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The United States has a terrible record for international Combat Sports
for one of the largest most developed countries in the world our Combat Sports proficiency is near the bottom of the barrel
Americans can't win International kickboxing and wrestling because they practice different types of these sports with entirely unique scoring systems and rules but America's failure to win International Judo comes from a different problem completely
The international combat sport of Judo is treated exclusively as a martial art in the United States and that means it's usually a for-profit business...in addition to the profit minded risk averse business protocols Judo is overseen by an alphabet soup of different organizations who may not have the objective to build the most competent international team but instead maintain their organizations validity in the microcosm that is the martial arts world
my first black belt was in Judo and I've loved it passionately since childhood yet the martial arts business in America made it a different animal and I naturally gravitated towards wrestling, kickboxing then MMA ultimately
the fact is even the most complete system known to man won't add up to a hill of beans if it's administrative solely as a martial art and not as a publicly funded combat sport
For instance shooto is LITERALLY MMA itself established by the Japanese some decade before the ultimate fighting championship first aired yet has produced only a tiny handful of MMA Champions even though it is by far the most complete system known to man
the fact is shooto is administered like a martial art in Japan and not a publiclly funded combat sport like American Scholastic folkstyle wrestling for instance
if you don't believe me try to start a wrestling club and a Judo club at the same time
you will successfully have a wrestling club established in 1/100th the time and a fraction of the cost as it will take you to jump through all the Hoops required to maintain a Judo program that is legitimately certified for international competition because wrestling is treated like a combat sport and American Judo is administered via the for profit martial arts model
A pretty simple reason why America can't win International Judo
for one of the largest most developed countries in the world our Combat Sports proficiency is near the bottom of the barrel
Americans can't win International kickboxing and wrestling because they practice different types of these sports with entirely unique scoring systems and rules but America's failure to win International Judo comes from a different problem completely
The international combat sport of Judo is treated exclusively as a martial art in the United States and that means it's usually a for-profit business...in addition to the profit minded risk averse business protocols Judo is overseen by an alphabet soup of different organizations who may not have the objective to build the most competent international team but instead maintain their organizations validity in the microcosm that is the martial arts world
my first black belt was in Judo and I've loved it passionately since childhood yet the martial arts business in America made it a different animal and I naturally gravitated towards wrestling, kickboxing then MMA ultimately
the fact is even the most complete system known to man won't add up to a hill of beans if it's administrative solely as a martial art and not as a publicly funded combat sport
For instance shooto is LITERALLY MMA itself established by the Japanese some decade before the ultimate fighting championship first aired yet has produced only a tiny handful of MMA Champions even though it is by far the most complete system known to man
the fact is shooto is administered like a martial art in Japan and not a publiclly funded combat sport like American Scholastic folkstyle wrestling for instance
if you don't believe me try to start a wrestling club and a Judo club at the same time
you will successfully have a wrestling club established in 1/100th the time and a fraction of the cost as it will take you to jump through all the Hoops required to maintain a Judo program that is legitimately certified for international competition because wrestling is treated like a combat sport and American Judo is administered via the for profit martial arts model
A pretty simple reason why America can't win International Judo
