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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/Emperor_of_All Jul 06 '25

The term "you need more "kuzushi"" means nothing.

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u/Ill_Improvement_8276 Jul 06 '25

sounds like you need more....

...jk i agree

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u/procrastinathor_00 Jul 07 '25

Can somebody explain in more detail? 🙏

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u/Emperor_of_All Jul 07 '25

No one here is actually disagreeing that kuzushi is a thing. But a lot of time when people throw out the term you need more kuzushi it is very vague and it means nothing to the person receiving the advice.

There are also several ways to obtain kuzushi and several different ways you can change your movements to actually gain kuzushi, several things you can do to your uke. So when you throw out advice of "Oh you need more kuzushi" it means literally 1 of a thousand things which also means it means nothing because you are not giving out any specific advice. It is literally just saying "well just off balance them". YEAH IF THEY KNEW HOW THEY WOULDNT ASK YOU FOR ADVICE!!!!

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u/procrastinathor_00 Jul 07 '25

Ahhh, I see. Definitely agree with the sentiment, just never occurred to me to be more specific haha. Thanks for the explanation!

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u/Bluddy-9 Jul 06 '25

Disagree. The literal translation may not make sense but that doesn’t mean the phrase is meaningless.