Judo

[Judo Tom]

Ippon: No problem. So far I love it. It may sound dumb but its only been a week and i think i can notice a slight decrease in bf %.. i know i know.. but i know my body and know my bf% and my abs/oblique lines are looking more and more etched by the day with deeper and deeper groves coming through.. the lines along my shoulders/tris are becoming more noticable with bigger peaks and valleys everywhere.. so i really think it is doing something fat wise. Energy wise the first day i took it my class seemed sooooo much easier.. i just never got really tired.. i fatiqued a bit and my muscles tensed up and fatigued but i never lost it compeletely or needed a break from randori which i normally do after about 4-5 matches..
and my quality of sleep has dramatically improved as well 6 hrs of sleep (my usual) feels like 8+ easy
memory is improved which actually does help the judo a little bit its easier for me to recall what mistakes i made last week during practice or what throws someone tried against me last time we did randori..


I am thinking of adding another nootropic in there but im not sure and they are all pretty expensive from what i know.

Ill post in here again in a few days just about the alcar to let you guys know but so far i give it a big thumbs up..

i got it from www.teamliferesearch.com which is truly a great place if you havent used them yet. plus they help sponsor this site

 

[Deus Ex Machina]

my nutrution: just protein

i pretty much eat everything i can -- for some reason i can go without food for a whole day, but still have all the energy for a long lasting grappling match on the mat. probably a high glycogen storage or something


i like judo a lot, but i think i am starting to lean more towards grappling with some MMA style skills... basically combat defense (takedowns with brutal striking)

i tried grappling with my instructor, and he wasted me... he didn't use any energy at all, and made me lose all mine trying to control his 230+ pounds of weight. i laughed the whole time, which made me even more frustrated.

 

[AlwaysOn]

I need a dojo in PA

i've trained under the best instructor in the world (a world-famous ninth degree, a true celebrity), so I need the best!

PM me with your suggestions

 

[AlwaysOn]

Started with a class in college -- judo was the only martial art they offered.

where at?

i'm not so cool on TKD, it seems that any judoka can take out a TKDer easy

am i wrong?

 

[jubei]

^^yes you are wrong. I did go-ju kai karate, and kicked the shit out of 2 judo practicioners. 1 was black belt and competed, the other was green belt. It depends on the person as well as the art.

BTW i'm not trash talking about judo, actually I'm looking for a good judo club to join right now as I just moved. Ask judo tom...lol Hey bro, find me a good club in edmonton. Hahaha.

 

[AlwaysOn]

if you fought the guys I know...

well....




I thought its been proven that the hard hitting arts aren't as good as the grappling arts

 

[Big Rick Rock]

Judo vs. Greco Roman wrestling. Now there is a match... Throw for throw which do you guys think gets the upper hand?

 

[Mr.HeavyDuty]

being a judo player(left before i got my brown) and a wrestler(collegiate) as well as a jiu-jitsu(purple) guy, i would put my money on greco for this question.

 

[digger]

where at?

Michigan State... it was thirty-five years ago, so I would expect things have changed a bit.

i'm not so cool on TKD, it seems that any judoka can take out a TKDer easy

am i wrong?

Talk about an open-ended question.... In the dojo? Mats or no mats? Green belt vs. green or black vs. black? ANY judoka? How about green vs. black, then?

Are you imagining the TKD guy taking his shot and the judoka slipping it, and then turning the guy inside out? Could happen. Could go the other way, too -- judoka goes for the arm, mistimes it, goes for the sweep but the TKD guy's stance is too stable, or the lead leg isn't there any more -- and all of a sudden the judoka is out of tricks and taking hits. (I don't recall the throw to use on someone who has his foot buried eight inches into my belly, do you?)

The TKD guy had better not be planning to just stand there while the judoka latches on to his gi. In any style, you have different ways to control the space. If the TKD guy knows how to maintain separation the judoka is going to have some bruises before he closes in and (maybe) takes over.

Any style (except that Israeli krag mata stuff, maybe?) is going to have the yellow belt phase where you're unlearning bad habits and feeling really naked. Gotta get past that before things get interesting.

 

[digger]

And (following up myself here...) Judo isn't really about taking on another style; it really is a defanged "sport" version of jiu-jitsu. You're supposed to "play" with other judoka, not people who are trying to strike you. That doesn't make it worthless; I was a clumsy kid until the sensei explained about balance, and all of a sudden I stopped falling down so much in real life.

If someone was trying to hurt me and I wasn't packing then I'd want to be a kickboxer.