judo

[GrdStorm]

Judo is still a great MA. As for BJJ being better than Judo??? they are two different animals. Judo is more throw/pin than it is to submit someone. most BJJ practioners settle for the double leg takedown which is easily countered by sprawling or knee straight the the face. I think it would benefit BJJers to study some Judo for the throws.

ALso I think Sambo is some kool stuff as well. Sambo teaches a lot of throwing and it also emphasizes on Leg locks which most BJJers tend to avoid.

Catch as Catch Can is another worthy art to compliment your BJJ.

[Fighter]

Sorry if I sounden single minded but all the Judo classes I visited, Only about 3 to 4 there dojo was sport oriantated. Competion was the main focus of the Dojo's.

It had nothing to do with the Gi, the Gi is just clothing, You could use many of the same throws in Judo if the person was wearing a shirt or something.

[Judo Player]

Here's the real deal... its not weather you do Judo or BJJ or Tae Kwon Do or whatever....its the amount of time you put into the art that you do to make yourself proficient in that art. If anyone tells you that one "style" is better than another "style" there a fool. Its not the style that makes the fighter its the fighter that makes the style..The only thing that is needed to make any style effictive is the right fighter "know-how" to make the sport aspect suitable for street defense. The martial artist that can do that truly understands his art.

[Szczepankiewicz]

'Sorry if I sounden single minded but all the Judo classes I visited, Only about 3 to 4 there dojo was sport oriantated. Competion was the main focus of the Dojo's.

It had nothing to do with the Gi, the Gi is just clothing, You could use many of the same throws in Judo if the person was wearing a shirt or something.'


WHAT????

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 'sport oriented' and 'training for competition' pretty much the same? Or are you talking about different dojos?

You could use many of the same throws with someone wearing a thin cotton t shirt? Hmmmm, somehow I just don't think you know what the hell you're talking about sometimes....

[Ice Phoenix]

[You could use many of the same throws in Judo if the person was wearing a shirt or something.]

Let me put it this way.

Urrrhh, no. There are plenty of Judo throws that require tautness in the clothing (no T-shirts!)

Then again, I wouldn't recommend using a number of BJJ techniques in a real situation, such as some of the chokes and muscle slicer/cutter/crusher techniques (whatever the hell you want to call them!)

[Fighter]

SZ, the 2 main reason people do MA is self-defence, Sport. I fall out side of those catogories I think of it as a way of life and I cant get enough of it.

Sport is about winning comps, Self Defence is abound defence.

Its true that the fighter makes the style not the other way round but. Once a fighter made it work it probably couldn't be classed as Judo any more.

Look at Bruce Lee he started teaching a modified Wing Chun then look what it evolved into.

Im not talking about cotton Tshirt Im talking about things like jackets, rain coats anything that strong.

[Szczepankiewicz]

Hey Fighter,

Is English your second language? If so, I will respectfully overlook your atrocious grammar and spelling as I fully respect someone who can speak more than one language. However, if this is NOT the case, please slow down and post some organized missives. As your girlfriend would say someday in the future it is not the quantity that is most important, but the quality my young fellow.

Now as far as what you meant to say and what you did say, I believe they are two different things. I don't know of too many people who go around wearing clothing as durable as a judo gi where I can slide in and do a nice judo throw.

As far as Judo goes, I think it is an excellent sport or exercising activity. Many of the techniques would have to be slightly modified (as is common with most arts) to adapt to a self-defense situation.... However, I believe that the single biggest difference between sport and combat is mindset.

SZ

[Fighter]

OK SZ Im going to try and type so that people can understand it.

As for your statemnt of QUALITY over QUANTITY. You are 100% correct. I wish some of the companies would get that idea stuck into their heads.

And the mind set is important, infact it is the most important aspect of anything. But say you tried to an Aikido technique, someone can easlily follow up with a kick to the groin etc.

Some styles are just not ment for street defence. Even though Aikido is supposed to be about defence, I have read that it is not the case.