Jigoro Kano's training routine for a stronger body

This video discusses the training routine that the founder would have preferred.
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[@Ivuspp]

The book "mind over muscle" was published with the title "Energia física e mental" (physical and mental energy) in Brazil.

[@johnhills3085]

I've got mild cerebral palsy I tried getting into judo but ended up in aikido..... It's the best thing that happened to me I can do all the techniques...... It improves my balance . it perfect for me

[@joatanpereira4272]

I personally believe sandbag lifting and some specific movements with kettlebells and macebells are all you need for strength and power in Judo. Besides that, just make sure your mobility is great.

[@hozerberto4886]

Definitely not, there's a reason everything judo world champion uses the Olympic lifts, they are the best lift for combat sports

[@joatanpereira4272]

@@hozerberto4886 but you can't do lateral movements or diagonally with bars, it's just up and down. which doesn't make sense for judo or most martial arts, where it's all about rotation. with kettlebells, you're free to move them up and down, but also side to side.

[@JohnDhar]

@@hozerberto4886 true but that is contradictory with what Chadi said in his video. Elite is elite, and you may not get the same result and long term benefits at your level with their training. Russian school of wrestling (and former soviet block countries) is probably the best model of training. Wrestling first with technical emphasis, gymnastic, rubber bands, kettlebell

[@Titan500J]

Thank you for this video. I like that you included woman's Judo. Back in the 70's I trained in Judo and Aikido in Golita CA. The Dojo sponsored Jashu (women's ) Judo camp at UCSB. I was a low rank at that time so I only helped set up the mats. Keiko Fukuda came there and was the guest head instructor. I saw her teach a small class at our Dojo and it was a privilege that I'll never forget.

[@martinlaser7819]

Pussy Galore trained in a gi. And this seems elegant, even more in a little bit masculine street costume as a symbol of emanzipation. No gi wrestling for women in the mud was an amusement. If these women in the mud were really stronger than Pussy?

[@PopsRacer61]

Wow! the film clips of the 🥋training takes me back to 1973 when I was 12, and learned under sensei Takahiko Ishikawa back in Philadelphia. My father who was a 4th degree black belt trained under him also in the late 60s early 70s. We did the same training. Brings back memories

[@amck72]

What did you used to do to get stronger hand grip ?

[@PopsRacer61]

@@amck72 ..I used to take a 5lb dumbell, and sit down and let it hang over the edge of my knee, then lift up using the wrist until tired. Also used to hang from a pull up bar or tree branch, and pull up slightly with the 4 fingers...not doing full pull ups ( no biceps ). For the fingers & wrists only.

[@pichetkullavanijaya6908]

Chadi, I just want to let you know how much I for one truly appreciate all the hard work in research, acquisition, editing, writing the narrative, and posting Judo history, and now even more than just Judo. I know that it is a tremendous amount of work and most likely there are expenses, too, money received from KZbin not withstanding. Thank you, Chadi. Beautiful thing you are doing because even after our deaths (hopefully, from old age for most of us), the next generations can have this knowledge preserved for them.

[@joeojeda4651]

So quick correction chadi, in good faith because i love your content, a lot of bodybuilders are dying because of drugs. Bodybuilders are not strength athletes we dont lift large weights just enough to create muscle size. I've actually brought Judokas to the gym and everyone is always impressed by how much they move( its almost like they understand leverage 😂). Though slowly the culture is changing and we are staying away from drugs and getting into all kinds of wrestling, honestly hope the cross training continues to teach more people to be humble and the value of discipline and commitment vs shortcuts. You should check out videos by bodybuilders on how impressed they are by the physique of wrestlers (the martial arts kind not WWE) its honestly great to see more people look at the sport more.

[@doctorcaptainalex]

I think bodybuilding is moving in a positive direction and soon we’ll have beautiful, strong specimen that rival the concept of Michelangelo’s David.

[@digitaldaemon74]

@@doctorcaptainalex lots of people getting back to the wholistic roots health function then aesthetics.

[@jujitsuman9934]

Great comment, lotta bjj and mma guys will learn this lesson as well. All these Testicle replacement therapy guys are dropping also now. Thanks to all these guys in their 40’s and 50’s running to wellness doctors and complaining that they aren’t in shape and get tapped out in class. 🙄

[@martinlaser7819]

​@@jujitsuman9934Medicine, fitness and wellness is a business. Maybe Chadi can make a video pro and contra business in judo.

[@martinlaser7819]

​​@@digitaldaemon74 Jon Bluming + 2018 was the boss of Bushido in Amsterdam. He provoked that standpoint to be puzzy. Partly he was right on the other hand he neglected some traditional aspects which are to interpret. He came from the street fight and the military. He was Dutch and came to Japan. - He published that he came almost ignorant to Japan, learnt there, worked hard and beat Japan. Wim Ruska, Cris Dolman and Semmi Schilt had nothing against when they were referred to him while they did not estimate the Japanese Antonio Inoki who was more businessman than a fighter. I think Japanese Budo is very sincere up to a certain level because they are better but above this level Japan is corrupt. Also Inoki is a very interesting man in this context because he connected the fighting show activities of the 3 continents. But he is not worth being discussed in this context.

[@georgecantalupo5110]

I remember hearing that Kano recommended that Judoka perform the Seriyoku Zenyo Kokumin Taiiku exercises daily. You showed a partial clip in your presentation. They are a good way to practice Atemi skills as well as getting some exercise.

[@Peekingduck]

Brilliant video, thanks !

[@thinkordie7292]

Very educational. 🙇🏾‍♂️ thank you

[@ABC-bm7kl]

Great video!!!

[@solhasoul]

Looking forward to the next video! Thanks for the information, it’s worth its weight in gold!

[@larryzach7880]

Kano Sensei, in his writings, literally said that the Greco idea of strength, which he described as long muscle structure, leonine, or lion-like, was best opposed to the Roman or Bull-like strength that the Roman Empire embraced.

[@phillipmarlowe0525]

Great content my friend.

[@spinningdragontao]

A fascinating video, very informative and a look into how the old ways have value in the modern world

[@alhuzayl6029]

this reminds me of ogden Judo in Bellflower. Everything from warm ups to execution... Beautiful! (Ronda Rowsey trained there as well as her mother). The Katas were originally taken from the chinese (Japanese forced the chinese to teach them when they defeated them). The Japanese "threw out" the older more "circular" movements of Kung fu ) in order to make their art more suitable for the battle field (straight line being faster than a circle....although circular movements are (slower and) more "powerful"......... I theorize that Karate (shotokan) and Judo (including leg locks )were originally one style (the way of the samarai)..........Judo was "watered down" in and around 1908 (for olympics).............That is why Sambo (in my opinion) is the closest "style" to the "older way "of the samarai...without weapons)....Very interesting! 6

[@naufalpalembang]

that's why Masahiko Kimura practiced Karate

[@RadicalTrivia]

Love this book.

[@kevinomahoney]

Strength culture has evolved a lot since the time of Jigoro Kano. Those squat jumps are a great way to help your orthopedic surgeon get a new wake boat.

[@Creep.Bratton]

🤣🤣🤣

[@connorperrett9559]

Modern Western man being too scared to do squat jumps is something I wouldn't have expected. They are a pretty basic exercise.

[@jb6368]

yep,,,j had my first knee replacement at age 35, Then other at 41, both repeated again at 43 yrs old and forced into retirement. Mind your knees.

[@Tato9412]

You must be really outta shape if you say that

[@Tamilwintube]

Nice

[@daviderusso1238]

Agree. Mind over muscle is really a great book. ❤ Do you advice other books?

[@JoriMikke78]

Modern sport science > anything that comes from Japan in the 1800's. Strenght training is mandatory for anyone that competes in any sport - with weights etc, not just by own bodyweight.

[@folksurvival]

False.

[@JoriMikke78]

@@folksurvivalCalling science false makes you an idiot.

[@afterzanzibar]

I can tell you from personal experience that training with heavy weights WILL improve every aspect of your martial arts game, in striking or grappling. If you dont, you will just have to work that much harder every time you go up against someone who does strength train seriously. The bodyweight and partner training are great for supplemental training, but nothing can replace strength training with weights. Oftentimes, people who espouse this logic are minimalists who are still quite small and/or weak physically.

[@EthanNoble]

Facts. I’m 185lbs and once i was able to squat and deadlift twice my body weight I can comfortably spar with much larger guys in grappling who are also trained

[@yourf4104]

what about made video with every exercise's divide by sections?

[@Bushidoka89]

Have you checked out Donn Draeger’s section on supplementary training in Judo Training Methods? I liked it quite a bit and incorporate some of what he mentions there in my training. Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@OuroboricReflections]

Dear Chadi, I'm relatively new to the channel, so apologies if what I'm asking has already been explained elsewhere. I've recently became very interested in the history of physical conditioning in general, and training for martial arts in particular, and am therefore on a lookout for good classical texts on the topic. If you have any further reading suggestions, please consider making a separate video on the topic; I, for one, would be tremendously grateful, but I'm sure it would be of benefit to many of your followers. If you have already done something of the sorts, please give me a slight pointer into which videos I should consult. All in all, thank you for the great content; warm regards.

[@JohnDhar]

An excellent book about physical conditioning through history is "Bodily strenght and skills" by Guillaume Depping from 1901. Can be also find under "Wonders of Bodily Strength and Skill, in All Ages and All Countries". Easy to find on internet. I believe it's the best way to start your journey on history of combat sport and exercise.

[@uberroo6609]

Agree 100%. The IJF focus on ‘entertaining sports’ has ruined the fundamentals of judo.

[@vids595]

You dont have to lift heavy weights but be highly skilled but weight classes exist for a reason.

[@mrboy9658]

judokas training footage sure looks like gachimuchi

[@rafaelivanircostaoliveira1354]

Hai, dômo arigatô gozaimasu.

[@nguyenanh8171]

Please give me the name of book, Thanks so much

[@Chadi]

Mind over muscle

[@folksurvival]

He already did in the video.

[@JeffreyBrown-rn3ck]

Donndraeger judo supplemental training

[@AdroitDojo]

bodybuilders don't die from lifting, they die from the absolute shitload of roids they take. That and when you become a mass monster having that much mass is harder on the heart. But most of us don't have 200+ lbs of just muscle. strongmen, powerlifters, weightlifters, crossfitters also take roids and lift heavy, they're not dying all the time.

[@JoriMikke78]

Bodybuilding and strenght training are also two different things. One is about cosmetics (although they are still often very strong, of course) and one is about performance.

[@spudboy1014]

Currently reading it at the minute!

[@martinlaser7819]

However for olympic top sports the talent in terms of movement ability paired with techniques and "relaxed" will and special concentration is the decisive. Take tennis: you don't really see who is the best. And to hit the ball stronger than the other might have decided the matches between Boris Becker an Andrew Agassi if they say so ?

[@devriestown]

My argument to this is Kimura Kimura KIMURA

[@folksurvival]

What about him?

[@martinlaser7819]

Maybe this is a provocative question that some think to punish. However I want to ask this: When did Kano really fight? Of course he was a good trainer and he had good ideas. Maybe he could have been pretty successful in the flyweight amateur class.

[@Chadi]

As a young man prior to founding the Kodokan he always fought bigger guys

[@martinlaser7819]

When I read the different generations of competetive fighters, one should be the result. It is possible that weight and special forms of strength matter. Yamashita and Saito maybe felt as examples in judo, before Wilfried Dietrich in wrestling. However one is clear when you respect also their lighter predecessor s or maybe successors: The right technique is the first and most important after some fundamental sportive skills (physically and mentally) and health. If the technique is solid you can try to strengthen your body to achieve better results. Opposite is mostly rubbish. You must see: in fighting sports you have talents. As in most sports the talents are normal built or mesomorph ("athletic"), in some cases endomorph or ectomorph. This is the most important. On the other hand you will find heavyweights and super heavyweights. But does that mean that they are skilled? Sometimes or rarely. In these cases the weight might be an advantage. However if there are no skills this advantage is not so decisive. To equalise the weight and maybe strength advantage the skilled athlete can improve their strength by training. So you see often lighter heavyweights winning the unlimited classes rather than monsters that have just mass but no skills. Wilfried Dietrich was strong and tained super heavyweight weight lifting on a really high level, Chris Dolman the same in powerlifting. These were gifts. Dietrich even managed to overthrow the much heavier Chris Taylor by his better skills, his better technique and his well gained and trained strength. Maybe Taylor was not bad and also skilled.

[@martinlaser7819]

Finally let's go to a lower level. Fencers often play football to warm up. Judokas however play basketball to warn up, often instead of gymnastics. But ths maty be a dirty play of basketball, which remembers "rugby basketball" (without having knowledge about rugby). -

[@Yupppi]

"Functional" is one of the biggest and emptiest buzz words of our time. Sports scientists hate the term because it doesn't mean anything. Your muscle is functional and for example doing full range of motion lifts greatly improve your mobility so you can access your strength in different positions. Furthermore you can train with powerful movements in lifting as well (which is what weightlifters do, olympic weightlifters are some of the fastest and mobile people I've seen). However it would be silly to consider only lifting for judo. All the bodyweight exercises (or maybe they should be called warm ups because that's how they're usually used, many times in the silly fashion of putting the tiring and heavy work before your judo technique practice) common in judo would be called accessory exercises. The exercises whose goal is to support your main thing by resembling the action while not being technique work. Building your motorics, to some extent power and strength, even work capacity. Even though your judo should be enough on the work capacity side. Cleans and squats are great for judokas because they make the strength training very efficient and convenient and allows you to fully focus on judo technique and fighting in the dojo. No more of that exhausting training circuit before your technique work, the method that is built to hurt your effectiveness. That muscle training side should come after your technique and power work if you wanted to be efficient and have the goal in mind when planning the training. For beginners it might be whatever, but for advanced and dedicated judoka it's worthwhile to consider the use of time and energy resources to focus on what actually it is that you're trying to achieve with the training. To summarize: judo is an art that supports thinking efficiently, which to me means exploring the options and combining the best practices to achieve the goal instead of creating an artficial dichotomy and trying to make misinformed arguments about which one is better (for example equating PEDs to be inseparable part of bodybuilding and concluding bodybuilding is not healthy, and believing in the myth of non-functional muscles). That being said judo is a great sport to build muscle just as it is without the accessory training, for someone casual, because you're lifting adult people for an hour or two multiple times a day. That's quite a decent load for a good while, majority of the people passed on the street can't say they train with that intensity. As you get adapted and conditioned though, there's no reason (other than time and motivation) not to add something more when judo no longer challenges you physically - in a way that leaves you room for recovery. At that point you might find adding a gym session as you are able to recover is enjoyable. Personally judo still challenges me enough that I can't combine it with lifting sports or even ice hockey without skipping training session. All of them sports that require plenty of power and mobility, movement and strength. They're not adversaries, they're complementary. And hey, don't just take my word as the only way, your personal way, whoever you are, could be perfect for you and your life and there might be no good motivation to change it. It all depends on your goals and circumstances. Embrace the journey is the most important part.

[@martinlaser7819]

Ok, Chadi. But what you explain should be elemntary for almost any sportive activity. Kano lived in the 19th/20th century. This was a remarkable time and Japan already hold contact to the modern international world. On the other hand there circulated a lot of mystifications about Japan and China. You can try to understand judo from Buddhism but not only. It is known that Japan and especially Kano had contact to the Olympic movement of Pierre de Coubertin. 1936 the movement was already hyperinternational. They created a relation between sport and health with yoga also in the west showed already Wushu in Berlin and India the homeland of Buddha declared even hockey to modern yoga. By the time yhe olympic aspect: to be the best overshadowed all traditional spirit. And "the show must go on". You quote Kano. But from his times all sports have improved, especially the sports with olympic ambitions and so also judo You will be fair if you quote also Ion Bluming. (The strength aspect has been destroyed by bodybuilding). Another thing is the traditional japonais of body and soul. But it not clear if Japanese modern olympic judoka are still conscious of this because they are always occupied with watching the improvement of the Western etc. world. At the moment there are a lot of Japanese and Korean sportives that fascinated of the American Bodybuilding physics rather than of the enormous strength of a light Olympic weight lifter. The modern sport science arrived in Japan and they are overfascinated. Bodybuilding is only interesting in professional sports that must live from the show like American football or professional wrestling or even boxing (Evander Holyfield was never as strong as he looked like in his fight against Tyson which brought him millions. Compare bodybuilders with Vasili Alexeyev, George Foreman on the one hand and with Hawaiian (Japanese or Mongolian) sumo champs. Muscularity, Bodymass and strength is not the same. And the aspect of steroids is again another which is difficult to evaluate without experience because they lie.

[@toranotsumedojo]

So when you cannot make it to judo practice just do karate kata? Got it. Two sides of the same coin then.

[@highchamp1]

Judo Strikes senryoku zenyo kokumin taiku no kata I use as warm ups. Judo fitness, wrestling, Hindu exercises All good Qigong Wu Xin Qi (5 animals) is fun (an opportunity to be silly) 24 forms Tai chi (only 24 moves) Plus other stuff (calming)

[@EthanNoble]

Yep. We have Sanchin in my style which does that

[@Liam1991]

Bodybuilding is not fitness. Also, if you want to improve your fitness, I recommend using kettlebells and clubbells 😃

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

Bodybuilding style training is absolutely fitness. Depending on how it's done, it will improve both strength and muscular endurance. It's an excellent way to improve your physical capacity, especially in the sort of mid range anaerobic glycolytic sense.

[@AdventureThroughLife]

Completely outdated idea of bodybuilding. Bodybuilding is absolutely fitness. You only say it isn't because when you think about bodybuilding you think of Arnold and other steroid abusers that go on stage. Hypertrophy training, i.e. what bodybuilders specialise in, is endurance and strength training. One of the healthiest things you can do for yourself is to build a lot of muscles so you can carry it with you into old age and not need help when you become elderly. Bodybuilding makes you strong and endurant.

[@kaizenproductions00]

Maybe pro bodybuilding, but natural bodybuilding is one of the the best things you can do for your health

[@Liam1991]

The thing is, our bodies have limits to how big it should be. Plus, doing exercises like bicep curls or weight machines is not natural. We are designed to use our bodies as one unit

[@kaizenproductions00]

@@Liam1991 Unless you do steroids or eat way to much, that's not gonna happen. Plus there's nothing unnatural about bending your arm. Some machines are better than others

[@AdventureThroughLife]

Hard disagree. As soon as I hear you say "functional training", I think "what is non-functional training?". There are no non functional muscles. The bigger and stronger you are, the more endurant you are, especially if you are focusing on hypertrophy training over pure strength training. You mention bodybuilders dying because of their rigorous training, but that's just not true. They die because of steroid abuse, not because they train so hard. What you mean to say is, you should focus on specialising your training for judo specifically, which is a much better point. There is no denying that more strength and size gives you an advantage, there is just no debate to be had on this as it's the whole reason we have weight classes. Technique can overcome strength and size, especially if you have trained more and are more talented in Judo than your opponent. Judo training is what will win you Judo fights, but supplementary strength and hypertrophy training will give you an edge over the other fighters if the majority of your training is Judo.

[@Chadi]

Many bodybuilders can’t run to the end of the street without gassing out or hold grocery bags up the stairs. Not every training is good for you.

[@JustSomeGuy69420]

@@Chadi .... That's not got anything to do with bodybuilding style training...lets just define that as resistance training for sets of 5-20 repetitions to failure or close to failure. It's got to do with NEVER RUNNING. lol. Love your videos man but you've got it backward.

[@folksurvival]

"The bigger and stronger you are, the more endurant you are, especially if you are focusing on hypertrophy training over pure strength training." False (obviously).

[@martinlaser7819]

​@@Chadi Bodybuilding is developed for show. However it was allways also related to strength because only quite high strength acts make the muscles grow. The problem is the different main goal in bodybuilding. A nice body can motivate also. However, modern top bodybuilding is crazy and sometimes ridiculous.

[@martinlaser7819]

Ok. You can try to sell your knowledge and training to the athletes. However they have to fight. Fun and variety in training is also necessary. It is also business and there are also unserious trainers. And even this is often not so easy to say because you don't know all effects. Christoph Daum was a successful coach, however, he had also dubious methods in professional football. (Of course you can compare fighting in many respects with football.)

[@ReisterJP]

Using footage from Budo the art of killing.

[@jujitsuman9934]

Imagine that hard work to improve yourself. Now a days you just have TRT. Mind over muscle is a great book. Read that years ago. But why use your brain? Now you can just roid. 🙄

[@sensei9295]

Abraham Lincoln once did something bad. Let's take his statues down.

[@berniekatzroy]

What are you referring to?

[@robertgarcia4982]

Do you like sex?