An Expertise Acceleration Experiment in Judo

Re:An Expertise Acceleration Experiment in Judo by yodsanklai on Friday February 17, 2023 @05:12PM (#34841307)

I did judo for 5 years when I was a kid and a teenager (extremely popular in my country). Then I stopped and resumed in my late 20s for a few more years. I really loved that sport but it was too much strain on my body. Maybe I was in the wrong club, but for me it wasn't sustainable as an older adult, randoris were too intense (but the best part).

I then switched to Muay Thai which seems like a more violent sport, but it's much easier to control the intensity, as long as you're in phase with your sparring partners.

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Re:An Expertise Acceleration Experiment in Judo by hermitcrab on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:08AM (#34845319)

I remember the first time I got my thigh shin kicked by an ex-pro thai boxer. It was like a bomb going off in my head and I felt naseous afterwards. I could feel it days afterwards. Give me judo randori any day!

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Re:An Expertise Acceleration Experiment in Judo by yodsanklai on Sunday February 19, 2023 @12:37PM (#34859786)

The same way a heavy weight olympic judoka could literally kill you by throwing you full force on the mat.

I trained months in Thailand, and the instructors (pros or ex-pros) were always sparring ultra light as they didn't want to get injured before their matches, and also because it's a better way to improve. In the West, some (rare) guys tend to have a bigger ego and may actually get some pride to harm beginners in sparring which is a bit ridiculous. A healthy gym will typically discourage such behaviors.

Coming back to my initial point, I feel it's easier to spar lightly in boxing than in judo.

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