Interesting pedagogical problem: when your sensei thinks that you've suddenly improved after a long time away from Judo, but actually what's going on is that you're removing all pedagogical limitations on yourself and are using your full array of techniques.
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To be clear: this is mostly because my stamina sucks after 3 months away from Judo, and so I don't have the capability to work on the techniques I was learning before I left.
I was using a number of pedagogical constraints (e.g. don't use X throw, fight one-handed) to improve.
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I thought the main pedagogical challenge was to make myself feel good — because training like this naturally means that I have my ass handed to me nearly every session.
But now it turns out my sensei mostly thinks I suck?
Interesting problem to solve.
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Full list of pedagogical tricks:
- Use only X, Y, Z throw for entire session
- Fight one handed, or use unorthodox gripping approaches
- Fight with full array of throws, but work on out-gripping opponent > 50% of exchanges
- Practice counters
- Practice nullifying certain throws
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Some additional tips:
Work on only 1-2 things per session. Make sure each thing has a specific and articulated tag point/cue.
Approach skills like engine building games. The bundle of skills you pick to work on matters more than the skill itself.
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<Low believability warning>
Might be wrong as I know nothing about judo, but my gut tells me you're being to clever about your pedagogical tricks.
E.g. Fighting one handed is only useful if you only have one hand.
Practice the thing. Not the abstraction of the thing.
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I do actually come in with a 1-2 things per session. I've been thinking about using a training journal, though, because what I can train depends on who's available, so I usually have to change on the fly.
(e.g. can't practice counters if nobody there does the throw)
How do you keep track of what you wanted to train in a particular week? How much flexibility/rigidity?
Re: one hand — ahh, it's a Judo thing and is actually ok, because I have three throws that are one handed, so it's actually fruitful to practice one-handed scenarios.
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