A big difference between judo and lifting weights is that the "weight" you move in judo is intelligent and can move you around too. This turns common sense on its head.
Common Sense
Everyone understands there is a difference between moving lifting a weight and moving someone around in Judo.. This is common sense; there nothing about it that turns common sense upside down.
Power is important and I 100% agree that developing power through swings or olympic lifts is also important for judo, but it's a lot less important than a non-judoka or a low-level judoka would believe.
It Not As Unimportant As You Believe.
Being a good technician in Judo, any sport, the primary.
Power and Strength are secondary vital components; more so that you realize.
Real judo is terribly hard to learn and takes many years of intelligent, skillful training.
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All sports require time to learn. More technical sports are "hard to learn and takes many years of intelligent, skillful training." Thus, Judo is not unique when it come to learning.
Thus, "Real Olympic Lifting is terribly hard to learn...", "Real Gymnastic is terribly hard to learn"...the list is endless.
Kuzushi/"Unbalancing The Opponent
A large part of Judo throws is Kuzushi, getting your opponent off balance and redirecting their energy to assistance you in throwing them.
It also about using their energy to assist you in the a throw.
As an example...
The opponent needs to simply push me backwards and now I'm off balance and probably thrown onto my back.
In pushing you back, your opponent is also going to be off balance. Rather than falling on your back, use some common sense.
Rather than resist his forward force, add to it. As he, pushes forward, pull him back into a throw. You want to harness and use their energy against them. Allow our opponent to assist you. That's just common sense.
Judo requires a lot of "Pulling Power and Strength". Thus, Power and Strength Training need to focus to a greater degree on Pulling Movements.
Power
Power is vital to Judo throws, more so than you appear to realize. Power allows you to hammer you opponent into the floor.
Power is the grease slide though a sticking point in a lift and the momentum to execute a throw. "A body in motion tend to stay in motion'.
Throws area all about Power. Trying to grind out a throw is productive.
My Personal Experience
I spent a couple of of years doing Judo. Due to the fact that I was a Powerlifter, my strength level and power was greater than the majority.
I was able to over power most of the Brown Belts and make one Black Belts life miserable on the mat.
One of the most important thing that I learned was how to use my opponents energy to assist me.
If they pushed forward, I pulled back, they essentially assisted me in something like a hip throw.
If they pulled me back, I pushed them forward, executing a foot sweep.
"Technique is everything"
Dr Tom McLaughlin, PhD Exercise Biomechanics
Yes, skill/technique is important to Judo, for all sports.
However, Power and Strength are vital components. To reiterate, my success on the mat with high ranked Belt was due to the fact that I could overpower the.
I'm a complete amateur when it comes to exercise science.Post 82
Your Post Illustrate That
Your post often contain misinformation due to your lack of knowledge, amateur status.
As I have suggested numerous time, you need to invest some time in reading research data. Doing so, will enable you to write training programs specific to your need or someone else.
The research data and anecdotal data is easy accessible, there is a plethora of great information, especially with the StrongFirst articles by Al Caimpa, Craig Marker and others.
The good news is that you can move from up from an amateur status, should you decide to do so.
Kenny Croxdale