Mitchx42 agreed, our system is so uncompetitive in almost any world renown sports.

i was a student in korea when i was 8 for 1 and a half year in 2010. they hit you with a stick if you dont do your homework. they illegalised it at like around 2012 or something so fml lol

Aaron Little Thank you

+GooCH9 thanks so much for your support

daddydojang thank you

MyungJi Chae Thank you. Yes, TKD is by far the most popular of them all in Korea.

you'd have been thrown out

He left Korea years ago

GrapplerGoingAbroad Oh absolutely. Like I mentioned the bench is deep. They have their 1 Kim Jae-Bum, but then there are those just below him that didn't make the cut. Still they'd be competitive on any stage.

Dimitris Papathanassis and Jimmy Pedro! One answer. True love. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Dimitris Papathanassis join multiple judo gyms so that you have more opportunities to train

Dimitris Papathanassis You're totally right

Dimitris Papathanassis i cannot understand what the hell you are trying to write but i guess it is because getting a gym means that you need to pay rent for that big of a place to even begin to teach people how to throw their opponents around the world.

@Mr. danger Hey. Are you talking about Yongin or other programs?

Steve Luke yes. That is where the national team trains too

​@Mr. danger It is a one of undergraduate courses in Yongin university where can get bacheolor's degree.

thegrimjester You're smart to view it that way. If you want longevity in judo, you need to drop it back a few notches and change your mentality. The mind is willing but the body.... Judo is a rough sport, so most people don't stay with it long term. High turnover.

Lewis Morton boxing and wrestling are 2 other big ones. Wrestling gets Korea more Olympic and world medals than any other sport they're involved in...second to judo. Judo is their most successful sport. Wrestling is like back home. You probably need to do it through a school program. Some boxing gyms here.

Red Dragon Diaries Oh right, thanks man.

Lewis Morton Koreans have their own form of "sumo", a traditional wrestling which is great to watch! Look it up.

pepe cojones I've seen them doing that on the beach a couple times. competitions

pepe cojones That looks like fun, first time I've seen it.

Judo

Judo is not highly recommended for tall people

Ura-nage

It depends on your effort and frequency. Anywhere between 3-5 years on average

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@@Reddragondiaries Huh? 1-2 years is closed to average.

@@AntiCitizenZero for a black belt? Doubt that...dedicated will be 5 years. Not dedicated? 10 years easily

+JoachimderZweite most definitely. The very countries you mentioned are so strong. I especially like watching how Mongolia continues to get better. I just did this video because I happen to live here and get access to some of the inner workings of judo

+JoachimderZweite i picked up judo in august of 2015 and in october i became addicted to judo, simply because of the dedication that the international judoka's commit to their sport. In october i participated in an Ilias Iliadas clinic in San Jose, Ca and that single day convinced me that judo was the sport for me. Since then i have watched almost every tournament shown on the IJF youtube channel, and on Ippon.tv...One day soon, ill be able to visit the power countries in judo (russia, france, mongolia, japan, korea, uzbekastan) and hopefully partake in a couple months of training with them...

Cynical Director I envy you. Judo can become an addiction but it is a wonderful addiction. Remember to practice a variety of throws that fit your body type and never neglect newaza. During randori do not mind being thrown, take risks and attack attack attack,

France is pretty popular in France - pretty easy to find Judo clubs/classes taught in health clubs. And the police have their own Judo clubs.

Just personal preference

+Midnight Constipation how do you figure? lmao what laws are you making up in your head? that they train constantly? you do realize that in korea kids study from 3am to almost midnight...so they study school, their musical instrument of their choice, and their martial arts of their choice...half of korea only gets about 3-5 hours of sleep a day...

Lol no it wouldn't be. You've no idea just how brutal middle school and high school wrestling is do you?

wowspare bruh... are u really comparing american highschool and middle school wrestling to JUDO in someones entire life?

TheRefusedStone um what?

phsyckomantis stfu

+J. Yeah it is annoying. It will then be replaced by another annoying kind of music that becomes trendy later.

+MaharlikaAWA I've been using dubstep since 1984

Red Dragon Diaries wow You are OLDschool...except dubstep did not exist in 1984.

MaharlikaAWA I know j/k. I was poppin and lockin to axel f back in 84 lol

Red Dragon Diaries LOL! I was gunna say maybe you listened to techno or something back then.

+MaharlikaAWA they are not different. Korean just call judo to yudo. Idk why. but the definition and everything are same

+Chan Kwon Do means the study of or the way of in Japanese and Korean Ju means gentleness in Japanese Yu means gentleness in Korean Not sure what Ju means in Korean though I think you'll find that many non-English speaking countries use terminology applicable to their tongue

Red Dragon Diaries Are they associated with the Kodokan in Japan or another Korean thing? That is what I want to know.

MaharlikaAWA yes

Red Dragon Diaries Ok that is good to know. It is legit Judo and not a "fake style." A lot of martial arts people do not understand that Yudo is not a Korean martial art but it's just Japanese Judo but pronounced in the Korean dialect. It's just that Koreans typically make up fake styles a lot and then present them as some ancient native martial art. Like Kumdo which is actually Japanese Kendo but they made up their own style.

Their curriculum is suited to fit, and training takes first priority, usually 3 hours of judo and 1-1.5 hours physical training everyday.

Because their major is judo. Yes, you can major in judo. The curriculum covers technique, theory (that is deep dive, believe it or not), physiology, educational theory, several other health and sport sciences and what you might call an EMT basic level of first responder medical knowledge and skill. On paper, you graduate with what is the equivalent of an Associate's degree or nowaday, a full Bachelor's degree in physical education with a major in various different martial arts, a 4th dan and a license to teach. Legally, all of the things I mentioned are required by law to open up a new school in Korea. The old guys with their schools got grandfathered in. No such thing as a scrub teacher in Korea.

@Nikolaij Brouiller he's actually not the heaviest of his category and he said that he is not the strongest physically. But I think he's booth very technical and have a very good strenght/speed ratio. Just my opininion :)

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Andy's Mad House What is their #1 sport? Is it karate? I'm a little heartbroken it isn't judo!

Andy's Mad House oh NO!

te3f Because Japan has a long tradition of Karate and jujitsu (they borrowed Karate from Okinawa and made it their own)...

Because judo became a part of the Korean education system when Japan attempted to wipe out Korean culture. Like school uniforms, its one of the things that stick. That said, judo is the not very popular. It's behind Taewondo, Hapkido, Korean Kendo in popularity.

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So would Europe and C. Asia if the rules didn't keep getting changed so a certain style is aligned to win lol

Yes, Koreans LOVE their kendo (gumdo in Korean). It is far more popular than judo in Korea.

ChamorruWarrior noob here.sorry, what you mean by "shoot"?

shooting means, shooting for takedowns (grabbing the legs) .. this change has been the worst thing that has happend to judo

They removed shooting for a reason

yes .. and the reason was a bad one.. when the martial art is challenged.. not the rules should change .. but the martial art & martial artist should evolve and adapt

oku_jumu thats true but really the main one is because it made judo a really curved martial art, judokas spent most of the time bent, looking for legs with their hands, judo was made to be precticed while standing straight not curved... as a judo practionier from the old rules i can confirm this

Stupid idiots always figure out with only strength that is why their body get fucked up

+Chu Kim I believe in genetic patterns and also genetic diversity. But there is a simple genetic fact - two well built strong parents will most likely produce a strong well built child whether Japanese or Korean or whatever. As for the Warrior Gene we know it exists in all races but Military research shows that how a soldier reacts relates directly to training and the amount of training. If what you say about Koreans is true they would win all the Judo Gold Medals - they do not. Yes there are many great Korean Champions but your belief in "the superior warrior genetics of the Korean man" is misguided. In the last Olympics the Russians won 4 gold medals that if you are correct should have been won by Koreans.

+JoachimderZweite Watch the next Olympics coming up dude. I bet you Koreans will dominate in Rio.

Chu Kim I actually hope you are correct but your response is simplistic.

Chu Kim I just took a look at the London Judo results and 4 gold medals for Korea the same as Russia.

Let me guess...you are Korean? Korean and Japanese people have extremely similar genetic heritage. I doubt you are correct, but naturally it's difficult to prove a negative.