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Sorry that the doctor found your adrenal glands unremarkable. I'm sure you have fantastic adrenal glands and he just doesn't know what he's talking about.

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You're welcome!

For your second question, judo can indeed be adapted for street self defence purposes. I'm not going to lie and say it's the most effective but it's far better than nothing at all. At the very least the training gives a judoka confidence which is a bigger deterrent of altercations than most people realize. So, for an example of a technique than can be adapted in a pinch for a street defence application? Let's try tai otoshi. It's one of my favourite techniques and I've used it in more than one instance to put someone down quickly and safely. Since my uke has no gi or jacket I instead used a kickboxer clinch. This involves having both of my hands cupping eachother behind uke's neck. From this position I can use my hands to give uke the direction I need and use my elbows to give him the rotation that I need. It's not nearly as pretty but for someone not trained in judo it's extremely effective. There are also other skills in judo such as grip fighting that help in a self defence situation that people rarely consider. Someone skilled on judo or wrestling can easily break the grip of someone much stronger than them. Being able to block and deflect incoming grabby hands helps more than one might think for incoming punchy hands. Judo isn't the ultimate self defence art but it's a great sport and might help more than one might suspect.

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Gongrats on the GED!

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That's the spirit!

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For the sake of simplicity I'm going to assume we're right handed. To keep your arm positioning correct you need to keep your right hand from falling behind. The easiest way I've found to teach this is to keep your right arm tucked close to your body and try to point your elbow at your belly button. The left arm works just like popilols said with being up high in front of you so you can look at your watch. A big mistake often made with the left (drawing) hand is that people try to bring it around like it's a hip throw and it messes up your tai otoshi by making your body in uke's path, which you don't want. Your hand stays up in front of you and keeps applying force in the direction uke's toes are pointing, this is the direction of the throw and the direction you want uke off balanced in. As uke is offbalanced over your leg by both your hands directing force in the same direction, where uke's toes were pointing, you then straighten your right leg to provide the "pop" as you try to turn a big wheel with your hands. Your left hand comes from out in front of you to your belly button in a semi circle and your right hand pushes uke's shoulder and helps turn him onto his back. The right hand still pushes in the same direction the whole throw has been going but it needs to go up as well as out.

I hope I was able to sufficiently explain the hand placement and motion of this te waza technique. If you want me to clarify any of this or you have other questions, feel free to ask!