ForzaMagicaJuve85 (August 21, 2008 at 8:01 am)

Punellino fantastic explanation.I lived in Japan for roughly 2 years (Near ikebukuro). The way how Japanese people train and think about jūdō is completely different from our (westerner)way of thinking and training.PS : You shouldn't care to much about Rocafella. It's keyboard warriors like him that give everyone else a bad name.

rocafella142 (August 20, 2008 at 11:59 pm)

um why....he needs to show me respect 1st i didnt say shit to offend him his ass came on me...

RealMusashiMiyamoto (August 20, 2008 at 9:33 pm)

rocafella142Respect for a person like Punelino who have been studying Judo for more than 20 years...

RealMusashiMiyamoto (August 20, 2008 at 9:30 pm)

PunellinoRespect man, you have been doing Judo for more than 23 years.Gr8 explanations. I like the explanation about lever and equilibrium.

punellino (August 20, 2008 at 9:25 pm)

Last thing when you choose a gym, be sure you will spend the same amount of time doing throws and doing ne-waza. Good Luck Jordan

Tabletopdesert (August 20, 2008 at 9:24 pm)

the judo kata, or more known as, the formal part of judo, is FOR the street situations. Also, id like to add that if you got into a fight on the street, im preety sure their not a judoka,so their not going to know all the high leval throws, or the intense techniques of a judoka. This is just a personal statement so dontget argumentative about it, for im not up for a debate on this subject. Thank you.

punellino (August 20, 2008 at 9:18 pm)

Throws is something that comes with practice. Also is not just the problem of trowing but is a problem of lever and equilibrium. So if you don't break your opponent equilibrium you will never throw him.

punellino (August 20, 2008 at 9:09 pm)

jūdō is also completely different from Karate, because in jūdō you actually have a physical contact with your opponent while when training in Karate there is not a real physical contact. For example if you do a "Mae geri" you will never hit your opponent but just act like.

punellino (August 20, 2008 at 9:02 pm)

Belt doesn't have any importance. When i lived in London i met a couple of guys holding black belts. They studied jūdō for 3 years. However their had really poor skills and i would rate them as an orange belt. That is why i think, the bell color is not important at all. When i was in London, i saw a gym just right the back of the University of London. That gym could be a good start for you, because there are many University Student there (Your same age would be better for you).

punellino (August 20, 2008 at 8:49 pm)

to start jūdō. I have been doing jūdō from more than 23 years now and i can say that i still love it like when i started. In my country Japan ,jūdō is much popular than Karate and practice jūdō as a way of life.