Judo
originally is a Japanese Self defence System including weapon teqchniques found by Jigoro Kano in 1882.
However the more popular form of Judo is the Olympic sports Judo of 1950s
I only got trained in olympic Judo so i will exclusivly comment on that style.
Intension of Judo ( Olympic Version)
- Throw your opponent on the back ( U win the fight when opponents back touches the ground while u are in control)
- Throw your opponent on the ground and either follow up with a submission or pin hold within 20 seconds. ( after 20 seconds its stand up again in most cases)
Oposed to general believe Judo is not a ground fighting art.
Its a stand up martial art.
The overwhelming part of Judo skills is used in standing position !
The Training methods of modern Judo are very "alive" and u will do lots of sparring (randori) over and over again.
U will learn lots of different throws for different situations + escapes from ground and furthermore some basic submissions
and GI chokes. ( Armbar , triangle , different chokes)
Video of different throws from Judo competitions
Does Judo work in a Real fight
There is good news and there is bad news for u guys out there hoping to become a better fighter by training Judo
1.) Judo does work in real fights and also in MMA circumstances
2.) U need a shitload ( and i am really doing a sick understatement here !)of training in order to sucessfully use Judo techniques in real fights.
Judo is an art and i really think it is a very beatiful art to use in real fighting situations.
However it is very difficult to learn !
While most other martial arts are easy to learn but difficult to master u can savely say that Judo is even very difficult to learn in the first place.
It just is insanely difficult to throw a person in a fight where boxing and Kicking is allowed.
Thats the reason i gave up on Judo like 2 years ago.
U need to train at least 4 times a weak each unit at least 2h to be able to use Judo throws succesfully in real fighting situations.
I have sparred with a lot of Judokas ranking from white belt to black belts and in no other martial arts i encounterd such a big difference in skill level between low belts and high belts.
Basically nobody lower than Black belt was even able to use anything of Judo in sparrings against me at all ...
I have very medicore BJJ skills ( Average blue belt) but i tapped all kind of Judo players(even brownbelts) very quickly for the most part as soon as we were on the ground. Concerning the stand up almost nobody was able to throw me when we did light mma sparring.
So the first impression u could get is :
Judo is far too complicated and too difficult to be used in real fighting situations.
To some Point i do agree.
However i did also "fight/do sparring" with some really good blackbelts and i can tell u that some of them made me realise that their stuff works ! Its just that u have to be very very good at what u are doing.
A good example for this is Karo Parysan ( UFC fighter)
He uses sick Judo throws and techniques in many of his fights.
Here is another video that i liked that shows how Judo can work in case u are good at it
Other things i noticed while training Judo and doing lots of sparring with Judokas.
+ many good judokas have pehnomenal balance ! Its so hard to take them down.
+ some good Judokas have a sick Kesa Gatame ( scarf Hold) that can be used perfectly for Ground and Pound
Some of the blackbelts caught me in Kesa gatame and i could not get out no matter how hard i tried
- many Judokas are surprisingly bad on the ground ( since Judo is a stand up martial arts in teh first place)
Due to some specific Judo tournament rules they totally suck at defending their back ^^. I finished plenty of Judokas with the simple RNC from BJJ.
- Many Judokas feel superior to Kickboxers and Boxers but are totally lost as soon as they face one ^^
Side note
Judo also has some very gay "dancing" stuff that has to be learned for blue, brown and black belt demonstrations
Like the Kata in shotokan Karate
here is an example
But unlike traditional Karate
most Judo clubs have the emphasize on fighting while Kata is only for belt demonstrations
Conclusion
Modern Judo is a Sport that can be a lot of fun
It is the very beautiful art of throwing people and also works in real fighting situations
However it is insanely difficult to execute
If u are searching for a nice Hobby u might find a good friend in Judo
If u aim to become a better fighter be aware that Judo requires a shitload of Trainig to be used effective.
In fact all the guys i met that were good at it have trained in Judo for at least 8 years .. most of them 5 times a week.
The other Judo guys did fail hardcore at applying Judo to "real" fighting situations.
In my experience the first 3 years u probably wont be able to apply any of the throws u learned to real fighting situations.
gl
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U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)
im guessing your review on Jiu-Jitsu is traditional japanese only right? cuz afaik BJJ is the most effective for self defense in the sense of time learn i mean, a guy who trains 1 year of BJJ will be able to beat almost anybody untrained regardless of size difference.
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Silver_nz New Zealand. May 26 2009 07:43. Posts 5647
awesome post, very informative. I was wondering about judo, i had heard good things about it.
On May 25 2009 23:55 Baal wrote:
im guessing your review on Jiu-Jitsu is traditional japanese only right? cuz afaik BJJ is the most effective for self defense in the sense of time learn i mean, a guy who trains 1 year of BJJ will be able to beat almost anybody untrained regardless of size difference.
Read properly and u would not have asked that question
U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz)
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while Kata is only for belt demonstrations
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