There are three %26quot;styles%26quot; of Judo. Kodokan Judo is the style practiced in the Olympics, and the most popular around the world. It focuses mainly on takedowns and throws.
Kosen Judo focuses more on newaza or matwork.
BJJ, or Gracie Jiujitsu, is an alternate form of Judo, and is very similar to Kosen Judo.
In Kodokan Judo, in the US, how long it takes to get a blackbelt varies. Rank that means anything is awarded by one of three national organizations, the USJA, USJF, and USA Judo. Each of these organizations have their own procedures and requirements for promotion. I am a member of USJA, so this is their system, but the others are similar.
You get promotion points for doing certain things, going to tournaments, clinics (in USJA only as far as I know), winning matches at tournaments, volunteering at tournaments, etc. Each belt from Rokyu (yellow belt) to hachidan (8th degree black belt) has requirements for both promotion points and time in grade. Once you meet both criteria, and your instructor recommends you, then the national organization approves your promotion and you get your next rank (NOTE: 9th and 10th degree black belts are more subjective and do not have set requirements). In the USJA, you can earn a Shodan in a minimum of 4.5 years, although most people take longer than that.|||The Gracies style is Judo which focus is more on Newaza mat work, called BJJ. The original Master whom taught them was a Judo champion in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosen_judo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_j...
and a cool link at BJJ history
http://www.jiujitsuforums.com/jiujitsuhi...
.|||I Hate Lazy People is Dead On. I was gonna say almost the exact same thing
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