The Gentle Way

There ain't nothing gentle about Koga! IPPON

YES! The music is back!!

Some of those throws were pretty ugly.  A few of those would make Jigaro Kano rotate in his grave.

Fighting isent pretty... If its pretty, your doing it wrong, or the other person isent fighting back... Pretty is for promotional demos and that stuff. You just dont get "pretty" when two well trained Judokas, or any trained fighters go at it. Theres propor technique, then theres the reality which is enough technique so that you get enough leverage to slam the other person on the ground before he does it to you. Fights and Demos, totally different =D

Well, of course I do agree with all of that. Having said that, there is no excuse to break posture and keep your center moving and just use upper body strength. (  LOL. Like I am one to talk,,,,,oh gee me never @ tournament weight of solid 260 290 lbs. I never muscled any one ) yeah right

There's some truth there. But I have seen some amazing high level players, in competition nail incredibly pretty throws. If it's pretty, then you are doing it right. If it isn't, then you can still be doing it right.

Im gonna have to disagree, if your throw looks picture perfect, yes you did it right, but more importantly the other guy did something wrong... lol
Sometimes people get lucky, or the other guy is just thinking your gonna do something different, but most the time, Judo dosent look pretty when two actual Judo guys go at it, it looks like Judo, which isent pretty, whats pretty about slamming people on the ground lol

But in Judo, isn't the other guy making a mistake an example of you doing something right?
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This is really unfitting music to be honest.

Although Judo is often called the gentle way, i'd rather say its the most effective way, i.e., achiving best results with a certain amount of force. Anyways, Judo rocks! :)