Judo, an Under-Rated Sports and Martial Art

The Japanese martial art of judo gets very little attention in the media today, which is a pity, because of judo still has a lot to offer anyone, young or old, who is thinking about learning a martial art.

Judo is not flashy, you do not see the movie star heroes beaten the bad guys on the silver screen using judo techniques, and you are very unlikely to find a judo dojo anywhere near your local mall.Why? this is because the martial artists, who actually do workout at the Judo martial art because of their love for the sport.

The same applies more or less for men and women who teach.Some may earn a modest life of teaching Judo, but none that I know has been doing it for the money, no money is not in it's just a good all round, at least in my humble opinion.

So you're more likely to get a Judo dojo in places like high schools and universities, YMCAs and not for profit community halls or youth clubs, this is because the room rental costs in such areas tend to be more modest, and the governing bodies that decide who can and cannot run classes in their buildings tend to judo appreciate as a good character-building sports and martial art ... and a very good self-defense use too.

Judo can be learned by men and women of adolescence to geriatric years.It is not uncommon for children from 10 years or younger do Judo, and old men in their 70 's or even their 80s still to training classes. in fact, it is understood that once you begin to learn judo and get hooked on, that you will continue to train pretty much for the rest of your life.

Judo was a hundred years ago in Japan founded by Jigoro Kano Sensei, who mixed various old styles Ju Jitsu and turns them into a new martial way with a strictly defined method of teaching.This new style of Japanese wrestling spread around the world in the 1920s and 30s, but took off in a big way.When it was an Olympic sport in the 1960s.

You can not seeing judo in the cinema or television nowadays, but if you ask anybody who has ever tried to push a judo player around ... these guys can not difficult, but they are certainly not a pushover in a fight.

So if you are considering getting your child in a martial art, or learn a your self, it will be worth your time to a judo school and go along for a closer look.