Even by olympic standards judo is still royally screwed

[@Chadi]

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[@thunderflower7998]

Any links where one could buy it with PayPal?

[@JudoHighlights2015]

Me and Chadi should make the judo version of CJI

[@frandywillianspena1999]

Make it

[@rns7426]

I just saw this comment after I made a comment earlier. And said Judo needs it own CJI!❤

[@Chadi]

Perfect! We just need a few million euros 😄

[@OmegaSupremeWCheese]

Go to Ukraine and mysteriously come back with a few million and you got it... Seems to have worked for Craig. Hahahaha

[@OmegaSupremeWCheese]

Honestly you could probably Gofundme with an open ruleset that rewarded both Ippon and newaza allowed leg attacks with a 50K payout in a few grouped weight divisions and you'd have a better tournament than the Olympics.

[@jacobflores78]

I totally agree about allowing more than one competitor from the same country in each division-especially if both are top ranked in the world. I’ve said it for a while that other sports do it! It made me angry when Maruyama (2020), Deguchi (2020) and Klimkait (2024) were excluded. There have been so many amazing judoka who could have won gold but never got a shot

[@firstname3255]

We train leg takedowns one day a week, I just wish we could train old school judo more. I know I will never go to the Olympics along with 99% of the judoka population. Why should we let them change our art form?

[@nicholasneyhart396]

See if you can train in an older format. I do randori exclusively no gi and with leg grabs because I am primarily a wrestler and use judo as a supplement. There is no reason you shouldn't be able to do something similar.

[@npaprika1]

As a BJJ practitioner, I hope it never enters the Olympics

[@formersomethingsomething3273]

'Oh the excitement when watching 2 jujuiteros buttscoot' haha, dude lets not pretend anyone want to watch that shit and lets imagine how many top bjj athletes would pass the PED tests.

[@buubtube]

@@formersomethingsomething3273 Yeah because watching two judoka aggressively turtle until winning by shido is suuuper compelling... BJJ guys know BJJ is boring to watch. Whereas the IJF seem to think Judo is really spectator-friendly with more rules.

[@formersomethingsomething3273]

@@buubtube How many did watch the judo olympics? How many do watch judo grand slams etc? Please do tell :) Sure Judo could be even more spectator friendly but BJJ with buttscooting allowed and without all the juiceheads?? Nah thats a hardpass since open mat is more interesting to watch.Be a good trigglypuff and accept your fate as a buttscooting partial-artist.

[@jimlasswell4491]

I started Judo in 1967, competed, ended up teaching for over 40 years. You might be surprised but except for one glaring fault I think BJJ is more suitable as a sport. That fault? Against Judoka you guys are in trouble while still standing.

[@buubtube]

@@formersomethingsomething3273 I don't know how many people watched judo, but probably a fraction of the number that watched swimming and running. It's a sport watched mainly by practitioners, just like BJJ. I do judo now, but would be doing BJJ if I could. Partial artist? BJJ has basically all wrestling moves available, all judo throws, plus extra leglocks and fewer rules...so which is the partial art?

[@maitrekano]

absoluetly right . judo dont needs the olympics , we allready have worldchampionships , grand prix . grand slams , panams . european cups that enough .

[@MrAlepedroza]

Are the rules better on those comps?

[@BuJammy]

@@MrAlepedroza Sortof.

[@DHTCF]

Without the Olympics, judo would have a very small profile indeed.

[@mark9104]

for me I blamed IJF, IJF been trying to make Judo "spectator friendly" for the last 30 yrs, since the date I trained there were so many things being taken away for the idea, leg grab, time limit on gi holding, time allowed in groundwork (in early 90s old sensei were already complaining about super short groundwork time compared to 70s), taken away of koka/yuko and then relaxing the definition of wazari, to the point we are seeing wazari/ippon for a throw which would barely qualified as yuko in my days! Fact is, Judo is not very spectator friendly, we have IJF youtube broadcasting live, getting like 1k live view worldview?! I just checked 2019 World Champ, 5 yrs on, final only got less than 30k view, but that doesn't take away the fact France alone got 600k practitioner (according to IJF) and globally there must be millions of active judoka. We don't need to constantly tweaking our art just trying to attract more viewers, Judo will never be a spectator sport like mma or boxing. Just like Aikido will never be one

[@thunder2434]

Looking at the weird rules hurdles put on Olympic Judo I agree. It's a small part of Judo constrained to this format and a great Judoka can win and still lose because of one hand grabbing and pulling the wrong way or with the wrong timing in grip fighting. That shouldn't be possible. When it's like that real Judo suffers and people watching get the wrong impression of the art.

[@TakeItToTheGround]

No not Kata in the Olympics. Please for the love of god no. Make judo in the Olympics better not make it embarrassing.

[@ricardokerscher]

If you think Kata is something embarrassing, then embarrassing indeed, just your thoughts...

[@ericn9vjg]

Maybe your experience with kata was negative. Should it be in olympics? Maybe or maybe not. But it is fundamental to practicing good form. Seek another teacher if you are not convinced.

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

I asked a hachidan once why competitive renditions of koshiki-no-kata look different from the actual video we have of Kano doing it with kawaishi. I mean, if it's there to preserve the techniques, shouldn't everyone make it look just like his? The answer was, "The kata started to change when competition became popular. Each competitor tries to differentiate and distinguish their performance, and the judges look for their preferences, and practice moves over time." Making kata competitive doesn't really help the kata, IMO.

[@Madnessofmusic]

We need to change it from the roots up: Start a freestyle Judo movment in your local dojo/club, get people involved! If BJJ dominates your local scene take the time to do Gi, and learn the judo techniques and go from there. This wont change overnight, but it can be changed

[@mb2776]

this. I got into martial arts this year and tried out some stuff in my hometown, krav maga, judo and pencak silat in another town. Now, I take the train every friday. Why? Krav maga session was nice, more bjj like. Judo session on the other hand? Nice people but only sports focused. Strict adherence to the official rules. Judo needs to go back to its roots.

[@mb2776]

also, it's sad cause some judo throws like osoto gari are really good for self defense, especially when you live in colder climate, people wear big puffy jackets, basically a gi. But If you can't really practice these throws, it's almost impossible to learn them.

[@vlada]

Lots of words that mean nothing.

[@Todo_fighting]

Most senseis don't really care about judo, the care about getting medals under ijf tournaments.

[@Madnessofmusic]

@vlada would you care to explain what you mean?

[@jimlasswell4491]

I recognize your passion and frustration Chadi. My Sensei was Edwin Maley in Tampa FL, who will always have a place in my heart. He was, in the early fifties, one of the Air Force troops sent to the Kodokan to train in Judo, ostensibly to aid in their Air Police function; in reality to win inter service competitions. By the time I met him he had been Shufu, Southeast US, Florida and US Military champion for over seven years. In those days a competitor who won his weight division could elect to go after the winners of the heavier divisions. He won the 'over all' many times. After the decision to finally put Judo in the Olympics the US Olympic Committee declared Ed a 'professional' since he owned a Dojo. The IOC must not have cared. The heavyweight winner in 1964 was Anton Geesink, who owned a Dojo in Holland. 2010 was the first time I heard or read of a Judo match being called a fight. Believe me, the spirit of Judo as I understand it, is more than contrary to that word. My son was a pool payer. He was frustrated because other 'sports' paid better if you won. Two things he couldn't get his head around were, the money comes after the acclaim, not before and the possibility of cheating or illegality limits fans, thus acclaim. Question; will your book also be offered as an E-book on Kindle?

[@jackfisher1921]

It's funny how other countries found a way to work around the "Professional" sportsman rule. In Japan, Judo is part of their physical education in the schools systems. Many of your top Judoka go to Universities to become Physical Education Teachers. In the Soviet Union all of their athletes "worked for the government" which meant they were being paid to train and represent their country. The Olympics have always been motivated by politics. It's just more obvious than before.

[@Per12189]

I don't agree at all on this one. I think Judo is a great olimpic sport, and being in the olimpics not only has given popularity but a level of excellence in competition impossible to achieve otherwise. And is really fun to watch, dynamic, exciting throws, explosiveness and keeping the japanese etiquette of respect and discipline.

[@AureliusRuiz]

I don't like the idea of sportifiying of the judo Kata. Katas are teaching tools. Looks what happens to Karate Katas. They suffer a lot in the practical sense/ bunkai.

[@nopenope9945]

Fencing people feel similarly. I did BJJ I went to one of the top competition schools for 5 years and 10 years before that I did 5 more years. I barely made blue belt before I got an unrelated injury that took me out of the sport. I loved the sport but I only cared to practice stuff I could adapt for a fight. I won more than one gold in more than one weight class but we were a competition school and I just wanted to get my ass kicked in new ways every day so nothing surprised me in real life. Coach knew what I was doing and I knew I'd never get promoted that way. I made BJJ my own thing and lots of luck to you, even if you are belted much higher or a decent boxer, or Thai boxer, or wrestler. You'd need 15 quality lbs on me in addition to one of those things. There is always some 150lb kid that is all of those things and a D1 gymnast and I still have to be not an idiot. The freedom to make the sport mine WAS the love for the sport. I think that's what has left Judo. I'm too old to hit the ground that hard that often anymore but, if I can manage it, my son will be a Judoka before he plays any other sport and I will find an old school.

[@QuickSh0t]

Having studied with some of the best kata competitors in the world and competed in kata, I can tell you kata competition is little more than a popularity contest. Just like any beauty pageant.

[@ericn9vjg]

Yes. Judo is not properly represented to the world. The lack of newaza and hurts Judo.

[@JJ-oh4oo]

言いたい事が分からなくも無いですが、それでも柔道にはオリンピックは必要だと思います。オリンピック競技だからここまで世界中に柔道が広がった訳です。新しい子供たちも自国のメダリストに憧れ柔道を始めるので、五輪が夢の舞台である事は変わらないかと思います。 世界選手権の様に各国1枠ではなく、丸山やクリムカイトを出すべきというのも分かりますが世界中にオリンピック出場･メダルというチャンスが得られなくなるので難しいでしょう。-66は日本,-90はジョージアがメダル独占します。 無差別級を復活というのは面白いかと思いますが、軽い選手の出場が少なければ100kg超級との違いも無く意味をアピール出来ないでしょう。混合団体戦がある今では、軽い選手達は怪我のリスクを負って無差別級に出る事はあり得ません。

[@Sam-ht4og]

そういう話しでは無くて、何故IBFがこんなに権力を持っているのかが疑問だというコトだと思います あと、個人的にはジョージアの選手が強いなら彼らが勝つのが妥当で、日本がメダル取れないとかどうでも良いです

[@pedrogarciasantisteban7808]

Middle finger to the IOC! , judo does not need them orlympics

[@jackfisher1921]

At this point, the best thing for Judo would be to abandon the Olympics and go back to pre-Olympic rules. No more World Champions. Just good people developing supporting each other in their skills and having fun.

[@MichaelBrown-q4y]

The problem isn't the World Championshps nor the Olympics...it's the cowardice of the Judo community in that they allow the IJF to determine what Judo is when there would be no IJF without the Judo community.

[@TroyIndureTillTheEnd]

@@MichaelBrown-q4y Yeah but the Japanese which basically owns Judo and are the best at it. Will truly only mainly listen to them "IJF" as such it's in the cultural.

[@MichaelBrown-q4y]

@@TroyIndureTillTheEnd Unfortunately this is a global Judo community issue....this is why I suggest that the only way to fix this problem is for the community to tell the IJF this is unacceptable and then go about running competitions from the local level up to C, and D level Shiai by whatever rulesets they deem fit. The IJF does not control Judo unless the community allows them to.

[@CylntKnyt]

Love your videos. I grew up practicing Judo in the 1980s. I also wrestled, boxed, and practiced GoJu/Shotokan Karate & Tang Soo Do. Judo was a constant. Mostly because our YMCA Judo program was an AAU program as well as being supported by Boys & Girls Club. Our wrestling, box, and TKD/TSD was also B&GC. My first two Judo instructors were amazing. It was old school Judo. Newaza and self defense were regularly practiced and once I joined the adult class, Newaza once a week was mandatory. The trajectory of Olympic Judo had its genesis in the 1960s, which along side of wrestling, began to remove all the more combat effective holds and moves in favor of safety and flashy competitive moves. And we are seeing that trend in BJJ as well. I hope this turns a corner, but I doubt it. Thank you for the video, it's a very good look at very bad situation evolving in the sport and art.

[@RobONeill-j1b]

Olympics is ridiculous and Irish coverage was awful, hours of swimming, running etc and zero judo, zero wrestling. Opening ceremony freak show...

[@AureliusRuiz]

Well even when I don't like the new rules in IJF and detest the control of the Olympics footage that the IOC had. I think it's a great honor to be part of the Olympics. There only 3 styles of wrestling in the modern Olympics (Greco-Roman, Freestyle, and Judo) and Judo is the only one from the jacket- wrestling variety (Bök, Shiao Jiao, Sambo, Chidaoba etc) If you ask me I would say that's super impressive that Japan could pull the world audience attention and interest in their style of jacket wrestling.

[@npaprika1]

I’m assuming that the Olympics market tested what got the best viewership and landed on one rep per country and points. Another indicator that the Olympics inherently corrupts international rulesets. I think that boxing has been more resilient because it’s run by private promotions, but your video has made me want to research boxing’s relationship with the Olympics.

[@vlada]

In many countries with a national television like Radio-Canada in Canada you could watch it all online. Private broadcasters I presume don't do this.

[@matheusalves5160]

Combat sports awlays had a rough time in the Olympics. Boxing is in and out of the brackets, karate changed so much and was still cuted from Paris, wrestling is a mess with the weights, because the IOC don't recognize some categories for whatever reason, taekwondo was so dumbed down and watered that seems like a different sport... Judo's situation is all but a mirror of the IOC and it's ideas about martial arts in the Olympics.

[@bushido007]

I'm hopeful that in the future they'll have judo competitions for Kosen/newaza rules and also even Tomiki Aikido rulesets. Then judo will be more like swimming where you have freestyle, breast stroke, backstroke, etc.

[@rns7426]

Judo needs to be more popular outside of the Olympics. It needs competitions that display the actual martial art of Judo and not Olympic style judo which is only partial judo. Judo needs something like CJI.

[@ralfhtg1056]

Martial Arts in general are underrepresented in media, be it TV or online. I don't know about your point of view, but an event, that gathers over 100000 viewers, who travel to the venues from all over the globe, I would not call such an event "small". And in my opinion such an event is worthy of getting some representation at least in the evening news on TV. But no! These ignorant bastards preferred to report about some local football clubs and their matches! It is a shame! This is exactly what happened in the first half of November 2014, when the WKF (World Karate Federation - the largest Karate organistion in the world) held their championships on German soil for the very first time. Not even the smallest mention in the sports section of the tv news! It is such a disgrace!

[@mb2776]

kommst auch aus deutschland? Ich stimme dir absolut zu, es ist schon krass auf der einen seite wird der kampfsport überall gefordert für die Jugend. Aber dann sieht man im Endeffekt nix davon außer das ne kleine lokale Zeitung mal nen kleinen Artikel drüber hat. Zusätzlich kommt halt noch dazu das viele Kampfsportarten grade in Deutschland unglaublich verstaubt wirken. Grading und Regeln und nur Sport, kein Bezug auf Selbstverteidigung und Realismus. Das zieht nicht mehr wie in den 90ern als noch 500 Kung fu Filme rauskamen.

[@tw_trad]

Would be cool to see more events: Standard judo rules, open weight (with leg grabs?), standard rules 5v5, Kosen rules 5v5, Kata

[@caelanhenry2233]

The Olympics was so disappointing for me. I watched it just for the Judo but I felt like I saw barely any of it. It's so hard to watch the thing you actually want to watch. Lucky CJI was amazing and free.

[@Fanaro]

I think it would also be much more entertaining if we did another category where it's the most ippons per 10 min.

[@吉尾公志]

その通りだと思います。１つの国から同じ階級で２人以上出しても良い。ランキングの高い国にAdvantageがあるべきです。

[@fernandohsantos]

I think Judo in the Olympics could have the open category (men & women), men & women teams, and kata, for sure.

[@SoldierDrew]

Your book is great.

[@vincentmeeks129]

If you're getting screwed the wrong way, it might be time for a divorce. Judo doesn't need the Olympics, the Olympics need Judo. Leave the Olympic Games, and save Judo for future generations.

[@Fanaro]

Not having the possibility of also competing on an open weight category is indeed very underwhelming as well. The same bs thinking is present in olympic weightlifting.

[@pieterduits4638]

Make a video on the judo rules you want please.

[@Per12189]

Guys you have to understand that one thing is Judo as a sport, and aa such the olimpics is the best it can aim at, and other thing is as a martial art. You can do both and in most dojos they do.

[@CoelhoSports]

Each olympic host city can introduce one sport just for that olympics. Tokyo introduced karate for 2020 ('21 delayed). It was not continued for paris and again will not be included in LA. Karate is not an olympic sport. It was just a one-time special event. TKD was included by seoul and subsequently kept. Judo was included by tokyo in 64 and it was kept (but only tentatively for certain games). Boxing and wrestling have been on the brink many times. The only paris olympics i saw was when i was clicking through the channels and stopped for a few seconds. The olympics has really gone to hyell. NBC in America has contributed greatly to its demise. Most IOC revenue comes from tv rights and most IOC tv rights come from NBC, which still collects half of its revenues from cable carriage fees, which are plummeting. If congress ended the system of cable carriage fees (a forced subsidy from locally licensed cable monopolies) tomorrow, NBC and the rest would collapse, and the IOC would need a completely new business model. Either way, i'm ready for the olympic trademarks and copyrights and ted stevens act in the USA (gives USOC a virtual monopoly on most sports) to be canceled.

[@TimRHillard]

I did judo many years ago as a kid. I have always thought it was the best for self defense. I was looking forward to watching it in the Olympics. But what I saw, man, really let me down. It didn’t even look like judo to me.

[@furiousfellow1583]

RANT INCOMING: Combat sports are treated as second class citizens by the IOC , remember the issue about how judo and wrestling were so similar and if IOC should keep both?, no one seems to be questioning how doing one lap in the pool is different from 2 laps, yet we have multiple swimming events each one awarding a different medal, tbh olympics are now rotten to the core, IOC sees the event as nothing more than a advertising platform the worst part for judo: as it is, judo very dependable on the olympics, in most countries it seems to be founded by the corresponding national olympic program, if it gets out of the event I wonder if judo would lose most of its founding and sponsorship from the events lastly I think the threat to remove judo from olympics is very real, now boxing is out, and when wrestling was removed, UWW appealed to IOC and rapidly made changes to get it back

[@davidegaruti2582]

yeah , phelps is the most decorated olympian because he can compete in like 18 disciplines every year ... imagine if there where the same for running ? the 80 meter sprint the 90 meter sprint the 100 meter sprint the 110 meter sprint the 120 meter sprint swimming just has a problem ...

[@AtiXcs]

its because US have the facilities for swimming and dominate this section before, so they added more swimming contest to give US more gold

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

all the money that the IOC makes from the olympics who gets the least money? the athletes. the entire reason they have an event and the IOC stooge them

[@Ninja9JKD]

I agree about Judo vs Swimming. Sure swimming hard as you can is something, but fighting another person who is trying to hit you with the ground... yeah that's on another level.

[@Nfsbelka]

Kata is art, not sport It's very "individual" thing, related to physical and mental training, it's only preparing to real combat It would be weird to make any kata competitions, in karate as well, because it's like competition in "training" itself, not competition in results of your training, as it should be

[@oddkristensen]

OG are changing and not for good, for money! So, I think that Judo has a good cup system! So... I think that Judo need to leave or just let them have Judo in there own way and who ever want to take part can. And then have a "clean" Judo other places! OG is taking Judo to much a part! Been doing Judo since the 80's. And... I cant see WHY all the changes are needed to accommodate OG! No... Let them have it in the way they want it and run Judo to make Judo shine! OG is not making Judo shine!

[@bobronsons5780]

The olympics forcing rule changes are what lead to me leaving the art. I'm coming back now but it's more for love than for my competitive side (I am EXTREMELY competitive).

[@4li5nga23]

Chadi do you have a discord server

[@Chadi]

@@4li5nga23 hello, I do not

[@alexanderren1097]

I don’t know why, but there’s this relatively small (hopefully) but really really vocal subset of MMA fans who think MMA should be in the Olympics. I try asking them if they want the Olympic committee to water it down like they watered down Judo but none of them are willing to even address the question let alone discuss an answer

[@weekendshermit]

Well, that's the difference between majority sports and minority sports. It happens with every sport. I understand the rant, but it's like arguing why everyone speaks about amazon and no one speaks about the store in the corner of your street. It's harsh, but the world has never been fair.

[@SongofRholand]

It's because non combat sports mean far less

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

if the olympics lose soccer and basketball they lose a lot of money in tv rights. simple.

[@kananisha]

I agree 100%

[@richardgodivala4680]

Anyone who thinks kata is useless doesn't understand it.

[@yohannschroo5644]

A faire partager ! Le déclin du judo continue de grossir, à fêter 😊 Mais y a encore du chemin... 😅😢

[@jeremywarner2540]

Sup Chadi

[@clelb8682]

I totally agree, judo shouldn't be in the Olympics to show at least the true beauty of that martial art.

[@Renku07]

I simply don’t agree to include judo katas bc judo katas are practical forms; they have no “secret” techniques ingrained in them. On the other hand, karate katas are artistic bc it’s supposed to hide “dangerous” techniques that they don’t want the public to see. This’s why karate is so f*cked up. I guess you’re 💯% wrong there. Great video, and I respect your opinion.

[@larryzach7880]

It would be better for Judo to just leave the Olympics. It seems like the Olympics need Judo more than Judo needs the Olympics.

[@Ninja9JKD]

Judo is not a very old martial art. It comes from very old martial arts. Judo is a sport art, Japanese Jujutsu from where Judo comes from is a full martial art because it includes strikes, grappling, and weapons. Judo has only grappling but does not have standing locks. I am a fan of Judo, but it is far from the complete art that is Japanese Jujutsu. Judo's advantage is safer competition.

[@kingjutsu1]

Judo absolutely has standing locks, they just aren’t allowed in competition.

[@tn1881]

During the Russo-Japanese War, Russian soldiers were no match for Japanese soldiers trained in judo in close combat and were being killed, so the Soviet Union studied judo and developed sanbo.The Russo-Japanese War by Thomas Cowen” At some of the forts men fought at close quarters, bayonet to bayonet, and it was once again shown that, though the Russians have the advantage of size and weight, they are no match for the quicker and more skilful Japanese”

[@jackfisher1921]

Sport Judo you see today doesn't practice those things. But they are part of Judo. They just don't do them in sport competitions because they can do a lot more harm.

[@Ninja9JKD]

@@kingjutsu1 If you don't train them then might as well not be there.

[@Ninja9JKD]

@@tn1881 Imagine if they were using the most lethal techniques of the Samurai and Ninja instead of a sportified version of Jujutsu.

[@pohkimcheng59]

Back then when I was still practicing Tae Kwon do we have a little club called black-belt club, the idea of it is basically preparing oneself up to the level of black belt and research on some illegal moves that was banned from competition and deadly moves instead of ending up like an ordinary skill black belt, but come to think of it, maybe judo needs this now? a club that is outside of kodokan to dedicate to research/rediscover/ preserve the loss technique and prepare oneself up to the level of black belt that would be great wouldn't it ?

[@rigelsalibeu6398]

Same taekwondo

[@dhimankalita1690]

Just wait for the new rules. They are bringing back leg grabs.

[@gabrielepicco3582]

Really? Are you sure? This would make me incredibly happy...

[@vincentmeeks129]

Sorry, but it's not enough. Time to leave the Olympic Games.

[@ADAM_COLLECTS]

i want to sell you a bridge i own. it is in sydney, goes across the harbour, i’ve had enough of owning it.

[@OmegaSupremeWCheese]

I think the Olympics was the death knell for Judo, they bend over backwards to cater to the Olympics, and as an art form it's getting left in the dust by BJJ, you see Judo devolving restricting techniques, while BJJ celebrates innovation even if that Innovation is something Judo did decades back. The most frustrating thing for me was to watch Judoka get triangled in guard and react like it was a magic trick meanwhile Oda was doing it literally 100 years ago, Judo schools kow tow so hard to Olympic rulesets they forget even the most basic of moves from 10 years back, leg attacks gone, most effective grips gone, heck even the Korean seoi gone...

[@KenChi-b5e]

Too much politics

[@devriestown]

Judo is dead 💀. Why would kids even train Judo with what's available now day's. Judo is so waterd down it is pathetic weak and insulting to old Judo. Get realistic.

[@mb2776]

spot on! started martial arts this year, I went to some local clubs, krav maga, judo and silat in another town. Now I train pencak silat and I have to take the train when I training. Why? Cause the krav maga session was nice, lots of bjj but not my style. Judo club on the other hand was strictly sports focused. Absolutly zero self defense, zero practicality, not even given the chance to try to get into a grab from a basic standing confrontation, nothing. Really nice friendly people but idk... on the other hand, even in my first pencak silat session, a proper warmup, streching, some basic movement(juras) and then self defense techs that are based upon basic silat movements and princibles. Highly practical, the more the attacker resists, the better!

[@devriestown]

@mb2776 I lucked out the judo club I trained at for one year and a half . They had old school judo teachers hard tuff training .

[@reYouMad]

Olympics are crap

[@feralkid9315]

Judo is a sport that builds strong masculine character which is why it is suppressed in the media in English speaking countries.

[@david-468]

Well then why is judo continuously moving away from that and going into changing all the rules so it’s softer? Current judo is a part of the problem not the solution, I’d go to a dojo full time if I didn’t already know most of it will be useless outside of judo comps, bring back the martial art of judo not this stupid sport version

[@literatureconnoisseur]

I think you're talking about wrestling, the judo that built masculine men died with the ban of leg grabs.

[@david-468]

@@literatureconnoisseur leg grabs was the killing blow but what really killed that aspect was the primary focus on “NO INJURIES” sometimes getting dropped on your head is the only way to learn and persevere that attitude is dead now , if you get hurt it’s the other fighters fault not your own when it should be YOUR own fault 99% of the time

[@MrAlepedroza]

The same countries where MMA, Kickboxing, Wrestling and Boxing are the most popular? Those sports are apparently feminine now? Lay down the tinfoil hat, mate.

[@jackfisher1921]

@@literatureconnoisseur It's absolutely ridiculous.

[@olivier2101]

Complètement d'accord, le judo est mal traité par le Comité Olympique. C'est un sport pratiqué en compétition par beaucoup plus de jeunes que la natation par exemple, sans parler des sports plus marginaux comme le plongeon, le demi-fond, les haies, ... pour lesquels il y a peu de compétitions. Les récents J.O. de Paris ont par ailleurs montré que le Comité Olympique était composé d'apparatchiks passant beaucoup plus de temps à faire de la politique, à disqualifier les athlètes russes par exemple, à défendre leurs juteuses prérogatives, à favoriser tel ou tel pays, etc... qu'à défendre l'éthique du sport, la qualité des épreuves (dans l'eau de la Seine...), la qualité de l'arbitrage, la représentativité et la difficulté de chaque sport au regard du nombre de médailles attribuées. Bref, un panier de crabes. Autre sujet récurrent d'étonnement pour moi : les médailles olympiques ne sont pas gravées au nom de chaque athlète, avec la compétition pratiquée, et la date de l'obtention. Je connais des athlètes de haut niveau qui ont collectionné des dizaines et des dizaines de médailles... et qui ne se souviennent même plus de l'épreuve concernée pour chacune. Aucun membre de Comité Olympique n'y a pensé : incroyable ! Personnellement, j'ai eu droit à une magnifique médaille gravée à mon nom, suite à un service militaire effectué avec beaucoup de motivation et de réussite : elle est unique, et j'y tiens énormément. Pourquoi les athlètes médaillés olympiques n'auraient pas droit à la même chose ?

[@rigelsalibeu6398]

not just judo. the Olympics also destroyed taekwonso and karate which are now derided. in the past they were combat sports like boxing, they fought seriously. today one is ashamed to say that he dos taekwondo.

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

The Olympics has always ruined every martial art it has touched.

[@christiangerhardt2408]

I hope our beloved BJJ never becomes part of the Olympics

[@vlada]

Shane the world will miss guys butt scooting and playing guard.

[@jeremywarner2540]

1st

[@devriestown]

Judo is finished