So I'm quitting Judo because it's officially exceeded it's risk-to-benefit ratio.
Last year I broken my ankle during ne waza randori, and a few weeks ago I broke my wrist during tachi waza randori. I got taken down with a Kouchi-gari, he came down on top of me with full weight on my right wrist which was holding his lapel. Now I'm spending another spring in a cast.
I'm annoyed because I've only had a few months (maybe 4) of training between the breaks.
Hopefully not sounding too bitter, but I'm starting to wonder if MAP is being a bit irresponsible with always suggesting Judo and not giving a serious enough warning about the risks involved. That being said I understand completely that my situation may just be "unique", but I've had years of training in TKD (the supposed "highest" injury rate of all MA's), Muay Thai, and Capoeira and never really got seriously injured. I've had my bumps and bruises, but never something that put me out of training for longer than a week.
It doesn't help that every few years or so there are horror stories of people being thrown landing nastily on their head and ending up in a wheelchair.
Furthermore even before my broken wrist I was really wondering about the usefulness of Judo for SD, and just how effective it is as a sport (for the fitness seeking MA newbies). In my opinion boxing really outclasses Judo when it comes to SD (physical confrontation that is) and fitness. (for the sake of brevity I won't go into detail about my opinions now)
I'd really like to see what people's thoughts are on MAP's "do Judo and/or boxing" attitude, and whether you really think Judo is risky enough to add a disclaimer to the stock answer. Going based purely on my experiences I'm just going to recommend boxing, kickboxing, or Karate.
BTW I'm not trying to put Judo down or anything of that sort. Judo is amazing at doing what it does, and it fully deserves the reputation that it has. And people are entitled to taking risks, I just think that they should be informed about the risks they are taking.
Last year I broken my ankle during ne waza randori, and a few weeks ago I broke my wrist during tachi waza randori. I got taken down with a Kouchi-gari, he came down on top of me with full weight on my right wrist which was holding his lapel. Now I'm spending another spring in a cast.
I'm annoyed because I've only had a few months (maybe 4) of training between the breaks.
Hopefully not sounding too bitter, but I'm starting to wonder if MAP is being a bit irresponsible with always suggesting Judo and not giving a serious enough warning about the risks involved. That being said I understand completely that my situation may just be "unique", but I've had years of training in TKD (the supposed "highest" injury rate of all MA's), Muay Thai, and Capoeira and never really got seriously injured. I've had my bumps and bruises, but never something that put me out of training for longer than a week.
It doesn't help that every few years or so there are horror stories of people being thrown landing nastily on their head and ending up in a wheelchair.
Furthermore even before my broken wrist I was really wondering about the usefulness of Judo for SD, and just how effective it is as a sport (for the fitness seeking MA newbies). In my opinion boxing really outclasses Judo when it comes to SD (physical confrontation that is) and fitness. (for the sake of brevity I won't go into detail about my opinions now)
I'd really like to see what people's thoughts are on MAP's "do Judo and/or boxing" attitude, and whether you really think Judo is risky enough to add a disclaimer to the stock answer. Going based purely on my experiences I'm just going to recommend boxing, kickboxing, or Karate.
BTW I'm not trying to put Judo down or anything of that sort. Judo is amazing at doing what it does, and it fully deserves the reputation that it has. And people are entitled to taking risks, I just think that they should be informed about the risks they are taking.
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