Any judo people out there?

rlodin

I'm fairly new to the myfitnesspal world (been signed up for around a month) - just sussing out whether there are any fellow judokas (or BJJ/MMA peeps) hanging around?

I've been in the sport for around 2 yrs and absolutely loving it!! currently training 3-4 times a week with some cycling and gym around that and hopefully competing half way through the year.

If you have any tips for a relatively new members of the sport that would be great~!

chickenmcv

Are you going to be watching Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate fight in a few weeks? I'm super stoked for the fight myself.

rlodin

that is interesting you bring that up! Although Ronda has been a judo olympian I only found out about her through MMA. I take some MMA classes and some people recommended I followed her, she's had some great fights - with awesome judo moves! Definately pumped to watch her do more stuff - wouldn't want to be on the end of her arm bars! hahaha

I don't know what it is like elsewhere, but here in australia it seems that few people are aware of judo, but people are much more familiar with brazillian ju jitsu and mma etc, especially MMA. Is it like that in the US as well?

chickenmcv

I actually think more people here are familiar with judo, or at least the term. BJJ has only been in the spotlight so recently, as you know, so a lot of people will still look at me like I'm crazy when I bring it up. I know you Australians love your MMA, so I guess it's not terribly surprising that judo isn't as widely known as bjj, since it really hasn't had the push that jiu jitsu has had as of late.

Anyway, yeah, definitely going to be a good fight. Her armbars are nasty. Did you see when she broke that chick's arm? Pretty gross. Are you looking forward to the Edgar-Bendo fight? Who are your picks? Mind if I add you as a friend on here?

Skeemer118

I'm not a Judo student but my hubby is so I love it. Just saying hello to you, best of luck in Judo & fitness!

ninjalaura5

meeeee I love judo i have been doing it 13 years now