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I dont want say that Strenght is useless in judo.
Strenght is part of Judo, But JU has to be a more relevant part of it.
Look at Kimura, he was strong , fast and phisically trained as hard as the modern Judoka or even better.
I say that today strenght is used to compensate lack of timing or technique. Judo has become more "Muscolar" then in past. It's easy to see 2 athletes stalling in a clinch pushing each other. That's (to me) is not a good judo.
Nowaday referee gave Ippon to throws that arent "perfect". To take an Ippon ur throws have to be fast, power and with controll.
If I do a combination of counters like Seoi Nage to Kata o toshi, slamming Uke on his neck falling on him, they give me an ippon. I don't like that.
To make and examples. Look at a Ride of motorbike. With 2 talented opponents.
One has a technical perfect drive, very clear without making any mistakes.
The other one has a dirty drive, taking more risk riding the bike more phisically.
Both are champion and both are able to win. Someoen like most the first someone got excited by the second. But their drive are different.
Same for Judo.
Russian = more pragmatic and muscolar
Japanese = more aesthetic and technical
To see ? I prefer Japanese. To do? probably russian would be easier to me to take in
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