women's self defence

October 17, 2011 7:46 AM

Judo Jymnastics SLYT
posted by the cuban (19 comments total)

That guy falls down very well.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:53 AM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]

He's a good uke, yes.
posted by the cuban at 7:54 AM on October 17, 2011

Hey, he dresses like I do when I'm out shopping!
posted by TheAlarminglySwollenFinger at 7:57 AM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]

Venus in Overall-Short-Shorts
posted by victors at 8:05 AM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]

That lady must have ankles of steel.

Some modern-day women judoka going to work in non-demo things.
posted by ignignokt at 8:05 AM on October 17, 2011

I am now officially in love...
posted by smcdow at 8:05 AM on October 17, 2011

They should just impale their assailants on their conical bullet-bras.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 8:11 AM on October 17, 2011

So: proto-Gymkata, is what you're saying.
posted by penduluum at 8:26 AM on October 17, 2011 [2 favorites]

Heels no matter what, obviously.
posted by postel's law at 8:28 AM on October 17, 2011

Takedown at 1:20 is pretty impressive. Takedown at 2:42, flipping the guy over her shoulders by a thin belt around his neck, would appear to be ... extremely dangerous to practice. Jeez.
posted by penduluum at 8:30 AM on October 17, 2011

I'm so wearing heels to my next grappling class.
posted by Kandarp Von Bontee at 8:44 AM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]

I think my favorite part is the satisfied little sway she does after each one. She's all like "HELL YES, AND I LOOKED GOOD DOING IT."
posted by echo target at 8:52 AM on October 17, 2011 [2 favorites]

Yeah. She instantly reverts back to gum popping dame in poolhall. Who probably would need to be able to take care of herself, now that I think about it.
posted by Bunny Ultramod at 10:59 AM on October 17, 2011

God, I love Metafilter. How did I know before I even hit the link that there would be a Gymkata reference here?

Try that on Reddit, they won't have the first clue what you're talking about.
posted by Naberius at 11:12 AM on October 17, 2011

Needs a male version where he shows feminazis a thing or two.
posted by pianomover at 11:36 AM on October 17, 2011

"Debbie...Debbie, get off that pulley thing. You're not really doing anything, and Mary's trying to show us her Judo moves. We all know you're just trying to get on camera. Not everything has to be about you, Debbie."
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 1:39 PM on October 17, 2011

Final uppercut is priceless.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 1:55 PM on October 17, 2011

I'll be in my bunk.
posted by beaucoupkevin at 3:18 PM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]

That's fantastic. Great atemi-waza, and her technique is really good generally, although I can't shake my suspicion that the bit of go-no-kata for dealing with a pistol in the back is just... not going to end well.

The heels put me in mind of that quote about Grace Kelly; it's also, I guess, a great answer to the question "could I use it on the street".
posted by rodgerd at 12:08 AM on October 18, 2011 [1 favorite]