[judogido]

Do I detect a slight need to "prove judo" to the BJJers? Who really cares who "invented" it first.

Judo isnt the source of all ground and standing techniques either - there is always someone else who "came before" ... right back to the first caveman who seoi-nage'd then kimura'd his cavemate for stealing his portion of the last wooly mammoth.

I dont think any BJJer would claim to have "invented" the groundfighting style - they generally all give credit to Maeda for introducing it.

The truth is, judo moved away from much of the ground techniques and BJJ took it up and ran with it (or should that be rolled with it? LOL) Now they are doing well with it- against many judoka, leading to a bit of renewed interest in the "old stuff" from judoka and others.

But I fail to see what regurgitating some old text of a tech I sincerely doubt any pure judo club (excluding the few Kosen judo clubs left) has ever used since the text was published and posting it here with a "See...! See...! It's ju8st judo - BJJ didnt invent NUFFIN, it's all just judo, biatches"

Dont take it the wrong way - I'm a "comrade in arms" - I'm a judoka not a BJJer. But I've learned to not give a rats arse about "BJJ is just judo newaza" debates and just accept BJJers are ground specialists, employ a greater range of well-taught and well-drilled ground techniques (regardless of the origin of the tech) and that a judoka can benefit greatly from training with an learning from BJJers (and of course - vice versa).

I can think of no better style to cross-train in to improve my judo.