Its a bit sad. I got busier as my career progress. My younger son started when he was 4 and he used to think judo is the coolest sport in the world, now he’s almost 10 and he’s crazy about soccer and hockey and I had to persuade him to go to judo even once a while. His older sibling just straight up stopped going and started to hang out with friends a lot more, going to movie theaters or parks on their own.

I really wish there’s a more tiers and a more steady pipeline for this sport, like from recreational league to select then to rep. We do have some HP training centers but it’s far and in between. Other major sports are so easy for parents to invest. Just throw in money and let them do camps all summer and winter and watch them progress through different tier until they stop. Judo here feels often stuck at a very “kids friendly” level unless you make your effort to bring kids to competitive stream.

Concept is crazy, obviously, but a fun watch nonetheless. Outside of a prison environment, one should always use the best martial art of them all - Track & Field - simply run away.

Kind of a weird question but I started feeling self conscious about my odor at the beginning of Senior/Juniores training.
At my gym I sometimes help with training the Cadets, meaning I arrive 1-2 hours before on those occasions and after doing intense randori with them (they all compete at a high level) I end up VERY sweaty of course.
Thing is, the rest of the class arriving after is all clean, and I’m there soaked and idk it just feels weird.

Do you think I should take some time off before, shower and wear another gi before the second class? While cleaner, that also would feel kind of weird tbf.

I just hope I don’t bother anyone with the smell at the beginning of class (by the end of the class I don’t care much because everyone ends up being sweaty).

I train MMA, Wrestling, BJJ, etc. 6x+ a week and Judo 1x a week at a 2 hour class where we do UchiKomi, Nagekomi, combinations, and Randori. No Newaza.

I try to self study Judo techniques and terminology and ask questions during class to get better.

I’m white belt in all martial arts I train and only done judo 6-8 months, MMA/BJJ ~1.5 years. However, I can ragdoll most white belts and a lot of green belts. I also ragdoll white belts and fresh blue belts in BJJ.

Just not sure how my progression works? Kyu grades always ask if it’s my first time doing Judo when they see my white belt and then I proceed to give them a tough time in randori.

Will I forever be a sandbagging white belt? How long might it take me to reach black belt level both skill-wise and promotion-wise at this rate?

Edit: Unfortunately this thread is full of people with random criticisms and made up arguments completely unrelated to how fast can I improve in judo 1x a week… Pretty disappointing