[themaiden]

Originally Posted by I_am_Jack

Perhaps I wasn't clear. I think Judo has the most technically proficient techniques of the three. CAtch wrestling relies on strength to perform techniques, whereas Judo relies on physics. Further, Pehlwani is very primitive, and relies almost exclusively on strength for its effectiveness. I would argue that identical triplets separated at birth and trained: one in Judo, one in catch wrestling, and onw in Pehlwani, would more often than chance rank Judo, catch wrestling, and Pehlwani If they fought a round-robin. However, the Pehlwani especially, and catch wrestling to a lesser extent are more often than chance going to exclude practitioners who would be suitable for judo, but who would not be suitable for their rigoroues training. That is a form of "natural selection."

I wasn't trying to make a universal blanket statement. Just making a generalization.

Fair enough, I can't help but get defensive sometimes when there so many people who dismiss Judo.