A not so quick Hijack-
cause if we are bringing up things like Krav magna in a thread asking how effective Judo is then
who cares.
I wrote about this allot before…
so I will babble some of the shit that I remember or that I think is important
about Judo for MMA- or how Judo applies and works for Greco Roman, College wrestling and BJJ…
the whole time I did Greco I wanted the Gi
missed those cuffs, sleeves, lapels
and that hole time I thought hard about how to do shit without the gi.
how to bastardize stuff to do it sans Gi
where to grab,
Thought about all the good stuff I do in Judo
posture, wrist and head control , hand and grips fighting,big wheels,and use it in Greco
using the jaw and face instead of a collar
or bypassing the head altogether and using elements of what you might call a rolling kimura
(but not the hold the roll)
finding ways to control the wrist and hands
and working those underhooks to whizzer to speak in wrestling.
the biggest thing - how to be effective side by side or parallel to the opponent
vs the classic greco chest to chest
same the other way-
use all the pummeling , bullying, all the masking tricks that you have to use in Greco
keeping your hips or chest or feet from broadcasting your intentions
that and I amassed a large bag of dirty tricks.
how to be on the very edge of what is acceptable for rules, college wrestling taught me
how to stall
how to stalk and how to bully
and how to make any match as physical as needed
or as painful as needed
the Gi can hide allot of stuff, that you do to someone that probably isn’t kosher
that and you can hide miles and miles of athletic tape.
shit is also like armor and its easy to make it very uncomfortable to wear
going from Judo to BJJ showed me how learning and doing shit with perfect posture,
made you really effective with less then ideal posture
and for the most part in rolling BJJ I have better posture or posturing and am difficult to get good position on that being said I get tapped plenty , but dont give much away for free
and unless the other BJJ player is a really good athlete or pretty serious
my grip is much stronger then theirs and that makes a big difference in who controls who
blahblahblah
for judo on the street-
if you have to , it’s about preventing someone from getting closer or use their closeness before they bust you in the face and how to ensure ending up on top
I will admit to a few 'adult age ’ altercations in the very recent past that I was certainly far to old to get involved
where someone grabbed me or pushed me or menaced me, or any combination of and he ended up on his back on concrete with me on top.
what often happens is they grab me, I grab them they get some free air
I get the fuck out of dodge.
its not hard or too different from what you practice
but its not smart either- too easy to get stabbed shot or worse.
just don’t be in those places.
as for Judo in MMA-
comon son
Fucking Fedor- his uchi mata is beautiful
most of throws and sweeps are all good
Hector Lombard does some Big Judo
Yes Jacare , his work is both fine and aggressive
Yes Sexyama too
Josh Barnett has showed some good foot sweeps
Mach Sakurai when he gave a shit had great throws
Big Nog back in time usually had some excellent smaller throws and sweeps
Lots of PRideFC ‘cans’ had some fucking fierce Judo
Karo when he gave a shit too had some great great throws, his coach Goktor
kind of teaches 'greco- judo" and its mostly no gi.
polish dude busted for steroids his name is like Pavel Nuttela
and some of the Pride Koreans had some serious Judo
if you go back and watch GSP and Serra both throw Matt Hughes
with the same Judo from the Same Coach- Danahar.
More Judo athletes are fielded from more countries in the Olympics then almost any other sport