How many styles of Judo are there ?

I read there are a few, like Koshen Judo, Kodokan Judo etc.


Also if you can please suggest a site.|||Honestly there could be some debate about this, as each individual has his own style.





But there are off shoots from Judo, such as Judo-do, but in reality there is only one Judo style. (Kodokan) Kosen Judo isn%26#039;t a seperate style, just a different ruleset to be made friendlier for school kids to learn. It was a name of the Judo taught in the Kosen school district that focused more on Newaza (matwork). Their ruleset is somewhat different though.





So I would say Kodokan, Judo-do, BJJ (offshoot of Judo), and could give you Kosen Judo, though it is really just a Kodokan style. Sambo could also be included, as is Russian Judo. It has a ton of unorthodox throws and grips.





That would be my list.











|||There is only ONE style of Judo and that is Kodokan Judo.





Kosen Judo is not a style, it is the Kodokan Judo matword (Newaza) the Japanese taught to children in 1913 as an introduction to Kodokan Judo. The BJJ people are obfuscating martial arts history to justify their over-emphasis on matwork and distance themselves from Kodokan Judo by insinuating that Kosen Judo is different than Kodokan Judo - and that is not the case.





Russian Sambo is also not another style of Judo, although, similar to BJJ, it originated out of Kodokan Judo.





Is soft ball a different style of baseball? Is touch football or flag football a different style of football? No. But just because softball leagues or touch football leagues have cropped up doesn%26#039;t make them a different style of baseball or football.





So, there is only one style of Judo, and that is Kodokan Judo.|||In reality there is only one, recognized system of Judo and that was created by Jigoro Kano. It is governed by the Kodokan in Japan but as with all good martial art systems there are bound to be decent offshoot systems that pop up.|||As far as I am aware, there are only two, Kosen and Kodokan.





http://markstraining.com Fighting and Training Methods for Unarmed Martial Artists|||judomofo pretty much covered it. Give him the best answer. haha