New Sport Judo (ESPN)

James Kovacich

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Originally posted by arnisador
What are the changes?

Personally, I never really got into Judo enough to be able to tell the differance.

Heres an article on it:
http://www.swainsportsintl.com/projudo/

My brother-in-law told me it was "beautiful" but he was talking about the beauty in the execution of the technique. It takes a true Judo player to appreciate and to really "see" it.

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pknox

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Interesting. They've gone to a point and time system. First to 20 pts, or most pts at the end of time. Evidently submissions don't necessarily end the match, but instead award points, and cause a "standing 8" count similar to boxing. I guess if you can't answer the count, you lose. Otherwise it's by time (3 90 sec rounds/60 sec break between rounds). Also, an "Ippon" throw doesn't end the match - it just gets you 10 pts - you'd need two good throws to win. If you tap someone (10 pts), you need to score with a throw next, as at least 10 pts must be from standup (trying to keep the BJJ guys out, eh? ;)) Waza-ari is now 5 pts and Yuko 3. Basically they've changed the rules to be more TV friendly.
 
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pknox

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Nope. I haven't seen Judo on TV for some time. ESPN2 does run the "breaking championships" from about 2 years ago like every other week it seems -- other than that, a tiny bit of kickboxing, and the occasional musical forms competition, I never seem to see any MA on ESPN anymore. :(

Maybe when the Olympics get closer they'll show it.
 
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whackjob-san

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I saw it ONCE about two years ago on ESPN2. Mike Swain was doing all the announcing and they supplemented the competition with pre-taped segments on the history of judo and demonstrations of basic throws.

They said it was going to be a weekly thing...:rolleyes:

Oh well. I liked it though. I even went out and bought one of those reversable blue gis afterwards!
 

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If anyone heres that it is going to be shown PLEASE post ahad of time. I would like to see one of these shows on judo
 

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