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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/obi-wan-quixote Jun 07 '25

I’m a 30+ year brown belt. I’m not sure I agree. I don’t think I should be a black belt. I kind of don’t think I should really be brown anymore.

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u/ejecuepefi Jun 07 '25

Where I live they have the belts in between for that reason, for example if you’re not good enough for green but also too good for oranges they give you an half orange half green belt

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u/obi-wan-quixote Jun 07 '25

We have that in the US for kids ranks. I actually think belt ranks are kind of dumb. I’d much rather everyone just be there to train the coach wear something that says “coach.” But I grew up doing boxing and Chinese martial arts where you identified the top guys by the skill they exhibited.

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u/danlei Jun 07 '25

That's similar to how it is in Aikido. (As anyone wearing a Hakama should be able to teach a beginner.)