Comments on: The Judo Podcast-Episode 19 “The Heat Is On” http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36 A great place for judo conversations Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:42:18 -0700 hourly 1 By: david lam http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-1324 david lam Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:12:26 +0000 http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36#comment-1324 man that was great listening to an mma fighter explain the usefullness of judo. great interview man that was great listening to an mma fighter explain the usefullness of judo. great interview

]]> By: Ashley Massaro http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-75 Ashley Massaro Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:16:26 +0000 http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36#comment-75 Hello...Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! Hello…Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !

]]> By: J http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36&cpage=1#comment-49 J Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:49:29 +0000 http://thejudopodcast.com/?p=36#comment-49 This was an interesting interview. For years I was as dismayed with mma as Gene sounded, for some of the same reasons, and because I just didn't see much in the way of technique or control. It just seemed like a brawl, like pro wrestling come to life. In the last year or so, largely on the strength of mma fighters who have strong backgrounds in amature combat sports like judo and wrestling, it seems like a certain kind of technique is developing in mma, and those who are able to control their opponent/mat space/themselves are proving to be the most successful. And it's more interesting from an audience standpoint, if you know the difference between a single leg, a stand-up switch, and a kimura. The advertising is a problem. The only thing to really say about that is hopefully, as more competitors who demonstrate control become more successful, their presence will overshadow the bloodsport advertising, and maybe shift it somewhat. I'm not counting on that, but every now and then strong personalities with strong abilities in a sport change the way the sport presents itself, for better or worse (Ali, Jordan, Shaq, Lombardi, McEnroe, Gretsky, Retton). But if boxing hadn't lost its shine, for all kinds of complicated reasons that Teddy Atlas likes to complain about, mma may never have reached the point it has. Maybe the bloodsport advertising is just some growing pains as mma begins to replace boxing in the public limelight. This was an interesting interview. For years I was as dismayed with mma as Gene sounded, for some of the same reasons, and because I just didn’t see much in the way of technique or control. It just seemed like a brawl, like pro wrestling come to life.

In the last year or so, largely on the strength of mma fighters who have strong backgrounds in amature combat sports like judo and wrestling, it seems like a certain kind of technique is developing in mma, and those who are able to control their opponent/mat space/themselves are proving to be the most successful. And it’s more interesting from an audience standpoint, if you know the difference between a single leg, a stand-up switch, and a kimura.

The advertising is a problem. The only thing to really say about that is hopefully, as more competitors who demonstrate control become more successful, their presence will overshadow the bloodsport advertising, and maybe shift it somewhat. I’m not counting on that, but every now and then strong personalities with strong abilities in a sport change the way the sport presents itself, for better or worse (Ali, Jordan, Shaq, Lombardi, McEnroe, Gretsky, Retton).

But if boxing hadn’t lost its shine, for all kinds of complicated reasons that Teddy Atlas likes to complain about, mma may never have reached the point it has. Maybe the bloodsport advertising is just some growing pains as mma begins to replace boxing in the public limelight.

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