In the Judo guide blogspot you will find lots of good information on this Olympic sport. A martial art that forms the basis for many of the modern day martial arts practised around the world today.
In The Judo Guide you can find out all you ever wanted to know right here -
a complete guide to the gentle martial art of Judo.
Judo, the ”gentle way”
Judo itself is considered to have been originally created around 1882 in Japan by the father of the Judo movement Jigoro Kano.
The art of Judo is now a very modern fighting, combat martial art and also an Olympic sport that is now practised by thousands of Judoka [Judo Players] around the world.
The very basis of all judo is using your opponents momentum and movements and their ‘off balance’ to gain the advantage and then use their following momentum to your advantage in order to throw them to the ground using the various judo techniques originally taught by Jigoro Kano.
The judo system has a very structured syllabus that allows the student to progress through the various Judo ranks as they learn the many basic and advanced hip, leg, arm and sweeping techniques.
