Bull shit, and I'm a fan of Judo. As an effective real fighting art Judo has been strangled (pardon the pun) by its sporting rules. They can't do that and they can't do this. Although some of the throws are brilliant, many are just too complex to pull off in a real go. And, as for the groundwork, Judo rules have outlawed so much of it that they can't, for example, defende heel hooks etc.
BJJ developed without the restrictions of becoming a sport. The problem now, of course, is that it is increasingly becming one, and will finally end up like Judo anyway. |