r/judo • u/paulvikingar • Jun 15 '25

Competing and Tournaments Ippon!!

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u/Uchimatty Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

I envy people who made it to this level doing drop throws and still have good knees

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u/EraTsun Jun 15 '25

They usually land on their shins more than their knee cap on that level.

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u/Black6x ikkyu Jun 15 '25

At my age and weight, it wouldn't matte. All of that is exploding. You'll find my kneecaps in the next timezone.

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u/euanmorse sandan Jun 16 '25

Is that…a pun?

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u/Black6x ikkyu Jun 16 '25

Not intentionally. It was supposed to say "matter" but by the time I saw it, I didn't care AND it kinda worked as a pun, so I left it.

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u/Brandonix26 Jun 15 '25

Is it really that uncommon? Damn, I'll be careful

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u/No_Cherry2477 Jun 16 '25

I took a hit to one of my knees today trying to help a white belt finish her drop seio nage in randori. She got to the halfway point generally okay, but just when I was helping to go over for ukemi, she let go and I went straight down on my knee.

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u/ShovelBrother sankyu Jun 20 '25

I cant imagine doing drop throws at 100kg+ and making it past prelims without injury.

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u/Uchimatty Jun 20 '25

Nurlykhan Sharkhan has the worlds strongest knees