How long does it take to learn Judo?

What belt would you need to have mastered to feel confident that you could defend yourself if attacked on the streets?|||Confidence comes from within. So some people gain it before they even walk into a dojo others need a black belt on their waste. You will begin learning techniques in Judo from the first day you step onto te mat as well as dicipline. It is what you do with what you learn that makes the difference. I have been training in Judo for ove 13 years and I am only confident about one thing. That is always be cool headed look at things rationally and always assume the other person is better than you.





Now as far as when you will reach a point in Judo when what you have learned becomes second nature. That depends, there are a couple white belts at my dojo that have picked up on things really fast and theres a yellow belt who has been for the last year but just can%26#039;t seem to get it.


Another guy this 19 yo was a gren belt and he kept saying he wouldn%26#039;t compete until he was a blue belt. When asked why he said it was a confidence thing. He felt that with the blue belt around his waste it would mean he was finally at a point where he knew he was ready.


In Judo the blue belt is before brown which is before black. In competition Blue belts fight brown and black belts. It means you are ready to hang with the big boys so to speak and are on the road to your black belt.


So to be fair Blue and up get all the respect in the dojo. However just learning how to breakfall and do a simple Osoto Gari (the first throw you will learn). And even just learning how to grip onto your attackers clothing or to break their grip on yours will certainly go along way if need be.





13 years of Judo


5 years of Grecco Roman/Freestyle Wrestling|||The belt rank doesn%26#039;t mean anything really except your dedication to the discipline. there%26#039;s no belt rank to %26quot;master%26quot; so that you can feel confident enough to defend yourself in a fight situation.





Learning Martial Arts is how much of it you can absorb, and by how often you train in your techniques.





If you have a good training ethic, then you should do well, but if you have a poor training ethic, then you%26#039;ll be a poor Martial Artist.





your own confidence level is the real factor here and not what belt rank you attain to feel confident enough to protect yourself.|||White, as here you would understand what you do not know. Makes one more cautious, thus safer.