I watch a lot of MMA, but not much wrestling and when I heard that Japan won 8 golds I actually didn't believe it lol I always assume the US and Russia are going to win. Great breakdown!
Japan is #3 all time in Olympic freestyle medals and #3 all time freestyle golds. They've been dominant for decades. As a former wrestler, I've always known how tough they were, so it didn't really surprise me. What's as impressive is that they're still the #1 nation in Judo by far. And if you ask Khabib, Judo is a tougher sport to medal in than wrestling because there are more people doing Judo. I guess you only watch the UFC, bc there are a hell of a lot of Japanese talent (both mma and kickboxing) at the ONE fighting championship.
Damn bro another banger, really happy I found this channel. One thing I noticed throughout the Olympics is that Team Japan stayed very fundamentally sound. I feel like sometimes American wrestlers fall back on scrambling too early and too much. It works well in Folkstyle but doesn't translate well to Freestyle. Team Japan was the opposite, they stay fundamentally strong, kept good position, and forced bad scrambles from the American wrestlers (and others).
so it seems like japan is actually adapting their style to what works at the highest level. All of japans athletes are developing their styles based on what works instead of what worked for them when they were in college. the individuality of americas program seems to be a weakness
America has always been very unique with their wrestling training and S&C. If you look at every other elite country, they focus way more on fundamentals and technique. I always thought the right way to train is the russian/eastern block way as they develop way more elite wrestlers by numbers. America most of the wrestlers are trash. But the very top 1% are elite because they're just freaks.
This is great stuff thank you for sharing please more like this showing good setups to get to a takedown or any type of setup to get to another position
@4:47 we saw Dake win a lot of matches when strength and endurance are win and lose factors. We never see him win a match when speed and technique are the deciding factors. A great example of why US wrestlers need more exposure to freestyle at an earlier age. Dake was a great NCAA wrestler he just never leveled up after college.
Great breakdown man! I just discovered your channel and you are definitely up there with Earn Your Gold Medal, DPS Breakdowns, and Sunny Brown. Would you be open to doing a video breaking down some high percentage MMA wrestling chain attacks? Keep up the excellent work!
out of 11 japan medals 5 was in women freestyle. Japan men team had 6 medals and iran had 8 with 2 wrestlers in 4th place. It is the total team points not just gold medals
oh just they got mad lucky and won 8 golds do you even wrestle dude? no one gets that many golds no country gets that many gold by luck are you that dumb?
I watch a lot of MMA, but not much wrestling and when I heard that Japan won 8 golds I actually didn't believe it lol I always assume the US and Russia are going to win. Great breakdown!
Japan is a wrestling powerhouse esp womens, Russia was not permitted to do a team count
Japan is underrated. Their wrestling creditals especially women division is top of the food chain
Kudos to Japan for this. Japanese are always thorough in their preps.
@@ComboMuster I think you will find at the Olympic level most everyone is top end.....maybe not all tho
Japan is #3 all time in Olympic freestyle medals and #3 all time freestyle golds. They've been dominant for decades. As a former wrestler, I've always known how tough they were, so it didn't really surprise me. What's as impressive is that they're still the #1 nation in Judo by far. And if you ask Khabib, Judo is a tougher sport to medal in than wrestling because there are more people doing Judo.
I guess you only watch the UFC, bc there are a hell of a lot of Japanese talent (both mma and kickboxing) at the ONE fighting championship.
Props to Japan! The scouting and game planning for their matches really showed this cycle.
Damn bro another banger, really happy I found this channel.
One thing I noticed throughout the Olympics is that Team Japan stayed very fundamentally sound. I feel like sometimes American wrestlers fall back on scrambling too early and too much. It works well in Folkstyle but doesn't translate well to Freestyle.
Team Japan was the opposite, they stay fundamentally strong, kept good position, and forced bad scrambles from the American wrestlers (and others).
I bet John Smith is happy to see that low singles have been making a come back recently.
so it seems like japan is actually adapting their style to what works at the highest level.
All of japans athletes are developing their styles based on what works instead of what worked for them when they were in college. the individuality of americas program seems to be a weakness
They have a unique leg lace which wins for them a lot
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America has always been very unique with their wrestling training and S&C. If you look at every other elite country, they focus way more on fundamentals and technique. I always thought the right way to train is the russian/eastern block way as they develop way more elite wrestlers by numbers. America most of the wrestlers are trash. But the very top 1% are elite because they're just freaks.
great video! some of these techniques are so smart it blows my mind athletes can react and perform them in real time
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That first sequence with Rei and Lee was amazing to watch in real-time. Japan really showed up!
This is great stuff thank you for sharing please more like this showing good setups to get to a takedown or any type of setup to get to another position
As Khabib said: "Russia, Iran, USA, these are the 3 empires in wrestling. Now we have a new country... Japan."
Lee and Dake are absolute masters. Shows how skilled the Japanese are for beating them both
Amazing analysis bro a lot to learn here
They're wrestle like John smith😂😂
I was watching a John Smith instructional a little while ago and he said Rei Higuchi had one of the best swing singles he'd ever seen haha
@4:47 we saw Dake win a lot of matches when strength and endurance are win and lose factors. We never see him win a match when speed and technique are the deciding factors. A great example of why US wrestlers need more exposure to freestyle at an earlier age. Dake was a great NCAA wrestler he just never leveled up after college.
thank you
Japan also dominated making wrestling boots. Nothing compares to Asics split-soles.
Great video
Japanese people such admirable people. Great nation indeed.
Great breakdown man! I just discovered your channel and you are definitely up there with Earn Your Gold Medal, DPS Breakdowns, and Sunny Brown. Would you be open to doing a video breaking down some high percentage MMA wrestling chain attacks? Keep up the excellent work!
Wanna see amit elors breakdown, jer run at the Olympics was nuts
love low single
Japan was dominant in said Olympics via wrestling.
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Take your heads out of you assess these guys are world class athletes and super quick they have not just come out of a bar or a college class
Japan is full of high iq fighters. Beautiful culture.
they had the same barber as all the chinese women olympic athlete
Dominate olympics? Maybe in women. Iran won both free style and greco roman
You're living in 2020. Japan men won 2 gold and 1 silver in freestyle. Iran won 0 freestyle gold.
In Greco-Roman, Japan won 2 gold. Iran won 1.
@@fangiscool1 Go look at the total team points. Iran was first in both
out of 11 japan medals 5 was in women freestyle. Japan men team had 6 medals and iran had 8 with 2 wrestlers in 4th place. It is the total team points not just gold medals
out of 12 weight class 6 japan wrestlers got points. Iran had 10 wrestlers with points
Stop sending old and washout American wrestlers. They have no speed . Good job for the women wrestlers.
They got MAD lucky
Yeah sure, 8 japanese wrestlers all lucked out this time around and got gold.
oh just they got mad lucky and won 8 golds do you even wrestle dude? no one gets that many golds no country gets that many gold by luck are you that dumb?
Nah, they're good as fuck!
lol are you even a real person? you dont win 8 gold medals by luck in wrestling period
@@David-xb9kg the women's section wasn't luck same for rei higuchi
However taktani and guy at 65 got lucky
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