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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/luke_fowl Jun 07 '25

I might get crucified for this, but that judo needs to focus on its martial roots and not just the sports aspect of it. I'm all for the sports of judo, but I see too many people "gamify" it and do things that would in fact be dangerous for yourself outside of a sporting context. The sport should serve the martial aspect, not the other way around. This was why Jigoro Kano created judo, and the peak that a lot of the pioneers strived for, a lot of us nowadays have forgotten that.

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u/DibsMine Jun 07 '25

This, when in the military we taught "combat judo" I had years of sport judo before and it didn't change much but what it did change was brutal.

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u/Living-Chipmunk-87 Jun 09 '25

what did it change? can you fill us in?

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u/DibsMine Jun 09 '25

Using throats more, strike finishes, I assume more like the roots