The Controversies Of Judo
The controversies that judo is solely a sport martial art and does not well apply to self-defense are endless. However, I personally believe that judo is one of the best martial arts to defend one's self. The majority of people say that the lack of strike and kick training in judo results in vulnerability. Others say that the heavy use of the 'GI' (practice uniform) is just crippling the players for “real life” circumstances. There's also the argument that there's too much focus directed at “the rules” of the sport and tournament side of things. Taking a quick look at the details of each of these arguments will put them completely to rest.
In judo, striking, kicking, attacks to the face, wrist, ankle and leg locks have all been eliminated, and for good reason. The founder of judo Dr Jigoro Kano derived judo off its mother martial art …show more content…
The sport caught on strong enough to make it to the Olympics, so obviously there's going to be rules and regulations of the sport as well as a huge focus on competitive training. I won't lie there are several dojos that focus solely on competition rather than self-defense which is fine. Again, because judo is such a high contact sport judokas at the competition level actually have more of a chance of winning in a self-defense scenario than those who have drilled in a constant generic environment. Competitive judokas are exposed to way more constantly changing fights and opponents. On the other hand, in order to compete in judo tournaments either local or national a judoka must pass the mandatory tests that grade them on based off of traditional judo.
All controversy aside, I believe that merely because of the high level of contact that the average judoka is exposed to and the complete control they're taught without needing to strike or kick makes it one of the best martial arts in the
The controversies that judo is solely a sport martial art and does not well apply to self-defense are endless. However, I personally believe that judo is one of the best martial arts to defend one's self. The majority of people say that the lack of strike and kick training in judo results in vulnerability. Others say that the heavy use of the 'GI' (practice uniform) is just crippling the players for “real life” circumstances. There's also the argument that there's too much focus directed at “the rules” of the sport and tournament side of things. Taking a quick look at the details of each of these arguments will put them completely to rest.
In judo, striking, kicking, attacks to the face, wrist, ankle and leg locks have all been eliminated, and for good reason. The founder of judo Dr Jigoro Kano derived judo off its mother martial art …show more content…
The sport caught on strong enough to make it to the Olympics, so obviously there's going to be rules and regulations of the sport as well as a huge focus on competitive training. I won't lie there are several dojos that focus solely on competition rather than self-defense which is fine. Again, because judo is such a high contact sport judokas at the competition level actually have more of a chance of winning in a self-defense scenario than those who have drilled in a constant generic environment. Competitive judokas are exposed to way more constantly changing fights and opponents. On the other hand, in order to compete in judo tournaments either local or national a judoka must pass the mandatory tests that grade them on based off of traditional judo.
All controversy aside, I believe that merely because of the high level of contact that the average judoka is exposed to and the complete control they're taught without needing to strike or kick makes it one of the best martial arts in the