Judo Classes (or any other martial arts class). How are they? What are your recommendations?

Question

I was thinking about starting a martial art class (I'm leaning towards Judo). I just want to know how much it usually costs and what exactly is done for practice (Lots of sparring, hitting dummies, pushups, crunches, jumping, etc, etc).

I mainly want to enroll in a martial art for self defense and if the need for protecting someone ever arises.

Give me your opinions on whats the best martial art to enroll in.

Answer 1

As a general rule, judo is one of the most affordable martial arts for individuals and families.  If you have a judo dojo in your area, you will more than likely be surprised at how affordable classes are.

The personality of each judo club will be different.  Some clubs are very recreational in nature, and others are extremely competitive.  Make sure you find a club that fits your personality and addresses your goals.

Judo practice entails learning standing and ground grappling techniques.  Every school is different, and the amount of time one practices both ranges of grappling will vary. There are striking and self defense techniques within the katas, but not in the randori (free practice/sparring).  If you are looking for an art that will involve learning alot of striking and the practice of striking, you will be better served learning a different martial art.

In terms of conditioning, judo ranks very high. Competition judo is physically exhausting, and requires strength, conditioning, flexibility and balance.  As far as being an excellent base for other martial arts or MMA, we direct you to an interview with Dave Camarillo. He is the grappling coach for many of the top MMA athletes in the world today as the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo instructor at AKA in San Jose.

"I feel there is not better art to prepare someone for the unpredictable nature of fighting and that of life than Judo"

The full interview can be found at the following website.

http://www.mokurendojo.com/2007/12/mokur...

We wish you well in your pursuit of the martial arts and hope that you get some time on the judo mats in your area;.

Sincerely

Orange County Judo Training Center

http://www.ocjudo.com

Answer 2

if you want to learn self defense i would recommend jujitsu if you take karate or taekwando and get in a fight on the ground its useless and almost every fight becomes a ground fight i advise you watch on youtube hapkido vs bjj on you tube you'll see what i  am talking about

Answer 3

If your goal is to learn self defense , Judo is good but lacks the stand up fighting part , in Judo you will mostly be on the floor all the time doing holds , submissions and pins. The best thing to do is to go see a class and see if it meets your expectations , other people complement themselves and take up judo as well as boxing or kickboxing to complement for the stand up fighting part. This also depends on what schools and martial arts styles you have available in your area , you can go and visit and see the classes and see which one fits with what your looking for.  Judo also focuses a lot on physical conditioning so you will get a lot of that there as well. But judo has become more of a sport now a days and its rare that you see any type of defense against knives or street situations.

Answer 4

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu