My first ever attempt at Judo

[RGS1]

http://www.retfordtoday.co.uk/sport/Judo-Club-throws-down-the.3612096.jp

Loved it!

[dirty dick]

Good stuff -
I got a book called the Pyjama Game for Christmas, excellent read about a begginers footsteps into judo & also chapters on some of the sports gods- Kano, Kimura, Geesink,Yamashita et al.

[ReD_mIst]

Judo is a fucking scary sport. Every decent judoka I've met has been tough as old boots and brutal as hell. It's a tough sport and I often think it's not given the respect it deserves for a base for MMA.

[simmy]

Judo is a fucking scary sport. Every decent judoka I've met has been tough as old boots and brutal as hell. It's a tough sport and I often think it's not given the respect it deserves for a base for MMA.

I totally agree with that, as each club i travel too, just grapple with others, still shows me new yet tough people!!

[speedball]

Good stuff -
I got a book called the Pyjama Game for Christmas, excellent read about a begginers footsteps into judo & also chapters on some of the sports gods- Kano, Kimura, Geesink,Yamashita et al.

Agreed, very good book!

[Fast but dim]

Judo is a fucking scary sport. Every decent judoka I've met has been tough as old boots and brutal as hell. It's a tough sport and I often think it's not given the respect it deserves for a base for MMA.

totally agree: the scariest club i've ever been too was a judo club ( an i've been to a few;) ), i went on with a good competative player and he was totally ruthless.

imo a totally underrated sport, for mma,fitness or self defence.

[bigreddog]

Yes, I reckon it is quite underrated, and bloody hard.

Of all the MA I've done, it's the one that leaves me in the biggest quandary - I love it as a sport, but I pick up more injuries doing it, and feel I'm most likely to get hurt doing it. (I know, I'm a pussy)

[Smiler]

Out of all the sports I've done, I was never as fit and conditioned as when I was doing competitive judo.

Thats why I'm doing it again!! Yiippppeeee!

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[bigreddog]

But you're a big rough boy!

[DDC]

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[jcraig80]

Ive been told this and Ive came to this conclusion my self that if you going to judo to get fit your going to the wrong sport. Ive been going a year now and say 3 dislocations and say several toes and fingers broken. You also get an injury nearly every lesson I think if you dont your either really well conditioned fitness ect and technique or your not doing judo at any intensity.

What do you think dan grades? Is this true

You have a point; but you can alter it by the way you practice; If you do a lot of sparring without being prepared strength and endurance wise then you are likely to get injured (not saying your not prepared just in general); also if you can relax as much as possible (within reason) then it helps to avoid injuries.

I have gone to training camps abroad and sometimes had minor injuries but never serious, but your right that if you are doing it to a certain level over a continued period of time then the wear and tear is not gd for your health, (2 herniated disks, dislocated elbow and about 6 cortisone's in various places!).

A gd coach can tailor a session to all levels and help to minimise injuries. A lot of coaches always start with groundfighting as a warm-up then move to standing, (which is wear I think people pick up injuries when fatigued) when I coach I like to do it the other way start with standing when your fresh and then move to groundwork with a 50:50 split in matches, I think it is a lot less abrasive... any thoughts?

[Smiler]

Hi!

I think it depends on the way the session is run. I've certainly had my share of broken little toes, odd broken finger, a cut from clash of heads, and seen some nasty pulls and sprains, but to be honest, I've seen more regular damage to people playing sunday footie.

Over the years I've seen alot of injuries, they are normally soft tissue, pulls, sprains and dislocations, many concussions from head impact to the mat, and also broken bones normally from bad landings.

In my experience if you are a newbie, or 'developer', you should be looked after, so everything is done to you with control, and you are controlled with what you do. There should be 'mercy' from your opponents, and you should be carefully brought on in order to minimise injuries.

Now, saying that, Judo is a really tough sport, it is physically really demanding, and as a result injuries can happen. But I'm not sure about getting an injury every session though!

I love judo so much I should be at a certain BJJ class tomorrow...to learn BJJ? Yep! But also to help my judo...

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[Sports-Select.co.uk]

Did a couple of session with Ray Stevens last year before my training fell so far by the wayside, freaking loved it...so much more explosive and powerfull than BJJ :o

[dirty dick]

Here are some pics from a training camp i went to last week
I only did a couple of the randori sessions due to work commitments but you may enjoy some of these pics
http://www.elite-performance.org/gallery_kendalWcamp08/index.htm

[Hywel Teague]

great pics Chris. How did you get on? Looks hardcore

[dirty dick]

I faired quite well, but fortunately for me i wasnt partaking in any of the supplementary stuff. This meant that the others were not as fresh as me on the evening randori's. ( But still fitter!!)

The camp has a programme of 7am - 8 newaza randori, 10-12 logcarries/ barney rubble over a 5 - 7 mile course, 2-4 technical session 7-9 Randori. Thursday till sunday. (miss the newaza thurs & randori sunday)

[TRIBULUS]

looks like fun