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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/Any_Comparison_3716 Jun 07 '25

Too many lads are in it because of an Asian fetish.

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u/derioderio shodan Jun 07 '25

I met plenty of this type when I trained aikido, but not really in judo, tbh. Judo is so hard that people that don't enjoy the sport on its own merits don't stick with it.

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u/Ly-sAn Jun 07 '25

Funny in my judo club in France absolutely nobody cares about Japan (except for me) but when I practiced kendo it was like a weeb convention

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u/GwynnethIDFK Jun 07 '25 edited Jun 07 '25

That's the reason I stopped training kendo after two weeks. I thought it was a cool sport, but holy shit the other white people were weird af to the point it ruined the sport for me.

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u/VexedVermilion 二段 Jun 07 '25

Can confirm, I know a kendo coach for a London University club, they told me some new students turned up to their first kendo practice in full cosplay.

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u/Usual-Subject-1014 Jun 07 '25

I had never met a 60 year old weeb before till I started judo