Is it hard to apply judo to real life street fights or mma fights?

Im thinking of doing judo (because bjj lacks strong takedowns) but I want to know how hard it would be to apply any of its throws if there aren%26#039;t any gi%26#039;s being worn at the time the throws are applied.|||No !!





it%26#039;s not hard to apply judo to real life street fights or mma fights due to the fact that you are training against resisting opponents which will stand you in good stead on the streets or mma.





Best wishes :)***|||I%26#039;m only a green belt in Judo (2years really hard work).


Trust me it works, this person once went for a wide swing at me and i straight away put him in a uchi mata, the guy fell stuned.


And as for MMA much of the time is fought on the ground all the chokes strangle you see, also the defensive and attacking stances are all included in Judo. Also many take downs are learnt in Judo.


The Gi is good to have but once you really master the throw is can be applied when you are wearing nothing with devastatingg affect.





It a good martial art to know, if you look at it in the olympics many people think that its boring but there are lots of other things going on that two guys on the ground doing nothing.


If you get into a fight there are two types of things that can happen, either you start hooking each other fast or you grapple, now if you do grapple trust me there aient a way in hell you will loose if you even practice once a week.


There is also a self defence side to Judo where you learn kicks and punches it not only grappling.





Judo is good to know, but if you can combine Judo and Boxing together you have the ultimate combination.|||This is one of the biggest misconceptions about judo. While some throws require gi%26#039;s most can be accomplished by using arm-locks or the clothes a person is wearing. I have used Judo on numerous occasions to defend myself in real-life situations. If you can find an old-school (non Brazilian) jui-jitsu school, they have great takedowns.|||never formally trained in judo but have observed at classes and seminars.


and yes, judo works in real fights.





my suggestion, get a group of friends(preferably people who can take a fall or a blow), and set up some mats and have them randomly attack you in different ways.





use your judo skills to try to defeat them.





then maybe go to some woods at night and do the same.


have them hide behind trees and structures and attack. this not only develops your skills but your reflexes and your mindset as well.


its a great addition to the classroom sparring training you will receive.





friends of mine and i trained this way to add to our arts.


and a couple of people i know have asked me to train them self defense and if(i doubt it) i do i will use these methods.





and of course it would work in mma as well.|||No, it has worked for me on the mat and on the streets. It takes a lot of grappling to get it on instinct.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BGOuLDZw...





This guy proves the combo of judo and bjj.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tIQIdBna...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VAFcw64m...|||Judo was designed to tone down the combat which Kano trained in Ju Jitsu. Judo is not really based on actual combat but was designed to instill budo in people. If you already do BJJ then add a stand up fighting style like karate or kung fu.|||Any thing worth being good at will take hard work. After you have achieved a level of mastery, sure it may be easy to apply, but how many gallons of sweat have you dedicated to learning your approach to hand to hand combat beforehand?|||I took up Judo for the same reason - to compliment my BJJ, which lacked takedowns. Judo throws/takedowns are awesome and can be applied well without a gi; just a slightly different approach to the technique is required.|||it can work well if applied right. but add a striking art to training|||It depends on so many different variables.


Judo is tricky. It%26#039;s a technical sport that requires a lot of practice to get good at.


Gripping the gi isn%26#039;t a prerequisitefor a throw, there%26#039;s loads of alternatives - under-hooks, under and over-hook, under-hook and arm etc etc etc. Take a look at some of Karo Parisyan%26#039;s stuff on YouTube to see what I mean.





Aside from that, unless you live somewhere that%26#039;s warm all year round, any potential opponent is going to be wearing clothing. Anything from a T Shirt up to a heavy coat could be used to grip.