Regardless of weight and size.?

Question

Dose judo really work on someone regardless of weight and size. ? Can a well trained Judoka make any move work or do you have to use the right move or somone that is too heavy. I weight 169 right now. If I was experianced could I throw a 300+ man??

Answer 1

Yes - judo works.  You learn to use your body as a fulcrum to find your opponents tipping point.  To throw a 300lb man...you'd have to have excellent technique, a grip like an orangutan, and really excellent core strength (abs back glutes) but you could do it.

I think judo is one of the most underappreciated arts out there.  MMA is so popular but there are only a handful of disciplines used (boxing, wrestling, muay thai, and jiu jitsu mainly).  Watch a guy like Karo Parysian in the clinch.  He drops highly trained, skilled fighters on their heads without much effort.  Judo training is definitely worthwhile.

As far as "making any move work" a great judoka finds the right move for the situation.  You don't try to do a hip toss from a muay thai clinch - it doesn't work that way.

Bottom line, if you are wanting to start judo training, you won't go wrong.

Answer 2

No, but it improves the odds dramatically.

Judo training will give you the technique, help you develop strength, and experience to do so, but throwing a 300 lb man is not guaranteed, being a good Judoka doesn't give you ape strength, no martial art does that.

Answer 3

Sure if you do study Judo you already know to let the opponent use his own weight against him self.  300lbs., 400lbs, 500lbs. all falls the same using technique properly.  

At the opposite end of this is brute force.  In Judo classes you will learn how to give way, rather than use brute force which is the "only way" to beat a bigger and stronger opponent. Flexibility, efficient use of balance, leverage, and movement are the four ( 4 ) keys to being successful at judo.

Answer 4

Definitely- but when up against very heavy guys, regardless of style and move, technique and timing becomes even more important.

Case in point:

I'm 175, and I has the chance to have a friendly no-gi BJJ roll with a 290lb ex-Judoka guy who had the strongest base I have ever seen on a guy. I couldn't sweep him like I did everyone else, I had to wait for him to move forward to execute my reversals- then when he caught on, I had to change my gameplan to using what I know to take his back and sink in chokes.

Same thing when we moved to takedowns- I couldn't drop him  using non-committed moves- I had to make him drive toward me to successfully use uchimatas and osotogaris, and for me to do that, since he was already familiar with grappling, I had to choose my spots carefully, and fully commit to my throws. On the other hand, my hip throws and seoinages were a little sloppy, so every time I attempted them, he would base out and drop me like a sack of potatoes. Once again, technique and timing.

With the same amount of training in any style, you have more of a chance to drop a really heavy guy with Judo than anything else, with Wrestling coming in at a close second.

Answer 5

im 170

using a judo throw in some MMA i threw someone around 250 like he was nothing (uchi mata..spelling? like i said MMA training not judo)

so yea its believable

idk if i have stronger upper body, but in theory the more weight you throw off balance on your opponent the faster he goes down