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Originally Posted by rezbot2000
For all you judo practioners I have a question. I'm 5'9" and am thinking of taking up Judo for sport and self defense. I was wondering how someone of about average height would do against someone larger or much larger? I know they have weight classes for competition. Is this because without them the big guys would always win? Thank you in advance for your help.
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To answer your question about martial arts in general, size and strength are important factors in a fight, but not always the ultimate factor.
Look up Royce Gracie vs. Remco Pardoel.
Gracie is 6' and 176lbs. Pardoel is 6'2" and 250. Both men are black belts in jiu-jitsu; Pardoel, the bigger man, is also a black belt in Judo I believe.
Keith Hackney vs. Emmanual Yarbrough.
Hackney was a black belt in kenpo karate; Yarbrough a Sumo champ.
Koakklai Kannoersing vs. Might Mo, Hong-Man Choi or Alexy Ignashov.
Then again, there fights where size and strength mattered.
Dan Severn vs. Anthony Macias.
Severn tossed Macias around like a rag doll.
Smit vs. Kiatsongrit.
Kiatsongrit took the fight head on to Smit, landing some good shots, demonstrated a solid chin but fought the taller, stronger fighter with the wrong tactics (toe to toe) and eventually got KO'd.
Tank vs. 1/2 the guys he's fought.
Nuff said...