Sunday, March 31, 2024

KOSHI GURUMA SPLIT STEP ENTRY – RIGHT VS LEFT SITUATION

Tori/Blue - Barron Shepherd, Godan

Uke/White - Detective David Perrington, Shodan

The split step entry is extremely effective in that it allows you to attack your opponent’s stance regardless of the stance he takes (squared stance, left foot forward or right foot forward). If you are fighting from a right forward lead there is no need to change your stance or even move you opponent around to position him for a throw.  If fighting out of a right lead stance your right leg will always move to the inside of your opponent’s right leg regardless if he is leading with his right or not.

1.) Blue is standing in a right foot forward lead. White is fighting out of a Left foot forward lead. Blue’s knees are bent and his center of gravity low. Twist the upper body clockwise bring the left hand and shoulder to the front closer to the opponent. With a lefty be mindful that he may initiate a left-handed attack/left lead grip attempt. As in a right vs. right situation, your right shoulder should be more toward your rear and not out front and easily accessible for your opponent to grip and attack.  

2.) Blue punches in with the left hand and grips the opponent’s gi right above the armpit. Blue’s right hand is up and defending any attempts by the opponent to get his grip.   

3.) Immediately after the getting the grip, Blue pulls the opponent with the left hand rocking him forward up off his heels. Simultaneously, Blue steps his left foot up to his right foot. As Blue steps in with his right foot his knees are bent more and his belt line should be lower than his opponent’s belt line.

4.) Blue reaches his right arm around the opponent’s back grabbing the opponent’s gi at the shoulder  as he steps his right foot between the opponent’s feet. As the right foot lands the toes of both feet should be pointing in the direction of the throw. Blue’s right foot should be inside and just past the opponent’s right foot. The toes of Blue’s right foot should be just past the heel of the opponent’s right foot. Blue continues the pull with the left hand breaking the opponent’s balance to his front (note that blue has his opponent’s head out past his feet).   

5.) Blue steps back with his left foot. As the left foot moves back the opponent’s feet should start to come off the mat. Blue straighten his legs quickly, lifting his opponent as he bends forward popping his hips upward into the opponent.   

6.) Blue twists his torso to the left by taking his left elbow toward his left knee or hip to finish the throw.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

BRET GORDON'S AND STEVEN HATFIELD'S SCRIMMAGE INVITATIONS RESCINDED!

I was recently notified of a couple of articles written by Bret Gordon of Trio Martial arts. To say that I am at loss for words is an understatement. 

A few years ago it seems there was someone within Gordon's and Steven Hatfield's ranks (Hatfield is Gordon's instructor) that was convicted of raping an 11 year old girl. The rapist was convicted and served time. I was shocked as I read what Gordon wrote about the rape of an 11 year old girl on his blog and the attitude he took regarding the incident (links to what he wrote are below).

https://web.archive.org/web/20201202032618/http://www.join-usama.com/blog/psa-patrick-justice

https://web.archive.org/web/20201202034220/http://www.join-usama.com/blog/psa-patrick-justice-part-2

In the first article (linked above) in the comments section Gordon replied to an Angela and stated that: "There is nothing to suggest it (the rape of an 11 year old girl) was a violent crime". 

This to me is really the most disturbing statement that he made. Rape is indeed a violent crime, it is defined as a violent act, even more so when it involves a man in his mid twenties (24 or 25 years old) raping an 11 year old girl. Gordon continued in his reply that "there was nothing to suggest it was against a child, which is what partly influenced my decision not to put him (the convicted rapist) on blast.."

Gordon went from claiming that the charge/statute was "vague" to that it was just "drunken sex", and then Gordon claimed there was no conviction. In almost every state having sex with a person who is in a diminished capacity ie being drunk or drugged is rape. A legal aged adult in such a diminished capacity cannot give by law legal consent to have sex. 

Also Gordon admits that he misread or didn't understand what "Dismissed with direct indictment" meant when he supposedly did a back ground check on the convicted rapist in 2017. Gordon didn't even bother to google what "Dismissed with Direct Indictment" means in the state of Ohio? Better yet he had an in house Attorney at his disposal why not just ask him?

Gordon admittedly also stated that he saw no need to put a convicted child rapist "on blast" and didn't see a need to or felt obligated to report him although Gordon was required to by Safesport standards, as Gordon was Safesport certified at the time. 

Gordon has accepted rank by at least two instructors who have promoted convicted pedophiles to high ranks. Instructors who seem to have no problem empowering convicted child rapists, with high black belt ranks. Martial arts schools draw in large numbers of children. These actions literally open doors and enable a convicted pedophile to use martial arts instruction as a potential lure to have access to more potential victims..... children.

Most recently, according to the Ohatchee Police department in Alabama Gordon is also in some hot water with Alabama authorities for his involvement in harassing and doxing Randy Engle, a public servant and government employee and his 13 year old daughter back in February of 2023. Recently, Gordon has even blatantly admitted to doing it on his own blog  https://bretgordon.weebly.com/blog/re-frank-dux-dallas-wittgenfeld-et-al#/  

Gordon wrote that he dropped the little girl’s name to prove that a blogger, by the name of Gerald Smith was really Randy Engle.  However, after the police investigation, in February 2023 the Ohatchee Police Department did inform Gordon that Engle was not Smith. Gordon was then told to stop his harassment. But Gordon has since continued on his blog.  The state of Alabama has strict laws regarding the online harassment of its public servants.  

Feel free to contact: Ohatchee Police Department, 7801 Al-77, Ohatchee, AL 36271  Phone: (256) 892-3156

Whatever reason Gordon claims to have for his comments and dropping a child's name online in the manner in which he did, reflects extremely poor judgement on Gordon's part to say the least. USA Judo and the USJA may find these behaviors to be acceptable but Florida Freestyle Judo will not tolerate this sort of behavior. 

Therefore, on the behalf of myself, Winter Haven Freestyle Judo/Florida Freestyle Judo, its students and members, the open invitations for both Gordon and Hatfield to participate in any of our scrimmages or upcoming events has been RESCINDED. Bret Gordon and Steven Hatfield are banned from our events and scrimmages. This extends to any of their students, representatives or representatives of martial arts organizations that support them. If they attend any of our functions they will be asked to leave immediately by our local law enforcement officers who attend, participate and regulate our scrimmages regularly. 

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