J Flo: Is Judo Better Than Wrestling or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu - Justin Flores | #49

Expect to get the everyday perspective on if one art is better; Judo, Wrestling or Jiu Jitsu, which one is the best place to start for beginners, how to train Judo safely as an older person, what makes a world champion, championship psychology, which future star J Flo is most excited about and much more...
Justin was instrumental in the development of multiple MMA champions including Ronda Rousey, who he trained and cornered during her UFC championship run. Justin also trains and coaches Cat Zingano, Dominick Cruz, Jay Jay Wilson, Jessica Penne, Paddy Pimblett and many more. Justin has led the USA Judo team in coaching duties all over the world and was named head coach of the 2017-2019 world teams. Justin also coaches numerous up and coming middle school, high school and college wrestling athletes whom have become champions at every level.
As a representative of the US National judo team from 2002-2008, Justin was a 3x National champion, Pan American medalist and collected 20+ top 7 finishes on the world stage at international events. Also an accomplished wrestler, Justin was a high school state champion in California and an all-American and earned a full ride scholarship to division 1 powerhouse University of Nebraska cornhuskers. There, Justin was ranked in the top 10 nationally and was on the starting line up in both his freshman and sophomore seasons before moving to New York to focus on judo.
Justin also earned his Jiu-Jitsu black belt in under 4 years from the legendary Fabio Santos.
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00:00 Intro
02:44 Early Jude & Wrestling Days
09:58 Martial Arts Family
14:45 Grappling Venn Diagram
20:35 Is Judo Safe For Older Beginners
24:39 I Didn't Reach My Potential
33:19 BJJ Black Belt in Under 4 Years
40:32 Becoming A Brand
45:23 BJJ Is Judo Rebranded
52:16 World Champ Mentality
01:00:13 Can You Teach Confidence
01:04:48 Challenges of Being a Coach
01:10:40 Fighters to Watch in 2024
01:14:23 Paddy Pimblett Could Be Top 5
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[@kallepikku4991]

Wow, absolutely wow! Love these high level guys who've done everything. None of that salesmen cr*p or internet pundits.

[@MoneyOverFame]

His brother Jake Flores, was one of the smoothest judo players I've ever seen man. So good!

[@ricardokerscher]

Excellent podcast. I became more of a fan of Justin knowing how he thinks, how much he defends Judo, and that he really seems to think like a judoka in the sense of the concepts that Jigoro Kano left us. And him being someone who was born in the USA, it's even more impressive. Congratulations.

[@MuhammedTartik]

I watched from Türkiye and learned a lot as a bjj practitioner who started at late ages and now doing wrestling also judo.

[@BG-sj7zh]

best standup coach for no gi grappling

[@MC-tm2uy]

I train in both Judo and Bjj and I do agree that Judo kinda got the short end of the stick from a branding and popularity perspective and that BJJ is basically rooted in Judo But also, how much of this was the Judo community's fault? I got my blackbelt in Judo and my dojo we do a significant amount of newaza (prob about 30%-40% of newaza) due to my sensei also having a BJJ background. But I have trained at other judo dojo where newaza is looked at as an after thought and those judokas in those gym always laughed at me when I want to do newaza and told me "why need Newaza when I can just throw them" (just so they can get armbar by me later in randori). The current ruleset of IJF is killing Judo. We basically excluded a significant part of the art. Just like how BJJ people is training tachiwaza as an after thought. We really need to have more option outside of the IJF that promotes diff kins of competition. As a Judo blackbelt...I say screw the IJF. We need to open up Judo again, allow most of the ols throws that allow leg grabbing and longer time for newaza (we can still do this safely by just restricting a couple throws like kanibasami)

[@mikerobbins1888]

Smashing it lads

[@marconopolo5723]

Awesome interview 🎉

[@georgeamaechi4739]

Thank you for such a great podcast

[@FranciscoEstrada1]

Great interview 🎉

[@yosoyernestoalvarez]

Awesome podcast

[@saifty3747]

My favorite grappling style

[@MoneyOverFame]

such a nice guy and a great judo player.

[@MichaelJames707]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@biggainzgrappling9139]

where do i buy that shirt. must have

[@flyfishingguide1991]

Is a moose better than a beaver?

[@JannersBJJ]

That was a good listen. Keep at it lads.

[@Urmomma5f4t]

Great interview. Judo gets overlooked so much in BJJ. Thought it takes a long time to get good at.