r/judo • u/Eastern-Swordfish776 • Jun 07 '25

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/ZahryDarko Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

Olympic Judo made Judo much worse. It is martial art and should be taught as.

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u/Beginning-Law9248 gokyu Jun 07 '25

Taekwondo and karate too

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u/Yamatsuki_Fusion sankyu Jun 08 '25

Stop. Karate was like this before the Olympics. The Olympics didn't change it, you were just watching literal point fighting karate.

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u/Fickle-Blueberry-275 Jun 07 '25

I mean, if you want the martial art version there's just Japanese JiuJitsu right, it's basically just Judo+Karate/weaponstuff. Of course, you never really get deep into any stuff like you would in Judo, because there's just too much random shit at that point.

Or do you mean just leggrabbing stuff? Not the striking elements?

I also will say, at least at lower belt levels, olympic rules make Judo ALOT more fun. Now people have to try to go for the difficult stuff, turn throws etc - rather than just looking if they can make a poor attempt at a leg grab.