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.
I aggree 100%, and we are not alone. My Dojo pretty much have split training into traditional & sports, they do not recommend those that prefer traditional to compete, as so much is banned. I competed abit, but stick to traditional, and sports Judo practitioners miss out on so much.. I was a bit shocked when I realized how much they cut out for sport style, Kinzi waza as the forbidden techniques are called( tbh, my buds and I think its abit hilarious to learn " the forbidden techniques", like we are in a anime or whatnot 😅 )
Its not just happening in Judo either, TKD has a whole organization dedicated to traditional style, its happening in Karate types etc.
My competing days are over for me, I want to learn the traditional way of training.
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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.