Why is Judo so expensive compared to these arts in America? Its not uncommon to see the above mentioned Martial Arts to he 100-150 per month. 200ish at the high end. Most Judo schools I have seen were either insanely cheap to free at a ymca or 250 minimum. Rarely anything in between. Only speaking for east coast. Boston to Virginia.
Also Judo is a super legit martial art. I think the super traditional sense CAN turn people interested off. Lowkey kind of dorky but YMMV.
I haven’t meant alot of super stud athletes, but that may be a cultural thing, a scarcity of Judo gyms, or a majority of them being in other combat sports in America. Im sure it’s different at a super legit gym with national ranked athletes etc. same thing with Sanda in America too.
I love it. But as another combat sport athlete who cross-trains in Judo, I see how it can be a turn off for some.
This is not meant to bash Judo, I’m still new. Just what I’ve noticed.
In USA you may say, because in most countries of America most dojos are basically free. In my city most dojos are founded by the government and the Ministery of Sports
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u/No-Parsnip9347 Jul 06 '25
Coming from Wrestling, BJJ, Muay Thai, and MMA.
Why is Judo so expensive compared to these arts in America? Its not uncommon to see the above mentioned Martial Arts to he 100-150 per month. 200ish at the high end. Most Judo schools I have seen were either insanely cheap to free at a ymca or 250 minimum. Rarely anything in between. Only speaking for east coast. Boston to Virginia.
Also Judo is a super legit martial art. I think the super traditional sense CAN turn people interested off. Lowkey kind of dorky but YMMV.
I haven’t meant alot of super stud athletes, but that may be a cultural thing, a scarcity of Judo gyms, or a majority of them being in other combat sports in America. Im sure it’s different at a super legit gym with national ranked athletes etc. same thing with Sanda in America too.
I love it. But as another combat sport athlete who cross-trains in Judo, I see how it can be a turn off for some.
This is not meant to bash Judo, I’m still new. Just what I’ve noticed.