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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/Knobanious 2nd Dan BJA (Nidan) + BJJ Brown Jul 06 '25

BJJ stand up is actually better than Judo. (In terms of it's rules)

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u/Squancher70 Jul 06 '25

Oh you are getting down voted for this one! Haha.

I tend to agree. My trash cobbled together Bjj wrestle/Judo style always does better VS my Judo friends.

In a general sense you just have more options. I can shoot singles, doubles, hold the pants, but more importantly Im not trying to get an ippon.... clumsily tossing someone onto all fours is just as valuable as throwing them on their back....and it's way easier.

It's not that Judo is inferior, how it's trained for Judo competition is not optimal for just "getting it to the ground".

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u/Knobanious 2nd Dan BJA (Nidan) + BJJ Brown Jul 06 '25

Yup I just wanted my one liner to sound controversial due to the post title lol. Seems people took the bait.

I say this as someone who plays a very traditionally Judo style game in BJJ with success.

And iv been grappling for over 25 years. So it's not coming from a place of ignorance