I have always considered Judo a martial art with sporting applications. However I would agree that the governing bodies of Judo have a lot to answer for as I think that they have moved in the opposite way from which Judo is about, as winning at all costs is acceptable and forgetting about honour and self respect which is all too apparent in todays society. Judo is a very underated combat form, I often get amusing comments aimed at me when people find out I do Judo , however these comments tend to die out after a brief demonstration of what one can do with Judo usually followed by " I thought Judo was just throwing" , then the comments tend to stop after this. I am not saying I am a bully but sometimes certain people need to be educated.

The ruling bodies of Judo need to take a long look at what is happenning in the martial arts/sports world, it isn't just Judo that is suffering Karate and other arts are also in the spotlight . Martialarts are called this for a reason keep them seperate, honour and self respect are far more important than gold medals( which are nice to have ) I know that I am long winded sorry about that but I do feel strongly about certain things and this is one of them.



Thanks for reading


Kevin