In terms of upsets, there's only a handful of people who won the World Championships in 2024 that made it to the finals in 2025: Grigalashvili and Tajima. Neither of them won. Takeoka also made it to the finals last year as we know, and since 2010, there's been only one person who wasn't Japanese who has won the World Championships in 66 kg (An, in 2015). Scutto also managed to pull off a win after being a silver medallist last year, along with Takeoka and Arbuzov. Tasoev is the only person who had won previously (not last year) who won this year.

Deguchi has competed against Liparteliani 5 times, and has won 3 of them (walk out in their first match, lost their second, won all matches after). Klimkait was going to compete at 63 this year but had to pull out to recover from injuries.

Bellandi in 78 is the only person who has won the Paris Olympics who has proceeded to win the World Championship. They say the Olympics is easier to win than the Worlds, but for some weight classes, it's harder to qualify for the Olympics than it is to win (like 60/66 for Japanese men) and I'm not surprised. 66, 90, and 81 were the toughest weight classes this year, in that order.

Two of the world champions this year, both Russian, are also sambo competitors (Arbuzov and Kanikovskiy). It explains why people who compete against them seem to also be afraid of their ground work: because they're scary there, too.

imagine you fly around the globe and get tossed around in seconds

Takeoka's jump into seoi-otoshi is unreal

About the grapevine, spoke to a senior referee, he told me that as long as the direction of throw is not affected by the grapevine, it is permitted- basically the throw is not against the knee in the case of uchimata.

(hook in for uchimata, grapevine, then kick forward forward - would be illegal)

I’m not all too happy with those techniques wrapping around the legs. I’m guessing it’s pretty safe for well trained adults, but I’m noticing it being used ever more often even in junior competitions. I’m teaching my kids how to counter it or to just give in as I don’t want them to get seriously injured.

Again a great video. Thank you.

5:42 blue almost lost his shoulder :face-blue-wide-eyes:

Nice technique 👌 👏 👍 😎 💯%.

The Hungarian at 2:41 is throwing with Yama Arashi

3:10 its harai goshi or hane goshi?

There is some more top ippons

I don't know if it's a 'skipping entry' for Ishihara, isn't it just Seoi Otoshi?

53 step plan to do this fucking throw holy fuck these guys are insane

you show too little ne waza
show separate movies with NE WAZA action, not only ippon of ne waza
please thanks

Do you take video submissions? I have an ippon from the Casablanca open that’ll look good in a video 😅

hifemi was kicked out before the 16's round... your title is good but everytime you do uchimata someone can counter it.

👍👍👍

0:47 that’s uchi mata gaeshi

Love your videos.  "...without further ado.." (not adieu. Adieu means goodbye).

Ceazy how many georgians represent different countries.
Kokauri serazadishvili and albayrak 😅