I think we saw the discussion happening, and it's becoming more clear with each competition day, but there are literally athletes on a olympic level who enter the tatami with the sole strategy of either spamming fake throws to force lack of action shidos, or walking back to ask for fake throws.

I understand that both rules are necessary, but also it's very easy to create rules to bring judô back to a non-book state... it's easy to identify the strategy and either punish it with a shido, or just not give shidos for lack if the opponent is just spamming to force the shido... so the question is why?
Why we don't see any discussion (other than reddit) on this matter? Is it because the top athletes know how to benefit from it, and the impact seem less evident? could it just be to not make it seem like judo has currently this issue, like an ego problem?

Ok I know this might be a stupid question, but I was watching Kung Fu Panda and each animal character in that movie represented a particular style of fighting.

Tigress was tiger style, monkey was monkey style, etc.

So which animal do you all think would best fit the Judo style of fighting?

Hello everybody!
I trained judo from 7 to 17. When i was 15 all my clubmates started getting way better than me and i stopped winning matches almost entirely. So i stopped competing but still trained and helped train the beginner kids. But my motivation to the sport dwindled away and i quit when i was 17 after i somehow got the brown belt from my coach. I remember when i got it was a training camp and i really had some go that weekend. I really gave it my all, my coach saw me and then she gave me brown belt. I thought i didnt deserve it so the last few months i trained with it i was embarresed when i got beat by the others in the club with the same or lower rank.

But anyways now im 25 and wanting to get back to judo. My mindset is different now and i really want to get better. Im thinking of starting over from a white belt to build up my condidence and tecnique. What do you guys think? Is it accepted to start over? Or is it better to train as a brown belt?

All thoughts and experiences are welcome!

Any Judokas here recommend doing Bjj over Judo or vice versa? If so for what reasons? Planning to get into a grappling art whilst also pairing either one with wrestling. I’m 21 and I do plan to do competitions hopefully as I get better at either. Let me know what would be superior for self defence and enjoyability.

What countries do it? Has anyone done something like this? Would love to solo travel to a country and learn a bit more judo, hopefully something open to lower and intermediate kyu grades and hopefully (but not essential) English speaking

(Edit I’m aware judo comes from Japan, but I coudnt find the ‘come to Thailand to learn Muay Thai’ kind of camp over there, it seems to just be events for high level judokas across the world to come and learn.) (Edit 2, also I was talking about doing make a couple weeks, not spending months or a year out, I’m not able to do this because of my career, and that isn’t really the type of thing people do in Thailand usually)

A few thoughts:

1) Not much changes in Japan. Japanese Judo stars would still be revered by the public and Judo would still be in the school system. But the approach towards competition rules would probably be different. No more IOC pressure to change anything.

2) In countries where the sport is pursued mostly as a serious career, like Cuba, would you see fewer people doing Judo because government money would dry up? A talented grappler would get far more government support by doing Greco-Roman or Freestyle wrestling. Would you see Mongolians moving to Japan to pursue careers in Japan like they do with Sumo? Does Judo collapse in certain countries?

3) Without the Olympic ruleset unifying all countries and heavily influencing the way Judo is taught in almost all Judo gyms, would we see more variation in competition rulesets and Judo instruction?

I’ve been doing judo about 7 months now and I’ve really only told my closest friends/family and a very few amount of classmates that I see everyday of the week. I guess it’s kind of a hard thing to just bring up unless you’re making small talk.

I’ve seen this a lot online where “All the wrestlers that couldn’t make the Olympics would go to judo and beat all the guys and win all the medals.”. Does anyone know where this came from? Was it something that happened like once and everyone blew it out of proportion or was it just completely made up but still a popular belief?

-My girlfriend watching Olympic Judo for the first time

She's done it, she solved Judo.

Found a rare book yesterday, I wouldn’t have known about it if sensei didnt point it out

Recently I started noticing that most black belts are not practicing or are irregular with training. When I ask them why, most of them say that they do not have time for it, or they say that they got their black belt and don't see the point in training anymore.

When it comes to not having time, that is mostly crap, since I'm studying, working, have 2 more hobbies and still get to go at least three times a week and practice judo.

I feel like they were mostly focused on getting medals, becoming the best (did not manage, since that is really hard), and were not enjoying the training, experiences and randories enough.

If they did not become coaches or referees, they just stop training.

On the other side, I see the veterans competing and I'm amazed that they still do.

Or they transfer to some other matrial art, and continue there.

I view it like a college degree, you study for it for 3-5 years and just after that you get the experience and learn the most. Or like a driving license...

Black belts that lost the motivation, that stopped training, what is your story/reason?

Edit: Not sure why am I getting so much hate. Did not want to attack anyone. I was just asking and trying making conversation, since that is something I started noticing and wanted to see if there are any other reaons for it.

Maybe the way I said that about not having time, did not mean to be rude. Sorry 🫤

Started Judo half a year ago, and I had a blast practicing with fellow members and the coaches at the dojo, earned my yellow belt and everything was great, until I completely tore my ACL at a tournament. I can play the blame game and talk about how it happened and who's fault it is, but what does it matter - it's already done.

The thing is, I'll need a surgery and and am in my mid 30s, will be expecting a child sooner than later, so the right thing is to quit... so that no such injuries can happen again. Due to this injury, I let so many people down - my employers, my teammates, my family members, and most importantly, my wife.

But damn, I am so not ready to quit, but looks like I'm gonna have to, even after the rehabilitation. sounds like I need a counselor/therapist more than a physical therapist lol

sorry about the rant... not sure what I am trying to get at. I don't really have anyone to talk about these things

I have been vaguely aware of this, but today it dawned on me why exactly I started opening doors like this 😅

Hey everyone,

I know this question has probably been asked before in some form, so apologies in advance.

The title says it all. This year, a brown belt joined our club. He's a tall, strong, and heavy guy, with about 25 kg over me. During randori, he goes all out with force, using a strong grip and an aggressive Kumi Kata. Just recently, I heard he broke a white belt's ankle. Today, while sparring with me, he accidentally poked me in the eye and I was pretty thankful I didn't get injured.

I know it's against the judo spirit to refuse randori with someone, and I've been practicing judo recreationally for 4 years now. My goal when I joined was to learn judo while preserving my health and avoiding unnecessary injuries that could affect my family and work life. This guy clearly knows he has a physical advantage over nearly everyone and even seems to find it amusing to overpower lighter opponents. I'm seriously considering politely refusing future randori with him. What do you guys think? Would that be reasonable, or is there a better way to handle this situation?

I do neither BJJ or judo. I train in a Korean martial art. My grandson trains in taekwondo and with some work will receive his black belt around the January time frame. My daughter is considering BJJ for him after he receives his black belt.

That's the background. Here's the question.

I was browsing the BJJ sub and someone asked if after a time BJJ takes it's toll on the body. I was surprised at how many had aches, pains, and ligament damage on a regular basis and chronically.

Is it the same for judoka? I'd really like to know before setting young limbs up for future problems. I realize it's martial arts and things happen but it really sounded like BJJ injuries are in a class by themselves. How about judo and youth training?

Thanks.

Anyone got any story’s or them using judo in anyway not during actual training? I remember a few years ago during military combative training they had me paired up with a guy to spar and had started us standing and without thinking I immediately grabbed and used a Osoto gari on him and sent him flat on his back, I could hear all the air leave his body then silence then the dude started screaming I felt so horrible I thought I really hurt him but he was fine just got the wind really knocked out of him (thank god we had flak jackets on.) I realize now how stupid it was to use a throw like that on a guy with no judo or ukemi knowledge but what do you guys have to to share?

I can totally see a No Gi Judo competition just by watching this video

Today would apparently be a training session like the others, although Sensei started a little harder with physical work, but as always I put a smile on my face and continued with the exercise. In the middle During the exercise I saw a guy arrive, a heavyweight like me, older and a green belt, he immediately liked me (This is more common than it seems) and we trained together. The next exercise was a sequence of falls, each pair had to throw their partner at least 5 times, there were 3 series of 5 falls (I did even more, as I had two partners). The rest of the training after that would be Handori, I went with him in a 1 and a half minute Handori and in that time no one managed to knock anyone down... That didn't bother me at all, But I was left wondering if our skills were so evenly matched... Finally, second round, now 4 minutes long and I was simply knocked down, I fell more than once and I couldn't get any technique in.

At that moment I saw the difference in skills and I was in doubt: would he be worse than someone who hasn't trained for 5 years? Or is he simply better than me at judo?

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I love the physics of judo and Kano makes some physics references in his book "Kodokan Judo", which I'm currently reading.

Judo has inspired me to study Newtonian physics.

Anyways, I was wondering if there were any physics majors in this sub and, if you exist, do you make any connections between your education and judo?