JUDO , a sport or martial art?

Just so you know.. You don't just show up to a dojo and expect to pick up the game in a month and start taking out all the big experienced guys. This isn't the movie 'Never Back Down'. This is real life.

Most legit martial arts take time to get good. You can't get a black belt in Judo or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2 years. You can't become a successful boxer in 2 years.

Why? Because people that put in the time and effort, long years of strenuous training are there to kick the crap out of you with techniques that work..So when an uneducated person like yourself(in the martial arts sense) goes there expecting to kick@$$ in less than a month or two and fails doing so..they assume the 'techniques' don't work. No..its the opposite man.. I have a buddy who was somewhat 'street tough'.

Underprivileged type of guy who had his fair share of street fights and did fairly well so he thought he was king kong. He also watched movies like 'ong-bak' and played video games like 'Fight Night' so he thought he was a martial arts expert and had an idea on what it would be like. I took him to judo and he was humbled in the grappling sense.

He pretty much got owned with pure ease. He then said 'well you can't punch or kick..if we got in a real fight id knock you out before you took me down and tapped me'. So then I proceeded to take him to my local boxing club where I took him in the ring and we sparred..not hard at all..just play around.

I landed 90% of my punches and didn't get hit in the body or face once in 4 or 5 rounds. HE quickly realized there is a difference in training hard at a competitive level for a long time than sitting on your couch watch MMA paperviews and wrestling your friends younger brother. Its easy to go to a club and gorilla handle a 40 yr old guy with a beer belly and green belt.

Try that stuff on the actual 'athletes' that take the sport seriously. Youll notice something. They toy with you..play with you..the only time you get close to anything is because they practically put themselves in that position.

To get to that level, you got to put in the time. You'll never get to that level with your attitude.

It takes a lot of work to utilize the internal principles to throw larger people in Judo. Internal principles are not a monopoly of Judo, it's just something it has. And often times the instructor doesn't prioritize this or know how to teach it or even know how to do it, so they can't help you.

If you want to learn how to be effective without using strength, size, or speed, then you should look into one of the internal arts: Taiji Chuan, Bagua, Xingyi. Although it's recommended for beginners to get a solid comprehension of an external art before progressing to internal arts. It's also partially why a lot of judo users or players can't throw heavier people.

Because they don't know how to use other people's strength as their own power. Your attitude is that something has to be immediately effective for you to pay it time or attention. This attitude is what causes a lot of external martial artists to not be able to tap into internal power.

There are many training methods and systems out there to get a student to immediate effectiveness. Martial arts, usually, isn't one of em. If you want immediate effectiveness, you should look up Tim Larkin's TFT system or Rory Miller's Chiron training system.

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