r/judo • u/Eastern-Swordfish776 • Jul 06 '25

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/ChurchofMarx Jul 06 '25

Judo does a really trash job in conditioning compared to wrestling. Technique is one thing, but having an integrated conditioning routine like wrestling is really important and a lot of places don’t have that.

Another thing is sports aspect of Judo has led to the martial arts being diluted significantly. Same is the issue with TKD and Karate.

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u/Newbe2019a Jul 06 '25

Yes and no. I feel strength and conditioning should be done outside of Judo practice. There is only so much time to do actual Judo.

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u/teaqhs yonkyu Jul 06 '25

I agree. If I only have an hour to do judo, I want to do judo and not sit ups that I can do at home. Coaches should be more explicit about working out at least 2-3 times a week outside of judo

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u/TrustyRambone shodan Jul 06 '25

Uchikomi with sprint sets I can deal with. Once I had a coach that had us doing star jumps, Burpees and shit for 45 mins.

Like, I drove 40 mins each way for this? I can do this at home.

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u/Adroit-Dojo Jul 06 '25

agreed. I can exercise by myself but I can't throw by myself.

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u/ChurchofMarx Jul 06 '25

That happens even in wrestling, Muay Thai, and Boxing. It is just that these martial arts have specific workouts that are integrated with the training that helps them be better at that. Like Muay Thai and Boxing guys regularly do road work and jumping ropes. Wrestling guys do compound lifts.