Robert Carver
Orange Belt
I can't read Japanese, but I sure as heck see a lot of pictures of folks in blue judogi!Mekugi said:
Proven wrong again Jack!
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I can't read Japanese, but I sure as heck see a lot of pictures of folks in blue judogi!Mekugi said:
Robert Carver said:I can't read Japanese, but I sure as heck see a lot of pictures of folks in blue judogi!
Proven wrong again Jack!
I agree, click on these video clips of the All Japan Judo Championships, and other major Japanese tournaments, and try and find a blue gi in any of these AJJF sanctioned shiais:Mekugi said:Sometimes pictures speak 1000 words.
Hello Tony,Robert Carver said:I can't read Japanese, but I sure as heck see a lot of pictures of folks in blue judogi!
Proven wrong again Jack!
JUDO AS A SPORT.IamBaytor said:Looks like I missed a little bit while I was off hunting. Look what I bagged, though!
What 'eautiful specimen you got there, eh? Hat's off to ya mate...i'm 'eading back into bush...IamBaytor said:Looks like I missed a little bit while I was off hunting. Look what I bagged, though!
So to continue why judo cannot be a sport; Japan had sports independent of their martial arts. The samurai played polo and a game of ball with teams and seasonal events that did not intrude upon the indigenous martial arts.bignick said:also, just if i may toot my own horn...the picture of steve and his good friend the super troll were not photoshoped...that was done entirely in microsoft paint and took FOREVER....but i feel it was worth it
alright...What i practice is not a sport, and I will grant you the same...but why is it that you cannot accept that there is a great number of people out there that are practicing judo solely as a sport...you may not like it, and it does lead to bad judo...but this is what the world sees in the olympics and it is what is most associated with judo todayPatrick Skerry said:So to continue why judo cannot be a sport; Japan had sports independent of their martial arts. The samurai played polo and a game of ball with teams and seasonal events that did not intrude upon the indigenous martial arts.
So when Dr. Kano developed judo, he was totally uninfluenced by sports - so judo remains a martial art being mistreated as a sport.
Some good evidence to support the argument that judo is not a sport, are these sites containing ancient Japanese sports:IamBaytor said:Thanks for putting us back on topic there Patrick, I needed to go and bang my head on a wall again.
Has anyone else heard the saying about arguing on the internet?
Not necessarliy the case. I was at a shiai this morning and a I discussed this issue with several of the older club senseis, and they all were unhappy about the sportification of judo. One even told me that not all of the IJF rules are being honored at his club.bignick said:alright...What i practice is not a sport, and I will grant you the same...but why is it that you cannot accept that there is a great number of people out there that are practicing judo solely as a sport...you may not like it, and it does lead to bad judo...but this is what the world sees in the olympics and it is what is most associated with judo today
I wouldn't even put it as high as a 'great deal', I think its just a minority of international competitors who have an inordinate influence on the art, and are sportifying judo for their own gain, via the IJF.bignick said:i did not say that is what everybody was doing...but there are a great deal of people practicing judo SOLELY as a sport...i did not say everybody...
$$$$$$$$bignick said:and what are they gaining by sportifying judo?