On episode 148 of Tatami Talk, we talk about Aaron Wolf's debut in New Japan pro wrestling and we discuss the popular myth of learning styles.

Resources mentioned in this episode

• https://aeon.co/essays/the-evidence-is-clear-learning-styles-theory-doesnt-work
• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-025-10002-w
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26162104/
• https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2019/05/learning-styles-myth

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On episode 147 of Tatami Talk, we welcome back Kristian for a holiday episode. Kristian shares his experience getting his level 2 judo canada coaching certification. We briefly discuss eco again, and revisit the discussions on tani otoshi and ukemi.Kristians instagram: @deathkrabforcutie

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• 0:00 Intro, Sumo, Sambo
• 15:52 Judo Canad's Coaching Certification Level 2
• 35:02 Ecological Approach in the coaching examination
• 01:10:13 Recapping our year
• 01:26:27 Ukemi and revisiting Tani Otoshi
• 01:43:29 Slapping the mat in Ukemi

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On episode 146 of Tatami Talk, we open up discussing some American Judo news. With USJA changing their high dan rank application process. As well as USA Judo and USJF opening up discussions at the President's Cup. We give our thoughts on the UFC pay per view 323 outcomes. We discuss the Dallas Open, Presidents Cup and Nanka Winter Nationals. And why are these larger tournaments always occur during the holiday season.

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• 0:00 Intro
• 01:56 USJA new high dan rank application process
• 12:54 USA Judo and USJF reopens dialogue
• 18:03 UFC News
• 24:48 2025 Winter Nationals
• 34:04 Dallas Open / Presidents Cup
• 37:33 Tokyo Grand Slam
• 40:33 Having tournaments around holidays

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On episode 145 of Tatami Talk, we speak with Cole Stanley from North Carolina on his traveling judo business and starting up his own Judo Club.

Cole's Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@student1st⁩  Cole's New Judo Club Student 1st: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582914376750Cole's Gym 4m fitness: https://4mfit.com/home/

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• 0:00 Intro
• 04:43 Judo News
• 37:53 Cole's Traveling Judo Seminar Business
• 01:04:11 Cole's Podcast
• 01:14:22 Cole's Opinion on take downs being underdeveloped in grappling
• 01:29:12 Cole's Pedagogy
• 01:49:29 Discussion on reverse classroom model
• 01:57:53 Eco Approach
• 02:11:41 Outro

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On episode 144 of Tatami Talk, we discuss the importance of distinguishing a learning environment and a performance environment.

Read the post mentioned on this episode: https://www.tatamitalk.com/p/learning-environment-vs-performance

Learning vs Performance: An integrative Review: https://bjorklab.psych.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/11/soderstorm_ra_learningvsperformance.pdf

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• 0:00 Intro
• 09:42 Baseball and Judo warmups
• 20:46 Migrating from substack to beehiiv
• 25:52 Learning Environment vs Performance Environment
• 34:24 Mistakes are good
• 40:58 Deliberate Practice
• 45:42 Evaluating Progress

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On episode 143 of Tatami Talk, We talk about counter Judo. Is being a counter Judo fighter a good thing or a bad thing? When is the best time to use counter Judo? And how you should and can use counter Judo in tournaments and practice?

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• 0:00 Intro
• 10:40 Counter Judo
• 22:03 Balancing counter judo in your practice
• 27:48 Kakari geiko
• 29:56 Mindset

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On episode 142 of Tatami Talk, we interview Hollywood Judo's competitors at the annual fight for the cure tournament and give our thoughts on coaching at the event for the first time.------------------------------------------- Email us: [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrowsCheck out our Substack: https://tatamitalk.substack.com/Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickertCover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproducePodcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify

On episode 141 of Tatami Talk, we revisit our discussion on warmups and exercises from 2 years ago on episode 54 and episode 88. Has any of our views and experiences changed since then?

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• 0:00 Intro
• 05:09 Listener comments
• 10:31 Recent News
• 16:43 Revisiting warmups / static stretches
• 23:08 Conditioning and warmups
• 32:53 Revisiting "should we stop doing certain exercises?"

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On episode 140 of Tatami Talk, we discuss survivorship bias.

Things mentioned in this episodehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_biashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVlBY0Jh14

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• 0:00 Intro
• 07:03 Listener question on blue judogi
• 15:33 Why we don't do reaction videos
• 24:40 Survivorship bias

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On episode 139 of Tatami Talk, We discuss rivals. Someone you measure yourself against to push yourself to get better.

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• 0:00 Intro / Suspension of the LA Play Judo Program
• 13:41 Winter Nationals in LA convention center?
• 18:21 Cadet World Championships
• 22:19 Rivals
• 36:27 Anime Reference Tangent
• 42:02 Not Having a Rival

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