r/judo • u/BallsABunch • Mar 12 '25

Competing and Tournaments Cross training is fun!

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u/how-ya-now- Mar 12 '25

How has there not been more broken necks in Judo? In some of those throws the hair of the opponent skims the mat.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

Agreed. That could've gone horribly!

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u/RuggerJibberJabber Mar 12 '25

My guess is because they do so much training before they reach that level. A white belt isn't going to throw or be thrown like that.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '25

Uhhh you’re replying in a video of a dude who is doing that in BJJ to blue belts at the very least and probably white belts too.

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u/YouthSubstantial822 Mar 12 '25

And the recipient doesn't really seem to tuck their chin either

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u/ReddJudicata shodan Mar 13 '25

I’d have words with a student who did that.

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u/Armasxi shodan Mar 13 '25

1st to 3rd month of Judo training is all about breakfalling properly Coach will be strict about it for safety of everyone

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u/nevemlaci2 shodan Mar 13 '25

All but a few throws were almost *engineered" in a way to avoid breaking necks. The one really neck breaking throw in kodokan judo is Obi-Tori Gaeshi (and sumi gaeshi, but noone does it in competitions).

Some kinds of kata guruma and seoi nage can also be dangerous but those are not official kodokan techniques.