VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
Learn the Principles of Ground Fighting and Explore Individually Functional
Forms of Movement
In addition, the combative confrontation between the students should be
initiated in a more targeted manner with regard to typical ground fighting techniques.
Whereas the aim up to now has been to force the opponent to the ground or onto
their shoulders in some way – in accordance with the established rules – the focus
should now be on working with the students to identify the options available to the
combatants for permanently immobilizing the other (on the ground) or at least
putting them in an unfavorable position. To this end, students should work together
to figure out how to hold the other person down, which parts of the body to pull or
apply pressure to, and which movements require more or less effort. In order to limit
the search space and thus the range of possible movement solutions specific to judo,
three typical judo situations are chosen as a starting point.
(a) Your partner lies down on a mat with their arms at their sides and their
back flat. Now try to lie on top of your partner so that they cannot sit up. You are
not allowed to touch your partner.
(b) Your partner is lying on their back. This time, they must free themselves
from the supine position. You, on the other hand, must continue to keep your
partner's back on the mat and can hold their arms, legs, and shoulders to do so.
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