Judo Basics by Shintaro Higashi
50 reviews ยท 4.96 / 5
Shintaro Higashi ยท Combo
Low Risk Judo Throws For BJJ by Shintaro Higashi has 39 customer reviews in this archive, averaging 4.92 out of 5. 92% are five-star and 0 are one or two stars. Reviews run from February 2, 2021 to June 25, 2026. All of them are published below in full, unedited.
16 of these reviewers gave their belt rank when they submitted the review. BJJ Fanatics asks for rank, age and years training at the point of review, so this breakdown is self-reported by the customer.
| Belt | Reviews | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Purple | 7 | 5.0 |
| White | 4 | 5.0 |
| Blue | 3 | 5.0 |
| Brown | 1 | 5.0 |
| Black | 1 | 5.0 |

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I found this really helpful for the basics of stand up.
Really useful and easy Takedowns!
Safe throws that do not expose the back.
Needs better audio quality from a mic lavalier or boom stik
Good job. Could use better audio equipment to negate echo, and give clearer audio
Judo good
Excellent addition to your library of learning.
Great instructional and very applicable!
This is a great resource on standup for BJJ. There are so many little details that you don't normally see that will immediately improve your game. Worth every penny.
Great, straight forward instructional on implementing low risk judo throws to your game. I found it immediately applicable and helped me strategize my standup game.
so very helpful
low risk judo
Great judo techniques
great details
well suited standing game for jj
I really enjoy seeing Shintaro make judo for BJJ videos. This is a nice simple system. It could go a touch more into the technique execution but its still great
Really awesome intro to a complete system for pulling guard aggressively to end up on top :D
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It improved my standing game
Simple and effective techniques with counters and setups
simple and detail class
Picked this up because my takedowns **** and wrestling doesn't seem to click for me. Been working on it and I feel much more confident standing in Jiu Jitsu.
The course shows you what it said to do. You can try for these throws and if you miss them, no big deal. Good course.
Higashi's teaching style is highly accessible, making the techniques and concepts easy to understand and apply. He expertly breaks down each throw into its fundamental components, emphasizing proper technique, timing, and positioning. This attention to detail ensures that practitioners can execute the throws with precision and confidence.
love the instruction, simple to understand and covers small details well
good teaching method
A very good and straight forward to the point instructional for your stand up game.
Perfect system to start with for takedowns in bjj, even if youโve never done any judo or if you have a good refresher. Great for all skill levels a the video instructions are very clear an understandable.
What sets this video apart from other videos about using Judo for BJJ is that Higashi presents a unified system and full game. Each throw leads into another in a beautiful circle of endless attack. This is also a great Judo system for Judo because you can see where turn throws might be inserted.
I wish I saw this video years ago! Great explanations and details from judo that apply to bjj as well. If your standup needs work like mine than this is a must have
Really good approach for people first getting into takedowns. I like the approach of looking at this strictly from the BJJ perspective, and working with low rik manuevers
my stand up is garbage but i've been able to hit the moves from this instructional with little risk. learned a lot of new cool things!
Good introduction of judo throws geared to the BJJ player who have different rules set and exposing the back can be a liability. Helpful for the stand up game. Shintaro Higashi is a great judo couch and I like his material.
highly recommended for not judokas
Simple and Understandable Skill at standing position
When I got this instructional a year ago, I was a pretty new white belt and had no confidence in my stand-up game. I could never hit osoto gari or ogoshi techniques on a resisting opponent even though we drilled them in class. The reality is, I still usually can't... but Shintaro's instructional opened my eyes to the fact that I don't necessarily need to. Shintaro's system offers a better selection of techniques that are easier to become decent at AND they are lower risk. For me, that has translated into so much more confidence on my feet. And understandably so, the system helps increase your success rate AND eliminate most of the bad outcomes if you don't hit the technique. Don't get me wrong, the instructional does not replace the importance of having a killer osoto gari or ogoshi (they still are meat-and-potatoes weapons in a takedown specialist's arsenal), but it's more geared towards creating the most effective way of transitioning to the ground on terms that are beneficial to you. I've been following Shintaro online for a while and I think he's great as a teacher as well. Great content and a great teacher. Easy to give it 5 stars.
Well put together information on Judo that works for BJJ. For those that don't want to spend a lot of time and pain learning Judo.
Very eye opening foundational concepts that anyone can add to make their standup game even better. Shintaro does a great job of being very straightforward in his explanations and wasting no time showing you how it works. Even accidently sent his partner flying to the wall at one point.
He's really good with judo instructions. Check him out on Judo Fanatics! But also, what's great about this one is that these are the judo throws you can use in BJJ with "low risk." You don't want to do an Ippon Seoi Nage that gets your back taken on BJJ competitions and lose the match thereafter. This instructional has info. and directions on how to do Ippon Seoi Nage on BJJ competitions without running into troubles. Overall, it's a great instructional for 1) beginners or someone who needs to work on takedowns and 2) as a good transition for judoka competitors to go to BJJ competitions.
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