My kind of Judo

**Chupacabra** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 8:28am

sooo.... when is he going to be on tv?

**Xango** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 12:28pm

He's not. He competed already, and didn't make the finals, but then, neither did Inoue.

**Greese** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 12:57pm

Yeah, it is scary to think that even a monster like Rhadi didn't even make it far in the Olympics.

**HackingYodel** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 1:29pm

Didn't make the finals?!?!? How in the hell was this man stopped and who did it?

**Greese** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 1:44pm

He didn't even come close. He only won 1 match.

**blankslate** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 1:53pm

What was that technique..kind of 'single leg into throw like ragdoll?'

**Apostol** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 1:53pm

Kinda weird, I mean isn't Judo about NOT muscling throws and sweeps?

**ImAlrdyNum** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 1:55pm

That was always a big criticism of Rhadi...all muscle, no technique. But that was uaully from pansies who could never do something like that.

Judo is about getting the ippon. The Europeans do it alot different than the Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, etc., but in the end if you get the score, who cares how it's done.

**Beneath Contempt** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 1:59pm

It's threads like this, and the "Olympic Judo kinda sucks" thread that really make me laugh.

The vid posted at the top is typical of dickhead Judo. Try that against the Japanese, and you'll get a specialist Uchimata counter.

Note that Ferguson looks up and celebrates. Why? Just because the guy went up in the air? The opponent landed on his side. Some judges would have given a waza-ari, and the other guy could have carried on and thrown him.

I can't understand the mentality of some people on this site commenting on Judo when they don't really know what is involved. First we have a chorus of "Olympic Judo is ****" followed by a vid of some of the most blantant contest-oriented "Grab-a-leg-and-hope", and this is followed by a chorus of how wonderful it all is.

Listen to Greese -(a judoka, no surprise) Ferguson got nowhere. The real bad men don't mess about like that. They're the one's who can do stand up Judo and use big throws.

**HackingYodel** · Posted On: 8/20/2004 2:26pm

Sorry Contempt. Your are correct in that I don't really know what is involved in judo yet, my first class is in 2 weeks. I thought Ferguson's power was very impressive though. The fact that he did so poorly only makes judo and judoka look even better.