tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192186541955038172.post6746943128092139063..comments2024-03-26T04:43:26.948-07:00Comments on The Business/Judo of Life: Judo vs. MMA: An old-timey viewDr. AnnMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13741371839260099343noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192186541955038172.post-69756912064892136262010-12-29T23:14:09.202-08:002010-12-29T23:14:09.202-08:00I think it depends what the usual practice is at y...I think it depends what the usual practice is at your club. Obviously you aren't going to do randori while someone is teaching UNLESS (as at Hayastan) you have a really big mat area where you won't accidentally land on someone.<br /><br />I used to have randori all the time without anyone telling me to do it, but again, I think space is a factor.Dr. AnnMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741371839260099343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192186541955038172.post-28789486177083745372010-12-29T06:27:12.215-08:002010-12-29T06:27:12.215-08:00THEIR club is different, that their players go one...<i>THEIR club is different, that their players go one round after another in randori without anyone telling them to do it. </i><br /><br />I admit, I'd have been very leery of just going after it in randori without an instructor giving the ok. Just to be completely clear, I don't recall ever just going after it without anyone telling me to do it (at least in a formal workout setting. What we did on our own was a different story, but it wasn't part of a club).<br /><br />I'm impressed. If I ever get my rotator cuffs working right again, I'm going to have to find one of those clubs.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2192186541955038172.post-704469020946725552010-12-29T06:24:49.288-08:002010-12-29T06:24:49.288-08:00Judo in my era (Paleozoic, I think it was), was mo...<i><br />Judo in my era (Paleozoic, I think it was), was more like a fight in a bar. Now it is more like a fight after Christmas dinner where your Grandpa comes in and lectures you in the middle of it and makes you sit down on the sofa. </i><br /><br />I liked that.<br /><br />Now in my old college Judo club (back in the 1970s) it would never have occurred to me to have randori without someone telling me to.<br /><br />They just lined us up and we went at it. Time, and we all switched partners and went at it some more. <br /><br />But I noticed it was like wrestling. The people who were motivated, who wanted to win, just kept going at it. Much less coasting than you see with some groups.<br /><br />Perhaps there isn't enough real desire to win.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.com