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

Other What’s your unpopular opinion on judo

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u/LastAd2695 Jul 06 '25

Dojos trying to enforce you to fight the japanese way. I personally disagree with that. I was never comfortable with Japanese style so I switched to georgian. Had better throws.

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u/Yamatsuki_Fusion sankyu Jul 07 '25

Are you actually fighting the Georgian way though? It is easier said than done without a coach from that style.

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u/LastAd2695 Jul 07 '25

I train in azerbaijan and mostly you meet 3 types of styles : pure japanese, sambo and georgian. Our coach teaches us a lot of georgian grip fighting grips and we drill it a lot.

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u/LastAd2695 Jul 07 '25

I also tried sambo but felt defensive.

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u/Yamatsuki_Fusion sankyu Jul 07 '25

Ah, that's completely different then. You are straight up in one of the ideal places to learn that particular style, so go for it. Become the next Kotsiev.