Japan grabs are the devil

phishfood

phishfood

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they always throw me way backseat in spins... don't have problems with any other grabs though. how do i help that?
 
I also find the japan to be very tough. Someone once told me "relax on the grab," and it is great advice. Focus on getting the pop and set correct and follow the earlier advice about trying to get the japan on the side. Relax and don't force the swinging of the legs. I have the opposite problem with my japans now, Sometimes they kinda flatten my spin and freak me out like I am rollin into a linken
 
when spinning right. which japan grab would be easier. ive never tried spinning right and grabbing right hand japan but it seems to me now this would be easier?
 
ive never seen a leading japan. usually if you spin right grabbing japan with your left hand would be easier. but if youre more comfortable with the other hand id say go for it
 
I spin right and I grab Japan with my right hand. That way the right arm and shoulder is going the same direction as the rotation. I also find it's the easiest grab to hold with a 3, and helps my body get more compact in the air, but when I started doing them I had the same problem as the other guy that would start doing a lincoln, going sideways in the air, but if you try to keep the left arm down or even try a double Japan I find that keeps you on axis.
 
Japan was the third grab I learned. I just did safety first, then thought of blunt as just safety but farther back, and then just thought of japan as blunt with the other hand but the same ski, and for some reason in my mind it just clicked that way and was easy.

I find it hard to get both my legs up for mute grab without leaning forward though, they always come up sketchy or with one leg still extended.
 
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