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The Shintaro Higashi Show
Everything Judo and some musings about life with Shintaro Higashi and his trusty sidekick Peter Yu.
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Coaching - An Interview With Chris Round
Episode Date: June 12, 2023In this week's episode, Shintaro sits down with Chris Round-- an accomplished Judoka and a PhD candidate who has a very unique, academic approach...
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Fundamentals and Progression in Judo
Episode Date: June 5, 2023Judo is said to have a very steep learning curve, which may be quite discouraging for beginners. One way to combat this is to create smaller milestone...
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Running Judo Tournaments - An Interview With Ramon Hernandez
Episode Date: May 29, 2023In this special episode, Shintaro sits down with Ramon Hernandez, a former competitor and current dojo owner who is an active member of the Tri-state...
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Judo for Old Guys
Episode Date: May 22, 2023There is a popular belief that Judo is a young man's game, and it may be better for "old guys" to find an alternative that is less taxin...
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JUDOTV.COM
Episode Date: May 15, 2023The IJF recently launched a new streaming website called JUDOTV.COM, which caused a bit of controversy on Reddit, especially around its cost. What'...
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How to Create Judo Content
Episode Date: May 8, 2023One of the main things Shintaro and Peter emphasized in their previous episode "What Can You Do for the Sport of Judo Right Now?" was to cre...
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Judo Drills
Episode Date: May 1, 2023The traditional Judo training doesn't involve a whole lot of drills. It usually starts with a warm-up, standing uchikomi's, moving uchikomi...
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Osamah Almarwai - IBJJF World No-Gi Champion
Episode Date: April 24, 2023In this special episode, Shintaro sits down with the current IBJJF World No-Gi Champion Osamah Almarwai to talk about his illustrious BJJ career, and...
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Reinier de Ridder - ONE Middleweight World Champion
Episode Date: April 17, 2023In this special episode, Shintaro sits down with ONE Middleweight World Champion Reinier de Ridder (RdR) to talk about his lifelong martial arts journ...
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Chatri Sityodtong - CEO of ONE Championship
Episode Date: April 11, 2023ONE Championship, a global combat sports titan, is coming to America! In this special mid-week episode, Shintaro sits down with Chatri Sityodtong to d...
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Safety in Judo
Episode Date: April 10, 2023We all know Judo can be rough on the body. This aspect of Judo can be a limiting factor in growing Judo's popularity. What kind of steps can we ta...
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What Can You Do for the Sport of Judo Right Now?
Episode Date: April 3, 2023We have all heard of Shintaro's idea on how to grow Judo in America: a grassroots, bottom-up approach that starts with the local Judo communities....
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Benefits of Teaching Judo
Episode Date: March 27, 2023We all know the benefits of learning Judo, but how about the flip side: are there any benefits of "teaching" Judo? Not many of us are in the...
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Shintaro is a BJJ Black Belt!
Episode Date: March 20, 2023Shintaro recently received his BJJ black belt from his friend Brian Glick, a Danaher black belt. In this episode, Shintaro talks about what that means...
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Shintaro’s Current Training
Episode Date: March 13, 2023Many of you may be curious about what Shintaro's current training looks like. How many times a week does he do Judo? How about BJJ? Does he lift at al...
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Teaching Styles
Episode Date: March 6, 2023Judo teaching styles have evolved over the years, and Shintaro is a living embodiment of that evolution. In this episode, Shintaro describes how his f...
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Mat-side Coaching
Episode Date: February 27, 2023Coaching doesn't end in the dojo. When an athlete participates in a competition, their coach usually is by their side on the mat, shouting out encoura...
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Cardio Judo
Episode Date: February 20, 2023Most people, when they say they do boxing, do what they call "cardio boxing"-- using boxing as a means of exercise, not as a combat sport. This is mas...
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Our First Impression on Shuai Jiao
Episode Date: February 13, 2023By popular demand, Shintaro and Peter are talking about Shuai Jiao! They're no experts of Shuai Jiao, so in this episode, they focus more on their fir...