Who would win in a fight - a soldier or a judo expert

Question

I was just wondering who would win in a fight between a typical special forces soldier (e.g. SAS in the UK) and a judo practitioner? I imagine that the judo guy is probably going to come out on top?

Answer 1

a soldier is trained to kill and is trained in hand to hand combat. They know how to strike, grapple, and use a weapon. They covered those territories. They also develop resiliance to hits and throws, so physically conditioned is a plus. Where as, a Judo man is trained to only take down an opponent or smash him to the ground. The only way if a Judo man would win or have chances of winning is if they learned how to react with attacks and techniques that are obviously not taught in Judo (like any and all types of punches, kicks, throws, grappling, ever weapons, etc., and oh yea, techniques from martial arts outside of judo) then yea, but how often do you see that happening here in the US.

My bet is a soldier. but....I've seen soldiers in person who dont have that fighting spirit, so the majority of soldiers out there KNOW how to FIGHT, like there is a minority who isn't driven. as to a majority of Judo men who can't stand a chance with a soldier than there is a minority who can take a soldier. Depends on the fighter him/herself

Answer 2

In a one on one fight (assuming this is hand to hand combat obviously) I would go with the SAS soldier. A judo expert is certainly not someone to take lightly, but the SAS trains in martial arts and what they study is much more diverse than just grappling (which is what Judo is).

If they were fighting on a mat by Judo rules the expert would win every time, but remember that SAS, and other soldiers, train to kill with strikes and grappling and everything in between, so I would bet on the soldier.

Answer 3

The soldier would shoot the dude in the head.

Answer 4

the specials forces guy!! all he has to do is shot the stupid judo guy aka indiana jones

Answer 5

Chuck Norris.

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Answer 6

Wasn't there a fight between a Marine and a Judoka on UFC recently? I would say the Judoka everytime.

Answer 7

it depends on circumstances

Answer 8

what is the fight for? a judo practitioner is trained in the art of judo, a special forces operative is trained in the art of killing( the mandate of a soldier in combat is to close with and destroy the enemy). you are comparing apples to oranges.

Answer 9

Could the Judo guy beat up Superman?

Answer 10

This is a silly question really.

Answer 11

What are we calling a judo expert 7th Dan or better Judo?  If so then surely no military trained individual would stand much of a chance being that military personnel go through  man hours of training compared to the 8 - 12 years of training for a competent Judo expert and even at that I'm understating the case majorly in time at rank for a judo practitioner, but what I'm getting at is that a soldier will spend way less time in his life studying and training for hand to hand combat than your normal Judo expert.  Even advanced special forces ( SAS ) H2H training isn't going to match up well against a judo practitioner that has dedicated his entire life to H2H combat.  Then there always the 45/90 Degree Principle, Anatomical Misalignment, Anchor Principle, Back Up Mass, Balance Principle, Barring, Basic Rule of Resistance, Buoyancy, Circular/Linear Principle, Closing the Gap, Compression, Constriction, etc, etc, etc, etc. principles that a judo expert is going to know and understand inside and out as well as allowing his being able to "yield to his opponent and still win".  which is a principle and technique very few in the military even understand.

In a street situation a soldier will be looking for a K.O. I'm sure, but against an actual judo "expert" a K.O. would be harder for a trained soldier to pull off against an actual judo expert.  Field expedient H2H combat systems such as the military uses teaches to "take the opponent out quickly" as to where judo's principles, techniques and tactics are no where near the same as field expedient H2H.  If a judo "expert" let's say 7th Dan or higher in rank spent his entire lifetime at study and a SAS soldier's time in H2H training can be counted in mere man hours who do you think will win?

Answer 12

Unfortunatly most soldiers, and cops for that matter receive only a minimum of hand to hand combat training.  So in a fair fight I'd put my money on the Judo guy.  Having said that, a Special Forces Operator would never get into a "fair" fight