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I sometimes ponder how breakdancing can be an Olympic Sport but not submission wrestling
No, Kano Jigoro always favoured throws over groundwork. Nothing to do with the Olympics.Combat sports are generally exempted from this woke bullshit, and there has been enough pushback in other sports that I think the Olympics is safe.
I think it would be cool to see BJJ as a demonstration or exhibition sport though, maybe as an acompaniment to the Judo competition. The reason Olympic style Judo focused more on the throws was to make it more viewer friendly anyway, so I can't see them advocating for a style that spends all it's time on the ground.
Olympic Judo is fantastic, gives it the prestige it deserves for a worldwide sport and raises the level of competition. It's one of the highlights of the Olympics.The Olympics would be terrible for Jiu-Jitsu. You really don't want the IOC anywhere near it. I really hope Judo gets removed as an Olympic sport, that would be great.
He always favoured throws yes but the length of time on the ground has been limited in Olympic competition.No, Kano Jigoro always favoured throws over groundwork. Nothing to do with the Olympics.
Olympic Judo is fantastic, gives it the prestige it deserves for a worldwide sport and raises the level of competition. It's one of the highlights of the Olympics.
There may be drawbacks but no particular club is forced to train Olympic style Judo.
He always favoured throws yes but the length of time on the ground has been limited in Olympic competition.
Fuck the IOC. These athletes make peanuts and only handful can make money while the IOC fatties steal from coffers. Hope it dies.
USA boxing has finally had enough of their shit and has started to officially back a different international org. I’d love to see other sports do the sameThe Olympics would be terrible for Jiu-Jitsu. You really don't want the IOC anywhere near it. I really hope Judo gets removed as an Olympic sport, that would be great.
No, Kano Jigoro always favoured throws over groundwork. Nothing to do with the Olympics.
We don't even need them. The IJF holds a world championship every year which is usually held to be a tougher competition to win than the Olympics. If they wanted to hold an international competition in the format of the Olympics every four years, they could. There's little reason to involve outside organisations in Judo, and no reason for non-Judoka to have any input in the rules of shiai.USA boxing has finally had enough of their shit and has started to officially back a different international org. I’d love to see other sports do the same
USA boxing has finally had enough of their shit and has started to officially back a different international org. I’d love to see other sports do the same
It raised the level of competition for 0.01% of practitioners, and compromised the integrity of the art for that. Grassroots, club-level Judoka are the lifeblood of Judo not the tiny minority of Olympians. Very few Judoka under the age of 30 would have any idea how to deal with a basic blast double, probably the most common takedown you'd ever face from an untrained person. And the IOC did that to increase viewership and to differentiate it from Freestyle Wrestling - absolutely not a reason to limit the effectiveness of a martial art.
You say "no club is forced to train Olympic style Judo", but in practice they do. Go to any randori at any random club and start throwing with morote gari, classic kata guruma, te guruma, kuchiki taoshi, et cetera . . . it won't be appreciated. And these Olympic rules have filtered right down to mon grade competitions, everything has been affected by these rule changes.
I'm saying the focus of Judo has always been throwing. That was Kano Jigoro, not something specific to the Olympics.
You don't want BJJ in the Olympics.
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There has been so much corruption on the world scene that USA boxing is preemptively looking at other orgs bc the IBA is one fuck up from getting banned from the Olympics. If that happens we want another option in place so we don’t have kids training and fighting for 4 years just to be told tough shitHaven't followed boxing lately but am curious to know more about this. A cursory google search mentions USA boxing distancing itself last year from the IBA in favor of World Boxing, but looks like this is being done primarily to get boxing back into the 2028 LA Olympics and to stay in the good graces of the IOC. Is there more to it and is USA boxing actually getting ready to give the finger to the IOC itself?
There has been so much corruption on the world scene that USA boxing is preemptively looking at other orgs bc the IBA is one fuck up from getting banned from the Olympics. If that happens we want another option in place so we don’t have kids training and fighting for 4 years just to be told tough shit