Where are we from ?

I did judo for a while too. I do not agree with Cimperiali that it teaches you to fall without much damage. It teaches you to do that on a mat, but when you have ever experieced falling on concrete, you would find that technique not so useful any more. Mats have damping, concrete doesn't. I wonder whether he really tried that once while skating. I have not a good experience with that.

Also, judo is not a real fighting sport, but just a sport with certain rules. OK, it can be used for fighting and self defense. But you may not have the luck of having an opponent whose vest or T-shirt you can firmly grab, your opponent will very likely not obey the rules in judo : punches are not allowed in judo, so you are not trained to react on them ( at least not up to a green belt, which I reached at the time). And you may also not have the space to do some more advanced techniques, like throws when there is a crowd around you.

Judo is actually a way of staying in condition as far as I'm concerned.

Can one learn judo while adult? Or is it too late?
The only thing I can for go watching friends sometimes, is that judo make great bodies!!!
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Can one learn judo while adult? Or is it too late?

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Question 1 - Yes
Question 2 - No

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Originally posted by Marina Vaillant
Can one learn judo while adult? Or is it too late?
The only thing I can for go watching friends sometimes, is that judo make great bodies!!!
;D

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Of course you can. I started judo when I was child, then stopped, then started back. When I started back, my partner was just starting judo and he was over 45 years old.

Simon, if there is too much crowd around you, you have very little chances to be in a fight, but I can assure that you don't need much space to throw someone on the ground.

When I stopped judo (the second time), I had just some first ideas of how judo can be used to defend yourself against some punches. But I think it would take a lot of training to have all these technics, even more because it's not something you would use much in judo fights (as the opponent will not punch you).

By the way, I had brown belt and 20 points for the black, so it's ok but not that high.

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Simon, if there is too much crowd around you, you have very little chances to be in a fight, but I can assure that you don't need much space to throw someone on the ground.

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Have you gone to school? Every moron gathers around you when fighting. When you want to throw somebody on his back you will hit some other guys in the event you should have enough space to do so.

I stopped at age 14 since I thought I would not have enough time any more for homework and stuff. I have regretted this frequently in the recent years. I was smart enough anyway to do both and even more.

Well, Marina........why don't you just pay me US$50 per month and I'll teach you Neox, the art of fighting?

I assure you, under my training, you'll become a wonder **** who's lightning skills can damage even a train in seconds, in just 2 blows.(max.)

Instead of training in some silly Judo-like room with lots of gravity, you and I are gonna train in another dimension, to simulate and build up the natural beast in you.

The reason why Jud ain't really for fights is cos' it isn't design for killing. Neox is. :)

Neox attempts to achieve this, by bringing the beast outta you in a fight and using this devilish force against your opponents to the maximum. Judo? Kendo? Kids' talk, I call it. :):D:):cool:

Hi there. I am new for this forum and it's my first message :)
I am from Belarus. Do you know this country?

Belarus is called something like White-Russia in my country. The capital is Minsk and there is this crazy dictator in charge, even worse then Koetsjma in Ukraine. Am I correct?

As far as Xeon is concerned: if you can't wait until 'The Matrix Reloaded', try to see the first one again. One forgets after time exactly what happens, you know.

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Originally posted by dimm_coder
Hi there. I am new for this forum and it's my first message :)
I am from Belarus. Do you know this country?

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Yes, I mean no, I mean yes...

What I mean is I know the name, I know that country exists and was part of USSR in the past, but that's about all I know about it. I don't know how life is around there, how people are and the kind of food you eat... :p

But it's good to here someone from a new place coming around.

Welcome, Dimm_Coder!
U might be a newcomer here, but u might already be an expert in programming. For example, although I'm one of the few Elite members here, I'm ranked one of the last when it comes to programming skills here. Heh heh heh! :):D

Anyway, there's something I wanna clarify. It seems that most Westerners, including Britons, Irelanders, French, Americans, Canadians, Brazilians and Germans classify Russia as the East, right?
And there's quite a lot of Russians(no offence! :)) who classify themselves as neither belonging to the East or West.
Why is this?

The majority of Russians are Whites, and Russian, by any and every aspect, is so much more like the West.
But some Russians actually get offended when people say Russia belongs to the West!!!!!

God!!!! :):D

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Originally posted by dimm_coder
Hi there. I am new for this forum and it's my first message :)
I am from Belarus. Do you know this country?

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Welcome :) And yes I know Belarus, it's much bigger than Luxembourg ;) I even met some guy from Belarus... 12 years ago ;)

And as far as self-defence is concerned, I have to say I'm impressed with Wing Shun Kung-Fu. My room-mate at University took it up in his first year and they did learn a lot there. He was this small guy (sporty though) and in the space of four weeks he could actually stand up to me when we were fighting over the music that would be played :p

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Originally posted by Yves M
And as far as self-defence is concerned, I have to say I'm impressed with Wing Shun Kung-Fu. My room-mate at University took it up in his first year and they did learn a lot there. He was this small guy (sporty though) and in the space of four weeks he could actually stand up to me when we were fighting over the music that would be played :p

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He's a small guy? So here is what you have to do. Gain some weight (50kg should be enough) and just sit on him when he annoys you. After that he should be no more trouble. :D:D

Do u mean Wing Chun, Yves? :)

Bruce Lee's Jeet-Kun-do was based on this form of martial arts called Wing Chun. :)

And guys! Let's stop talking about fighting, cos' the gurls are getting bored. Why don't we switch topics and discuss some tricks and tips and hints and facts on shopping for clothes and daily accessories?

That way, Marina and Irona and Xeonora can contribute too and wouldn't be left out.

Mind you, it takes a sensitive guy like me to be able to realise our sins. Isn't this what they termed as the Sensitive New Age Guy?
Aye~! Why am I so talented in this aspect? :):):D

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Why don't we switch topics and discuss some tricks and tips and hints and facts on shopping for clothes and daily accessories?

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Hum, you think that's all girls talk about ? ;)

But yes, I meant Wing Chun. It's already quite some time ago, so I didn't remember the spelling.

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Gain some weight (50kg should be enough) and just sit on him when he annoys you. After that he should be no more trouble.

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Hey, I'm trying to keep a lean figure ;) Anyways, since I know Kendo, all I really need is a broomstick or an umbrella and I'll be fine :p

Just to be nerdy a li'l, Yves.......u can always create a new instance of a virtual broomstick or mop or umbrella. :):D


As fpr gurls, I couldn't help but feel that talk about such stuff all the time. Well, probably not women, but teenage gurls do engage in such silly stuff 80% of the time, whereas it's been shown in a research that guys think about sex 85% of the time.(which isn't true for my case......I dunno about u folks) ;)

Is any guy here interested in shopping or buying new clothes? I dunno why, but every time I'm being forced to buy new clothes or go to those silly shopping malls, I feel as though I'm suffering in ****.

And gurls.......speaking of gurls, where's Irona20?
Or is she a boy? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: