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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/Wickle2545 ikkyu Jul 06 '25

BJA should bring back fighting for Kyu grades for seniors...

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u/Milotiiic Ikkyu | M1 -u60kg | British Judo Jul 06 '25

I agree - I’ve got a blue belt at my club that keeps talking about coaching courses and he can’t execute a single throw in live randori. (He’s not a small guy either)

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u/Wickle2545 ikkyu Jul 06 '25

We had two guys at our club that would never train, maybe show uponce a month, but the second there was a grading date posted, they would be there every session until the grading, then they dissapeared again, never seen either compete... (One dude even had GB backpatch with his name on which always tickled me, ) They did this all the way up to 1st Kyu and I haven't seen them since, easy been over a year since then.

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u/Milotiiic Ikkyu | M1 -u60kg | British Judo Jul 06 '25

Oh wow that’s the worst - not on the same level but we had a BJJ guy doing similar to that and he’s now won his dan grade on his first grading but we haven’t seen him since! Think it was bragging rights to have a ‘Judo Black Belt’ 🙄

The patch is for sure an annoying one too - I’m an active competitor (I don’t win a lot) and I’ve done a few opens but still would not get a GBR patch unless I compete abroad 😭

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u/Barhud shodan Jul 07 '25

Anyone with a patch who hasn’t been called up for their national squad is at best a bit mad and at worst trying to sell a fraud

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u/Milotiiic Ikkyu | M1 -u60kg | British Judo Jul 07 '25

Are you talking flag patch or back patch?

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u/Barhud shodan Jul 07 '25

Back

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u/Milotiiic Ikkyu | M1 -u60kg | British Judo Jul 07 '25

Oh then you don’t have to be squad to have a back patch. If you compete abroad under IJF rules then you are required to wear a backpatch