Couple questions:
How old and how big is your friend?
When you see a judoka with a
patch on the back representing country, maybe legit
cauliflower ears, maybe legit
Second degree +up, legit.
having alot of medals... legit. lol
Yet again people still don't have proof of these claims.
21 and he is about 185 5"8". Not a big guy at all and he doesnt have any background in anything which is why I just found it so ridicolous of him saying he had beaten a black belt, But since i don't know too much about judo I had to ask.
Ok, that shoots my weak HW or Masters division pool theory to hell (most probable explanation if story were true)
Only thing I can imagine was it was a small turnout (especially if they had to mix novice and advanced) and he happened to catch a guy that got his Black Belt from doing Kata and reffing (they do exist and I've seen them crushed by the Shai-promoted higher kyus).
You never know if the Shodan across from you is like the one I described above or some guy using a lower tournement for a prep for nationals.
I call this myth plausible.
I agree with this. Plus remember that a shodan is roughly the equivalent of a BJJ blue belt. It signifies that a player has grasped the fundamentals, but has not necessarily reached the same level of Judo that you would expect from a black belt in BJJ (the equivalent of which in Judo would be yondan or above).
KarateFist: does he have a reason to make it up?
The people I know who do / have done Judo tell me that, on average, it takes 3 years of training 3 days a week, plus some success in competition, to reach shodan. In BJJ, this is about the same as what you need for a blue belt.
reminded me the other day when a black belt Judo swinged by. The roll was hilarious because for the first minute i was working his way through his very tight guard with belt grip, then later he transitioned into TURTLE O-o. Naturally i just jumped right in and for the rest of the roll i was working my way to a rear naked choke. Almost had him.
But he was a really cool and technical guy though, showed me how to do a leg trip and a throw (in gi, but after a bit of practice with my brother i discovered how to get it in nogi)
In my experience something can only ever be truth or completely ridiculous.
There are never things that are partially true or somewhat true.
Things are only in black and white, never has there been a shade one might call 'grey'.
I'm no judo expert, but when I watch competitions you always see them going into turtle straight away when they get thrown alot of the time. I think they use it alot, because in judo you only have a few seconds to tap someone out on the ground before the ref calls to stand up, so going into turtle for the person thrown is a decent defense for those few seconds.
He easily takes down Judo black belts in competitions by shooting before they get their grips. Their sprawls are not developed enough due to rule bullshit.