Since Judo and Wrestling have many of same techniques why are stances so different?

Traditional wrestlers are low to the ground with one foot forward. Judo players are more straight up with feet even and want there core muscles straight.





Anyone understand why the two similar sports have different stances.|||BEST ANSWER!!!!!


Short %26amp; sweet, in Judo your opponent has a heavy jacket to grab onto which does not get slippery when sweaty etc. so many throws come from a lapel or sleeve grab, this is impossible in wrestling on someone wearing a singlet so low takedowns are more prevalent|||Wrestling is considered primarily as a sport, whereas Judo is used primarily as a defensive technique. Being a former wrestler/coach, the wrestling stance used by most wrestlers is to be as low as possible with one foot forward, but there are a lot of leg takedowns in wrestling, where in Judo there are more upper body throws and it would be advantageous to be higher up for leverage.|||Being someone with over 13 years of Judo and 5 years of wrestling. I can only agree with a couple basic points stated by the other people here.


In wrestling if you are mainly going for single and double leg take downs it only makes sence to be very low. In Judo you are mainly going for throws to get your opponant down so a low stance like wrestling would make it extremely difficult to get in close to throw. In fact in a competition you would get penalized for doing it as it is a defensive not an offensive posture.


Judo was created in 1882 by a Ju Jitsu black belt. He wanted a more efficient style specifically for self defence and when he took his Judo to the 1886 Tokyo police games he brought 15 Judoka to face the top 15 Ju Jitsu fighters, and they wone 13 of 15 the other 2 being lossed by close descision. Judo was only about 25% sport between 1900 and 1950.Unfortunatly like wrestling it hasevolved into 75% sport and only 25% of traditional defence and mental dicipline. The goal in wrestling is to take your opponant down to the ground and control them or pin them so they can not escape.


In Competition Judo there is more emphasis placed on take down techniques as there are over 40 recognized throws and each has variations and counters. nce you get your opponant to the ground you can either pin them for a count of 20-30 seconds depending on level of competition and age. Or you can use submissions such as chokes and arm locks until your opponant taps or says maitta (I surrender).


There are about 30 submission techniques not including leg, knee and ankle locks wich are ilegal in Judo competion. But still taught in some dojos.|||origin. Judo is japanese invented in the 1880s and came out of jujutsu, a real fighting style. Judo is not a fighting style, it%26#039;s a sport invented to try and keep some of the old arts alive in a modern time. Wrestling is largely Greco-Roman and doesn%26#039;t have real roots in fighting. Jujutsu bends at the knees, keeping the center low, while maintaining balance. There are several stances such as fudu dash and shiko dash that get low, but in every case, they try to maximize mobility - and by mobility I mean real distance such as up to several feet at a time, not just turning. Even stances on knees are designed to allow for maximum movement.|||Judo is a martial art, and when you engage your opponent, you each grip the other%26#039;s upper body, one hand on the lapel of their gi, the other on their sleeve (normally). Most of the throws involve grips on the jacket, so you want to stand in a way that allows you to grip the jacket. However, every judoka I%26#039;ve ever seen does stand with one foot forward because if you stand with your feet even, you are asking to be thrown. Having a foot forward gives you better balance.|||Simple answer - THE GI





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In Judo it doesn%26#039;t matter if you%26#039;re on your back after a throw. Your objective is a lock not a pin. Judo has a circular motion to it which involves the weight of your opponent being pulled onto you with the gi for momentum and leverage. This form allows ease for throws into locks instead of take downs or shoots into pins.





Wrestling is more linear in that you are pushing to get %26quot;on top%26quot; of your opponent guarding from the pin. You cannot use the singlet to manipulate your opponent in any way. It is more strength and power techniques than fluidity and form.





* The stances are different because your weight placement/displacement depends on what outcome you are trying to acheive. Are you pulling and rolling or sprawling and pushing.