Picking Up Judo, Tips?

[bushido_man96]

That all looks really great, MizuRyu. The website looks nice as well.

[elbows_and_knees]

I asked my instructor this evening about his views on Judo's olympic aspects, he said: "Whoever you are, if you REALLY want someone on the ground, and have even a general idea of how to do it, you'll do it, but it takes practice and dedication to know what to do after that".

He seems to have a real problem with Olympic judo, but then again our class is more RSBD based. Our groundwork is about 70% chokes and 30% locks, as he said choking someone out is a much more harmless/quick way to end a fight than waiting for them to calm down while you have their arm in a bind, or snapping it in backwards (which doesn't usually hold up well in court )

Good man.

Our school's website: http://www.itama.org/judo/judo.html

As for the class stucture, it's 2 1/2-3 hours. The first half hour is spent working out, the next hour is drilling, and the last hour is ALL randori. It's probably the most intense workout I've ever experienced in my whole life, and I cherish every bead of sweat!

It's a pretty interesting school. It's shared by a handful of different instructors who teach a pretty wide variety of styles, it's really interesting to stick around for a whole day and just watch all the different styles and teaching methods, especially the Iaido class.

that actually sounds just like my school. our judo and bjj classes are structured just like that. And we have pretty much everything being taught there as well. It's like the facility is shared by different instructors.

yoga

kenpo

bjj

judo

muay thai

aikido

kali

capoeira

self defense classes

[ps1]

It sounds like you've found a grade A school. Congrats.