The Nakano Program

Are you ready to break the mold?

Take action today; Develop skills for yourself.

Workout anytime, anywhere.

The Nakano Judo Diagnosis System lets you identify the issues that are preventing you from accomplishing your Judo goals. If you are building bad habits and ineffectively training, you will find it difficult to break out of those bad habits. However, we can take action now to help you have a better Judo life. I have helped many Judokas with their transformation and I am excited to help you too.

What People Say

-Nyla Valencia

3-time National Champion

Panam Bronze Medalist

-Aden Valencia

4-time National Champion

2-time Panam Gold Medalist

I realized that judo instruction could be improved when I started coaching abroad. I thought that the basics were common sense, yet there were many athletes who were not on the same page as me in terms of the basics. Without the basics, you cannot advance and become a proficient judoka. Along with proficiency, not understanding the basics can prevent you from creating your own style of judo. Learning the fundamentals is key to making it to the next level.

Taking Advantage of Japanese Judo

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Especially if you are a beginning Judoka, you may be wondering why Japanese Judo has been considered the most best approach. 

At its core, Japanese judo is so effective because it embraces the fundamentals. This is important because judo exercises many complex mechanics, which are based on these fundamentals. If a Judoka adhere to these fundaments, it becomes easy for them to prevent bad habits (which are difficult to break).

The Fundamentals of Judo

Are you applying the 6 principles to your Judo?

How Deep Do You Want to Go?

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My passion for Japanese Judo leads me to work with only a handful of students per month, so that I can focus on quality instruction.

“Shintaro Nakano brings to SJSU Judo the Japanese version of Judo, which is a little bit different in that they do a lot of execution on a move with speed. He moves fast and he throws all our big guys, so of course they are just amazed that he could do this. But he is showing us what true judo looks like.”

-Yoshihiro Uchida, America’s first Olympic Judo Coach
 

Corbin Balitactac

Black Belt Competitor

The U.S National Ranker

I started doing private lessons with Nakano Sensei as a national level cadet competitor having a hard time making the transition to the junior level. As soon as we started, he immediately identified some flaws not only in my technique, but my competition plan as well. Nakano Sensei was able to finetune details that I had no idea existed, and along with the strategies for competition that we discussed after watching match footage, I was able to see results in shiai within one month. After just two years of being under his instruction, I was able to take second place at IJF Junior Nationals as a completely different competitor than I was before I started working under Sensei. My time working with him is indispensable and I’m very lucky to have the chance to practice with someone as knowledgeable as Nakano Sensei.

Tiani B.
White Belt
Beginner

I believe that private lessons are beneficial for everyone who takes them. Everyone has room for improvement, and that's not a bad thing.  I really like the private classes because I can ask questions without feeling embarrassed. Since I'm still a beginner there are a lot of things I'm unsure of, so naturally I have questions.  Asking questions in front of everyone is hard for me, and while I'm doing online private lessons I don't have to ask questions in front  of a large group.  Another thing I like about private lessons is that I can get one-on-one work with my form and I can practice with my friends at home. It's fun learning and improving in an environment I'm comfortable in. I recommend online private lessons to anyone who wants to try them out!

John R.
Masters/Veterans Competitor
Brown Belt BJJ
Blue Belt Judo

My judo practice began with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I heard about Nakano Sensei’s seoi nage and tai otoshi from a few training partners who I respect. I live far from his dojo, so I reached out to him about the Online Program. We discussed my martial arts background and goals for training. By the end of the first session we had put together a number of set-ups to drop morote seoi nage, and he taught me many concepts to practice to make the throw more effective. After one session I was fully ready to practice the throw on my own. What started as just an old BJJ player’s inquiry into a core judo throw has evolved into a continuing teacher-student relationship. Private lessons with Nakano Sensei have greatly improved my Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

The Nakano Judo Online Academy is not a group-setting class. There will not be slow moments where you are simply listening to an instructor or a classmate for hours at a time. Instead, I am focused solely on you and your development. This allows you to not only avoid developing bad habits, but to develop good technical skills in a much quicker timeframe. 

Many instructors will focus on helping their students pick up strategies to win tournaments. Granted, this can be an appealing option if you are a competitive judoka. You may even win some tournaments through this approach. But having said this, taking this approach doesn’t necessarily mean that your judo will improve. You can be doing long-term damage even if you are seeing competitive successes.

“Nakano-sensei learned really early traditional style of judo. He brings us back to basics and tweaks things so it is a little more correct. He gives a lot of one-on-one attention, so if you have a question he knows the answer. He’s gonna help you and every time he sees you make the same mistake, he will fix it and remind you.”

 -Marti Malloy, 2012 London Olympic Bronze Medalist