Is Judo Good For Self Defense?

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[TheSonic]

Responses to all points.
1: You could go to jail, this one is correct unless you live in America.
2: He needs to be wearing a jacket. This is false, you can find videos online of people getting thrown into the ground wearing only t-shirts.
3: You need to get close. This point is incedibly valid... for all forms of physical altercation ever. Unless you're having an archery battle or running away why on earth wouldn't you be close to your opponant?

[TSM]

I'm a police officer, I use judo all the time to control people that start resisting and get assaultive, keeps them safe and me safe. Everyone says Jiu jitsu for self defense, but a combination of judo and jiu jitsu is best

[Nfsbelka]

Maybe in Brazil people don't wear jacket, but in Europe or in Russia (where there's only 2 months when people don't wear jacket) they usually do wear clothes 😄 moreover 80% of all judo throws are absolutely applicable even in no-gi/clothes situation. Sometimes it's even easier to apply judo throws because in no-gi no one can stiff-arm you by gripping your gi/clothes so hard that you can't approach him for a throw (in that case you must break his grip first or solve this problem another way). And for example many judokas and even more sambo players are more used to close-tight wrestling style

[LHTCUBINGLHT-skillcubing]

There are a bunch of things that I disagree with in this vid:
1. If you throw someone who tries to attack you to intentionally injure or kill you, then you do have the right to even use deadly force in many places.
2. There are throws that don’t require clothes

[freespirit]

Nice Perspective, OG!
Agree with all the points. Other point is we would like not to wrestle and make our cloths Dirty. ..Striking is better, is controllable, range maintainable...but Good to have Judo as O e more tool if parties get very close physically.
Another thing is Biting, Eye Gouging, Striking etc points are not considered in Judo..so judo player might not be factoring in such things.(weapons u included)

[AdamT-]

Ive used judo in self defense, woked great. It was O soto gari, didnt grab any clothes. I have a friend of mine that pulled off tai otoshi on someone just using there tshirt. I also have some judoka buddies of mine that are police. They use judo all the time.

[frederickmorton]

i mean i do agree with you but same goes to any other martial art be that bjj, wrestling, must Thai or boxing. each one of those specialises in its field and only partially covers other areas.
judo does cover one aspect of fighting quite well- stand up grappling when in clothing: clinch work, good balance on our feet and possible counters if someone tries to bring us down, forward momentum of opponent can be used to advantage, good leg sweeps, great cutting distance to leg sweets or throws.
now granted it can be harmful to attacker and u thought it myself lately that it is very difficult to try to throw someone mildly, you either go all out or it doesn't work

[calebstevens]

Very Canadian outlook on self defense lol. In Indiana, if someone attacked you and you gave them a toss and they broke their neck, it’s on them.

[TheWhyme]

Summary: judo sucks because you can throw them at 100% and turn them into a pancake.

Well that sounds good to me lmao

[premo]

Re: taking down tall, big dudes. I'm 6' and some of my toughest opponents are the cats who are shorter but heavy with a strong center of gravity.

[Liam]

Good to see you mention about reasonable force. A lot of people, especially in the self defence community don't really talk about reasonable force and the law. I will say, I think the leg sweeps are good for self defense, especially over the other throws. I will also add if you're interested in learning self defense, you need to train in a system like Krav Maga, that teaches you a wide range of subjects. Which includes,

•Multiple attackers
•Defending against weapons
•If it is legal in your country, learn how to use weapons
•Scenario training
•De-escalation skills
•Awareness training
•The pre and post fight
•Have some understanding about your country's self defense law, just in case you have to justify your actions in court.

I would use sports or traditional martial arts, in this case, Judo, as a supplement on top of the self defense training.

[tylerdurden]

With respect, you are obviously a very accomplished martial artist, but I have to ask how many real life violent situations have you been involved in? Geoff Thompson (among others) cite Judo, along with probably boxing, as being one of THE most effective systems for self defence. Sorry if this sounds accusatory, but I don’t really understand your point in this video.

[williambreen]

Personally boxing and kickboxing and Muay Thai and karate would be my first lines of self-defense and I would utilize Judo as a plan B martial art in the event that someone gets past my hands and rushes me and grabs me then my Judo would come into play defensively and then they would get thrown and guess what I don't give a damn they're trying to hurt me! So They can eat pavement! if they're still struggling on the ground well then newaza time!

[NickKano]

Osoto Gari is often cited as a highly dangerous throw for the street, however when I did it to restrain someone in the street a few years ago I was able to do so using reasonable force, and holding his head so it didn’t touch the pavement.

Also, he was wearing a T-shirt, and it was no problem.

[cthulhu-jitsu]

I really wish more people would think about this when talking about self defense. It's not effective self defense to do something that will put you in jail for the next twelve years. Especially when just giving someone your wallet would solve the problem.

[gengotaku]

Cool video as usually man!! I agree with reason #1 because in Japan from the moment we start practicing martial arts we are in advantage against someone who doesn't do anything and will get arrested and judged more severely. My only fear is if someone with a knife attacked me and I defend myself. 
#3 is the reason why I like aikido, which doesn't depend on getting the opponent's lapel. I guess the ideal combination for self-defense is a grappling martial arts such as judo, BJJ or sambo with a striking martial art such as karate or muay tai. In my case I'm practicing judo, gojuryu karate and aikido.

[markalbert]

You are the only martial artist I've seen that thinks Judo isn't effective.

[Sanguinius]

Hello, i am from argentina, i actually training judo and bjj, do you think i can protect myself and others with this two ? I used to do boxing, kickboxing and sanshou .

[NGAOPC]

Striking has more litigious consequences in self-defense in the US and probably in many countries. Especially where an assailant may have already an established rap sheet, which in court becomes a bargaining tool. As a citizen without one, you are fresh meat.

[conorfiggs]

3:40 uhhh that’s aikido, in judo’s nage no kata it drills defending against punches with throws