Judo + Freestyle Wrestling

[Italianissimo]

Anyone on here has or has had a good level (competition results, but not just that) in both the sports?

 

[Badger67]

2nd RMC kingston as judo blue belt.
Regional champ in freestyle wrestling.

Did fairly well. The hardest part is figuring out what transitions and doesn't. I found the judo helped my wrestling more so than wrestling helped my judo (kuzushi based anyway).

 

[Italianissimo]

Amy black belt result? Are you from USA?

 

[CFGroup]

Why do you ask?

 

[Badger67]

Amy black belt result? Are you from USA?

Canada.

 

[SBC]

A lot of women wrestlers has experience in both. Anyone know Steve Mocco's competitive Judo record? He won the Yarygin in freestyle.

 

[Daniel Fox]

I have competed, and trained in both wrestling and Judo, in the last 20 years the rules of competitive Judo have changed so much, that the two sports are like apples and oranges to me. With that being said, you could still benefit from training either discipline.

To answer your question more specifically, it would be next to impossible to be an Olympic Champion in both sports. If you want to get really good at something you have to stick to one thing at a time. This does not mean you can not borrow moves from another discipline and apply to the other. Steve Mocco had a great foot sweep, that he successfully used in wrestling that came from Judo.

 

[AndyMaBobs]

I train in sambo which is a mix of both styles and I have medaled 0 times

 

[Italianissimo]

Sambo is sometimes considered like "Old Judo" with leglocks