1mthedude
69889
857
17
Oct 2, 2023 12:42 AM
1mthedude
69889
857
17
Kazpur81S
….pockets
slotheroll
cjandstuff
Judo, the second most commonly played sport in the world. Second only to soccer... uhm football.
ClarkKentfield
For a moment there when I was reading this I thought it was going to say "On his deathbed, he tossed his doctor, a male nurse and the food service personal."
Ih8thisSoMuch
I give you: the anti-trump
ivymantled69
AKIRA KUROSAWA’S first film was Sanshiro Sugata - about a man’s journey to become a judoka. If you’re into old B&W films it’s good. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanshiro_Sugata
spontaneous9
Always upvote Jigoro Kano.
NicolasKevinMac
Kano Jigoro personally invented both the martial arts uniform as we now know it, and originated the colored belts system. Dan levels already existed, but traditionally, students didn't show their rank with belts/clothing; schools were small, and basically everyone just knew everyone else's level. Kano had a vision of making martial arts accessible to more people, and it worked: eventually, his school had too many people to remember everyone, so they started using belts to tell ranks apart.
NicolasKevinMac
Some sauce: https://dragonspiritaylesbury.co.uk/education/the-unwashed-black-belt-myth/
Davedavedavedavedave
I was taught that the belt started white, and after tons of hard w0rk an practice, it became black.
NicolasKevinMac
This is a myth. /gallery/Oh2JYHe/comment/2353796537
scoutMoonDiver
You were taught wrong.
dancemontec
I just watched three of my classmates get promoted today. Sandan, Nidan and Shodan! It was a bunch of crumpy old candy cane belts chatting. I'm a few years behind but I'm happy to be there to support. Judo is an amazingly beautiful sport I love it but it fuckin hurts a lot lol
wadatahmydamie
Judo: It’s like Aikido, except functional against a resisting opponent
yellowdove
Which is why my aikido includes judo. And jujitsu. And nut punches if needed.
wadatahmydamie
Reminds me of Kumail Nanjiani’s bit about “cheesing.” “That’s Tylenol and heroin. Really, I feel like heroin is doing the heavy lifting on this one.” In this case, aikido is the spoons used to crush the Tylenol
dancemontec
Somehow I think you're underselling both sports
wadatahmydamie
Judo is a fighting art. Aikido is what you drop your kids off at for 45 minutes after school so they get some exercise. Ronda Rousey does Judo. Steven Seagal does Aikido.
dancemontec
I do judo competitively. Aikido is very real. It's all about joint locks. Is it as functional as judo? Probably not. But it's an art and a sport with its own rules, just like judo and BJJ. It has culture and history behind it as well. The founder was friends with Kano (same as shotokan).
Joint locks fucking hurt. Aikidoka might not fair well against trained fighters but if you catch someone unaware into a wrist or elbow lock you can ruin their day.
wadatahmydamie
My point is that if a style only works within a specific, defined rule set, the only real use for the style is historic preservation, not fighting. If your goal is to learn to fight or to defend yourself, aikido is below YMCA karate.
nobodyspecial995
North America added colored belts and levels to make more money from martial arts. Traditional martial arts only had black and white, teachers and students.
GRZMNKY
Colored belts originated with in Japan with judo in the late 1800s
rijstewafels
They still have this in Aikido. Only white until you get Black. Because you train for your self and never stop learning. Also there isn't a competitive aspect to Aikido
TiroDvD
As my teacher pointed out. When you have a big class size and large differences of skill levels; it's nice for the more experienced to know your ability at a glance before "full on" in training.
RickWilde
I agree with this. It ABSOLUTELY makes a school more money but also (if it’s a good school) going against different belts also feels like different levels of challenge.
As a teacher in a school, my pupils aren’t all homogenised into just ‘pupil’ skill level. I have to differentiate for them.
kebabpipe
Isn't there a story that you would start with a white belt, wear it while training, and let it get dirty over time, and eventually become black?
wadatahmydamie
Even if true, please don’t do that in an attempt to be traditional. Wash your shit
igglebotato
Every martial art has apocrypha that's accrued to it over the years.
Hangman11
thanks now i had to learn something
Ih8thisSoMuch
I did not know this (and I took Judo for a while as a kid, smh) thanks.
TheRicM
A lot of it is just money because often times schools charge the student to get a new belt
TrojanGiraffe
Well its not so much that, as the fact that it divides up the reward system into more fine grained levels so you want to keep going, and takes advantage of loss aversion more. Its just more frequent dopamine hits.
TheRicM
No it really is just a money making thing sometimes especially in some of the other arts like karate and tae kwon do. Depends on the dojo or studio
MadeThisAccountToAnswerQuestions
Incidentally, Kano Jiguro was the one who set up the Black and White belts as indicators in the first place around 1880...
Mxlespxles
MioTaalas
SocketWrench
Ah, Judo. The gentle art of folding clothes while people are still in them.
GRZMNKY
You mean the art of involuntary yoga
wadatahmydamie
That’s BJJ. Judo is the art of the downward yeet
spontaneous9
Sensei defined judo as "To cordially extend to your opponent the opportunity to submit."
igglebotato
"When the enemy comes to you, welcome him; when he leaves, send him on his way."
spontaneous9
Domo arigatou. (and off-topic, Nice aurora pics, keep up the good work.)
igglebotato
Thanks!