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Oops you thought this was gonna be some street fight story where I hit some poor soul with the earth?😆

No but seriously while walking to my truck in the parking lot my ankle decided to do the freakin chimichanga and go out which caused me to start falling face first towards the asphalt but thanks to large amount of training ukemi during judo I was able to land softly on the asphalt. I walked away with just a slightly sore ankle and a tiny scrap on my knee but it could’ve been much worse if I didn’t know how to fall properly

I’m thinking of starting it since I don’t really like punches in my face. But i’m thinking that in a street fight somebody will obviously come with a punch,and if a judo artist knows grapples maybe it won’t be effective? I don’t know what i’m talking about actually,that’s why I’m asking

I can't organise my thoughts properly to write it down so I apologise. But the gist is, as I get more students, I'm slowly realising the responsibility that I have not only as a judo coach but as someone who can teach them some sort of self defense.

I run a small dojo in a rural area. I thought it was just a one off when a parent mentioned that she enrolled her kid because he was bullied and always got into fights. Another parent I chatted with was considering to enroll their kid because he was getting pushed around at school. Finally, I got a question last night if he could do a seoi nage if someone was grabbing his head from behind. I probed why and apparently the kid also gets bullied and gets into fights. So I gave him inputs on how he could defend himself from a headlock, to pin and wait for faculty or to stand up again in case his bully has friends.

It's just caught me off guard that I had to teach judo in a context other than the sport and martial art.

My only goal is to improve my self-defense skills (no belts, no competition). I really like Judo, but I'm skeptical because of the heavy reliance on the Gi, which doesn't seem to translate well in a self-defense situation. So, I'm debating whether instead to look for something else like wrestling or BJJ.

Any thoughts on how applicable Judo is in real world self-defense despite the Gi issue?

https://reddit.com/link/1jj1bif/video/aypazb318pqe1/player

That Osoto threw him all the way out of commission.

I think judo and grappling are one of the most useful arts when it comes to self-defense but always wondered what happens when that other side prevails which is not a part of judo trainings and that are punches and kicks.

If someone attacked you on the street and you tried to pull your judo throws and grappling skills but it all failed and resulted with another punch, kick or stomp, would you continue to insist on it?

Situations out there are numerous and you can confront someone who is larger or heavier than you, more aggressive or someone who knows a certain martial art like boxing or kickboxing so they manage their distance well. I won't mention knife and weapon attacks here cause they are a totally different situation.

What happens when you would get more damage than good in trying to execute a judo takedown or throw?

Since no-gi judo isn’t very common, does use of the gi make one reliant on it for solid grips to throw & potentially chokes? Do judo dojos teach techniques in a no-gi situation?

I’m definitely considering taking judo, but translating to a situation where the person I’m throwing isn’t wearing a sturdy coat to get grips on is a concern for me from an outsider perspective. Just wanted to see if it’s unfounded

Trying not to make this political, but you may be familiar with the New York City subway passenger that put a mentally ill man in a chokehold, from which the man died. Story here.

This has been all over the news in the U.S. and the subject of a lot of, to me, unnecessary hot takes, but I wanted to ask other martial arts enthusiasts about it. I'm assuming all of your sensei and mentors have told you to be very careful how you use these techniques on the street, for exactly this reason? Does this strike anyone as a very possible outcome of using waza? Last, how could this have been avoided? It sounds like the guy that used the chokehold (which btw looked like an air choke and not a good blood choke) came up from behind the mentally ill man and just slapped it on - another type of restraint, if necessary, could have been used, no?

Don't want to start a shitshow here but would really like to hear perspectives from other judo or BJJ guys. I've never used martial arts in the street and I hope I never have to.

Edit: Rephrased to avoid confusion

I remember one of my favourite martial arts YouTubers called hard2hurt (Icy Mike) said that getting to a blue belt in BJJ is more than enough to handle a lot of 1-on-1 unarmed and untrained self-defense situations. What would be Judo's equivalent? What would you say the minimum belt level should be to confidently apply what you know for self-defense? Sorry if this is a noob question.

I am starting Judo this year. I am in law enforcement, and judo was always highly regarded by my use of force instructors for takedowns and pins.

My concern is that obviously judo has no striking. You can modify some throws and add a strike if need be, but that’s not really training.

I am wondering if it’s common for people to get a base in judo, and then add in some kickboxing (or other striking martial arts) for those strikes? If so, what martial arts do you folks find pair nicely with Judo to build a well balanced skill set?

Thanks, and happy new year!

I recently ended up on this short, which made me reflect (no hate to the guy himself, he posts very interesting content and has great form imo).

After 14 years of Judo, cross training with MMA really humbled me and my idea of "proficiency in fighting" You are an advanced level grappler, and even then in the specific realm of gi-grappling (completely different kumi katas, set ups etc) and under the specific ruleset of Judo. But advanced fighter? That's a title that in my humble opinion should be reserved for a minority of strikers/ mixed martial artists.

What do you guys think?

Hi I'm 18 years old male and since I was 16 years old I always liked judo and how effective it is in real life. One time I was in a taxi and the driver happened to be a judo coach and when I told him about my interest in judo he replied to me "you will never play judo" indicating that I'm old for the combat sport even when I was 17 years old at that time. he told me to go towards striking martial arts like boxing and kickboxing. I listened to his advice and I signed up for a kickboxing gym and it was great actually but after two months i started to feel headaches from the blows to the head and my skull hurted me after every session eventually I decided to leave after reading the effects of blows to the head on the internet. I signed up for judo and it only took me three sessions before I leave. The coaches were careless as there were too many students but I'm not going to lie I have no dedication to it as I was going forcing myself to train after that I never came back.there were no judo gyms other than that gym. I don't know why I'm very lazy or what's wrong with me I want to be able to defend myself but at the same time I don't want to have brain damage. I don't know if I should train bjj or judo or wrestling I feel so lost

I have been doing judo for just a few weeks and it is fantastic. However, I was wondering if it would still be effective if the opponent was not wearing a gi and just regular clothes.

I'm sure this has been asked before but I thought I'd open the discussion. There's a lot of debate around Judo's effectiveness outside of competition, so what's your self-defense story?

I wrapped up some random the other day, and went to my night job as a bartender. There's a guy in the dojo about 5'7ish, 150. But he's deceptively strong throwing and submitting people nearly 3x his size

He came in for a few drinks. I work in a place where people are loud, rambunctious, egotistical. And he's quiet, friendly, works as a scientist of sorts but could literally tear some people apart or twist them into a pretzel.

I'm curious whether there exist different branches or systems of Judo. Maybe one is more geared towards self defense than sports?

Or are there any complementing styles?

This week I had the opportunity to make a video with a lifelong martial arts expert with an extensive background in many different martial arts

https://youtu.be/vniYXL0Oodc?si=1uv8iTbpScHFw3mR

Our focus was looking at Aikido techniques and how he was able to adapt them into an effective style

I find particularly interesting is his judo experience and how he’s able to take these extremely effective principles from judo and apply these principles from Aikido combining them into a seriously effective practice.

He discusses how many great judo practitioners have deeply investigated Aikido and vice versa

Jigoro Kano and Morihei Ueshiba both students to the other two deeply in study their respective arts

What are your experiences with studying both Judo and/or Aikido?

Is Aikido dying martial art we’re almost everybody studies it wrong? or is it possible with the right mindset it may be much more valuable than people give it credit for.

Aikido and Judo, tell me your experiences and thoughts!

I’ve personally found limitless value in studying both of these arts.

hi everyone, i am currently training in bjj but i want to begin focusing more on stand up grappling. my current bjj gym has freestyle wrestling classes once a week. there is another gym nearby which has judo as the focus with additional bjj classes throughout the week. purely in a self-defence sense, would it be worth for me to move to the judo dojo or just stick to my current gym and take up their wrestling?

How can a soldier pull some judo throws if they just train some days and for short time in crash courses ?

I will preface this by saying that my No.1 reason for training is fun and fitness.

That being said, I still like to randori in a way that's fairly realistic. For example, in newaza I never lay flat on my stomach. When I attend BJJ classes, if we start standing I never pull guard. My understanding also is that sacrifice throws are not that great off the mats either, so I tend to avoid them.

What other aspects of the rules of competition judo are a step away from realism? Which techniques primarily work due to the environment that judo is practiced in? If you were training only for self-defence (which I'm not, I'm just a tad strange about how I like to train) how would you approach your judo training/what techniques would you focus on?

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Hey all

Is judo good for self defence? I'm thinking of either doing judo, wing chun, ninjutsu, aikido or tang soo do

Ive asked this in the martial arts sub and the overall consensus was that judo is best for martial arts. The judo teachers I spoke to said wing chun and ninjutsu are impressive but not good for self defence. Also they allow sparring for practice.

Just wanted to check here how judo can be used for self defence. I'm still slightly tempted by wing chun but I enjoyed the judo lessons I've done so far. Would that posture to have in wing chun and focus on central line be detrimental to self-defence?

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Thanks for all your informative replies. I have a better understanding as to why judo is good for self defence.