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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/judokalinker nidan Jul 06 '25

Hard randori is more effective for improving than the very light randori which many espouse.

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u/Azylim Jul 06 '25

I dont disagree, but the way I see it is a risk:reward ratio.

hard randori means fatigue and higher injury risk. injury and fatigue means time off training, or worse permanent injuries.

1 high heart rate randori round might improve you more than 1 medium or low heart rate round, but for every high heart rate round you can do like 10 medium heart rate rounds