situation that we want and to get the attacking situation that we want. Because, you know, I remember I was teaching in America to some jujitsu guys and they were saying, oh, we'll never give you our back.
And I said, with judo rules, certain situations... It happens that, you know, when we try and do throws where we're facing away from our opponent, you know, so like, for example, Cienagis, if they fail, then the back is there, you know, and that's how we get the back. And it's a different situation, you know, than going on your back in the guard situation. Totally different.
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