What is the difference between japanese judo from other countries?

i want to know how different is japanese judo from the other countries. How unique it is.|||Each Country or Region has it%26#039;s own competetive style, that is still a blend of being good in all styles.





I would describe Japanese Judo as very calm, very dynamic, very effecient. They aren%26#039;t the shotgun approach to throwing a ton of techniques at you at once, they usually wait for your mistake and capitalize. They tend to focus more on the Standing portion of competetion, while being VERY solid on defense on the ground.





They tend to be well rounded. Great Ippons and Ippon machines like Koga and Inoue. Very very tough, it is not unheard of them to fight with a broken bone or damaged joint. You will very rarely ever see them tap.





Again, they sort of encompass Judo in their style. Very balanced, always calm, clear headed, and essentially mistake free. You won%26#039;t see crazy unorthodox techniques, just incredibly good fundamentals on every level. You won%26#039;t see them trying for flying armbars or low percentage moves, or even doing any wasted techniques. Additionally, they have an answer for pretty much anything you throw at them, you rarely get them in trouble, when you catch them it has to be a solid quick catch. If you are slow in any matter of execution or give them any time to react, they will find a solution and get themselves out of harms way.





While Japanese women Judoka are actually very solid with pins and mat work, and less on the jaw dropping Ippons.





Dutch and Netherlands are generally dominant in the heavyweight divisions (aside from Inoue), very solid and strong Judoka, very powerful. Pretty much standard grip and go types. Very little work on the mat.





Russian Judo is it%26#039;s own beast, very unorthodox grips and throws. A little more balanced, and again more towards the heavier scale.





Britain: Very Newaza oriented, usually very fast in their approach, throwing lots of techniques and chains. Here you will see some really nice submissions and entries in them that you don%26#039;t see. Middle weight and lighter weight fighters that are very good.





France: Good heavyweights, good standup. Decent gripping, all around fighters. Good Newaza defense, standard type of submission skills.





Central South America/Carribean: Usually a good bit of BJJ cross overs, good matwork. Well represented throughout the weight divisions. Usually not a lot of gold medal contenders but solid Judoka.





United States: No Gold medals to date in Olympic competetion. Very ecclectic, representing all ranges. You have guys like Jimmy Pedro who are great mat techniques, and have really unorthodox and dynamic throws, you have strength guys like Rhadi Ferguson (who also has solid matwork), guys like the Cohens with very fast, rapid fire attacks.





Every place has their own sort of style, but you of course find variance. This is just typical type of styles per international competetions from my perspective.





Hope that helps!|||not very.





you might find a japanese master who is really versed in judo more common, but because of the popularity of the art it is really inconsequential.





if it was really all that different then japan would never lose an olympic judo event, yet, they do.





this is because japanese judo masters trained everyone else and have been doing so for quite some time, so while 50 years ago it might have been different when the art was still predominately japanese (the good masters in it) because of its japanese origins, today it is so widesperead with non-japanese learning and excelling in it, there really isn%26#039;t a difference based on ethnicity.





differences based upon the skill of the individual teacher and school are of course case specific and widespread.





EDIT: wow- great answer, I%26#039;ve never noticed a difference between one judoka to the next, but I%26#039;ve never analyzed it that differently. I%26#039;m speaking from what I%26#039;ve noticed at the hobbyist level- you got great breakdown on the higher comp levels i see. I stand corrected.|||Well Technically There Is Only Japanese Judo. Seeing How Judo Is A Japanese Word. But The Only Martial Art Close To Judo I Would Say Would Be Sambo. Sambo Just Has Strikes, Which Aren%26#039;t A Part Of Judo.





But The Big Difference Between Learning Judo In America And In Japan Would Be The Tradition. Seeing How Americans Have Little To No Tradition. And Japanese Is All About Tradition.|||The Japanese do Judo much better.





All other countries rely on strength and view Judo as a sport. Not the Japanese.