# Tatami Talk Podcast Episode 158: What We Would Teach Beginners First Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tatami-talk-652893/tatami-talk-podcast-episode-158-what-we-would-teach-beginners-first Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tatami-talk-652893/tatami-talk-podcast-episode-158-what-we-would-teach-beginners-first.md Podcast: [Tatami Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tatami-talk-652893) Published: 2026-06-29T15:00:01+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/episodes/Tatami-Talk-Podcast-Episode-158-What-We-Would-Teach-Beginners-First-e3ldlr9 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/1d241dd8/podcast/play/122131753/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-29%2F8d91da42-b578-2ac0-648d-e2fd8b8b1d92.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tatami-talk-652893/episodes/tatami-talk-podcast-episode-158-what-we-would-teach-beginners-first Duration seconds: 5556 ## Resource On episode 158 of Tatami Talk, we discuss and disagree on what techniques we would teach beginners first. ------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro / More Laundry questions 19:05 USA Judo and USJF Make up 22:57 Road to LA Begins 27:50 World Cup 36:30 What techniques we would teach beginners first 01:10:10 Newaza ------------------------------------------- Email us: tatamitalk@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatamitalk Juan: https://www.instagram.com/thegr8_juan Anthony: https://www.instagram.com/anthonythrows Check out our newsletter: https://tatamitalk.com/ Intro + Outro by Donald Rickert: https://www.instagram.com/donaldrickert Cover Art by Mas: https://www.instagram.com/masproduce Podcast Site: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/tatamitalk/ Also listen on Apple iTunes, Google podcasts, Google Play Music and Spotify ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tatami-talk-652893/episodes/tatami-talk-podcast-episode-158-what-we-would-teach-beginners-first/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/tatami-talk-652893/tatami-talk-podcast-episode-158-what-we-would-teach-beginners-first.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.