judo training plan

Judo Training Plan: Build a Week That Improves Your Waza

The best plan is specific enough to guide you and flexible enough to survive real life.

Start with one priority

A strong judo training plan begins with one technical priority: finishing osoto-gari, entering deeper for seoi-nage, improving guard passing, or creating a first-grip plan. Too many goals dilute the week.

Balance the training blocks

A useful week includes technical repetition, situational randori, free randori, ne-waza, conditioning, and recovery. The ratio changes by level and competition schedule, but every block should serve the priority.

Make drills measurable

Instead of writing “practice uchi-mata,” write “three rounds of sleeve-lapel entry with hip contact before the pull.” Measurable drills make improvement easier to see.

Adjust after review

If video analysis shows the same mistake, keep the priority. If the problem improves, move to the next bottleneck.