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Game/Activity
Leap Frogs (variation) Ippon seoi nage - Kami shiho
gatame
How to play
Coal Man
Ippon seoi nage/Morote seoi nage
pick up
 Start at the top of the mat - equal sized partners
 Take Seoi nage strong grip, good posture
 Walk, run to the end of the mat
Kami shiho gatame
escape activity
 One person to lie on their backs
 Tori kneels over partner at the head of Uke - on
all fours
 On Hajime, Uke tries to escape, instantly. Tori to
attempt to hold down
Crocodile Rolls
 Kami shiho gatame positions
 Roll down the mat or identified area.
 Partner either on all fours or on squatting
position (like a frog)
 Other partner, judo rolls over, stay's on their
back and then shrimps back through their
partners legs - head first, back to standing
position to restart
Variations
 Speed, first one to finish a set number, 10, 5 etc
 On Hajime, engage in situational randori
 Different rolling over positions
 Variation of heights for leap frog
 Working together, nage komi then into the attempt to
escape, control for the hold down.
 Change partners at the end of the mat
 Throw at the end in an identified space
 Team Games - 1 person to work through the team
Each pair to work within the team, change at each
end.
 Change activity 10, 15 seconds etc
 Change partners
 One arm holding - Ippon seoi nage grip
Safety
 Uke to tuck head in
when rolled over
 Space to allow for
Mae mawari ukemi
 Lesson activity to 3,2 or 1 roll. Engage in action
reaction movements
 Call Hajime at any time, to start situational randori
 If linear, be aware of
spacing between
pairs
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 Safety when throwing
 Tuck in chin, look
after partner
 Be aware of players
falling on each other
 Over pulling on
shoulder, may need
to change body
position for holding
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Game/Activity
Belt Game
Whole group activity
Equipment - Knotted Belt
How to play
 Pair players and split into two teams
 Give each pair a number
 Coach calls out a number, when their number is
called, crawl to grab the knotted belt and
attempt to return back to their place.
 If player wins the belt, partner encouraged to
pull the belt - tug of war
 When belt is in play, give 10 seconds to achieve a
point for their team. Nearest to their position
wins.
Variations
 Form a circle, coach to give numbers to pairs or touch
their heads. Players/pairs when identified to run in
the same direction until they return to their place,
kneel down and then crawl to the centre, grab the
belt and engage in tug of war
 Multiple numbers crawling/running
Safety
 Newaza game - no
standing up
 Circle - reinforce no
diving for the belt
 match players equally
when more than one
in play.
Face off
Avoidance and movement activity
 1 person to stand in centre of 1 x 1 mat or
identified area
 Uke to work on the lines of the mat - side
movements - Tai-sabaki
 Start facing, players to keep eye contact with
each other. Player in the middle to stay in the
centre but try to out manoeuvre their partner
 Start of slow to encourage good movement then
progress with speed
 Lesson the space between players
 With grips as if applying a throw - to avoid
 Use session throws
 Group spatial
awareness
 If throwing reiterate
ukemi
Land and Sea
 Group to stand on a line e.g. coaching line, edge
of the contest area
 Two footed fast jump,
 Jump over the line into the sea, jump back
behind the line, onto land.
 Loosing balance, action too slow or extra
movements - eliminated from the game
 players to have 3 lives each depending on numbers of
group
 use variation of movements, side jumps, hopping etc
 Hands to be down by
players sides
 Not to pull anyone
over if off balance
 Two teams
 Place flip flop or knotted belt in centre of mat
equally between pairs
 One team to jog up to the belt, O uchi entry
pattern around the belt, good posture and
movement. Jog backwards to starting position
 Next team to go on command of Hajime
 Number teams 1 and 2
 Vary the activity, 1, 1, 2, 1 etc..
 Continue from central O uchi gari movement to
partner and then throw.
 Space when throwing
 Ushiro ukemi, tuck in
chin
 Keep hold of partner
when throwing
All group, elimination game
O uchi gari activity
Whole class involvement
Equipment - knotted belt, flip flop
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Game/Activity
Belt Football
De Ashi Barai/Ko uchi Gari Paired/whole class involvement
Equipment:
Knotted belt required
How to play
 Pair players and to place opposite each other,
along the mat
 1 player to stand with a wide stance
 Player 2 to stand side on with the knotted belt.
Sweep the belt towards their partners legs to
score a goal.
 Change players
Variations
 Set up activity for the sweeping action for Ko uchi
gari. Back to the goal, step back and to sweep the
belt into the goal.
Safety
 Players running for
their belts if misfired,
while others are
sweeping
Push me - Pull me
Paired activity, whole class
involvement
 2 lines down the centre of the mat
 Pull: Take a right handed judo grip and stance.
Pull their partner to the side of the mat.
Reinforce posture, whole body movement, no
falling over
 Push: Take a right handed judo grip and stance.
Push their partner to the opposite side of the
mat. Reinforce posture, whole body movement,
no falling over.
 Left judo grip, alternative grips
 Change to quick instructions, pull, push, pull, pull etc
 Work within 2 x 1 mtr matted area - action/reaction
 Use techniques used within lesson to achieve a score
 Spacing between
players
 If players fall,
reiterate ukemi and
to look after them.
 Be aware of walled
area - work within
judo contest area
Belt Tug of War - Newaza
Paired activity, whole class
involvement
 Place a belt in the middle of the matted area
 Paired players to sit opposite sides of the mat
 On Hajime, crawl out, grab the belt and keep
hold.
 Partner tries to obtain the belt and engage in
'Tug of War'.
 Various starting positions: sitting, crawling, back to
the belt in the centre
 No standing up
 No wrapping the belt
up in their own
jackets
Belt Tug of War - Tachiwaza
Paired activity, whole class
involvement
 One player to take off their belts
 Two lines centre of the mat, facing each other
 Place the end of the belt in the same hand for
each player
 Set up, out stretch the belt
 On Hajime, pull
 Concentrate on good body posture, whole body
movement, stance.
 One handed grip: Right or Left handed
 Two handed grip: Right or Left handed
 Half the belt, one player has the two ends, the other
has hands within the length of the belt, equally
placed. Change over
 Newaza - same set up for Tachi waza, vary movement
patterns for e.g. Lying on back, head to head with
belt outstretched, then shrimp and pull.
Lying on stomach's facing partner, shrimp backwards.
Sit up, facing, pull backwards
 Be aware of letting go
 If falling, ukemi and
tuck in chin
 Work within judo
contest area
 Match players equally
to avoid over pulling
and loss of control.
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