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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/BananaBrainBob gokyu Jun 07 '25

Training gi only is fine is youre training for the sport and not for the self defense aspect of Judo

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u/mega_turtle90 Jun 08 '25

Disagree. NoGi is unrealistic for self defense 

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u/powerhearse Jun 11 '25

This is absolutely wrong though

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u/mega_turtle90 Jun 11 '25

Is it really though?

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u/powerhearse Jun 12 '25

Yes, absolutely. Gi gripping relies on a specific type of clothing. No gi gripping works regardless of what type of clothing they are wearing

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u/Exventurous Yonkyu Jun 07 '25

My unpopular opinion is that judo with the gi is perfectly good and if not better than no-gi for self defense. 

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u/powerhearse Jun 11 '25

It definitely isnt better