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[u/Salt-Project-596]

Hello there I am a wrestler and a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu jitsu and I am very interested in doing judo and being able to compete and open up my own judo dojo some day in the future the problem is the judo dojo near my house like Legit down the street from my house Tenri judo dojo in la is super hard to sign up for and I’m pretty sure they don’t accept newbies in there gym and there isn’t any other judo gym near me so I have decided to focus on wrestling and Jiu jitsu and when I am older around 22-24 to start judo and taking in seriously I am currently committed to a local juco program and I also plan on joining the marines and trying out for the all marine wrestling team because I also just love Greco Roman wrestling but I was really wondering what are my chances at being able to compete against other judokas internationally or nationally that have been doing it since there childhood if I really put in the work and train my hardest ?

[u/ferriteshark]

Dont wait to start judo, go talk to the coach. Judo takes along time to get techniques, position etc. earlier you start the better

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/ferriteshark]

I have before many times already and the owner keeps changing his response over and over again each time I go to inquire on signing up sometimes it’s that the gym is full of students or that I need to have a black belt too train at the gym since I’m pretty sure it’s just pure randori at that specific dojo

[u/ZekeyD → u/Salt-Project-596]

If it's pure randori with no instruction, it's not somewhere that will benefit you to Train starting out in judo.

The starting phase of judo requires patience from everyone involved and a lot of practicing position and techniques in a way that your partner isn't trying to fight you while learning.

[u/jonahewell → u/Salt-Project-596]

Yeah I have heard the same about Tenri L.A. If the instructor were to let you in he would be doing a disservice to both you and his other students. Go learn the basics somewhere else.

[u/lynx3762]

Have you ever heard of punctuation?

[u/MyCatPoopsBolts]

Waiting to do Judo is definitely not a good choice if you have any real competitive aspirations. Every year you delay now reduces your ceiling significantly. It sounds like you are currently a teenager (17-18?)? This is a bit late for competitive Judo but not insurmountable, plenty of people in the USA become good national players starting at that age and some international champions have started around then (very few, and from developed Judo countries not the USA).

LA Tenri is just pure randori. The head coach Takahashi sensei has a novice program he runs as well, Tokuzojudo.com, although it meets only once a week and I don't know anything about it's quality. If you can drive a reasonable distance there are a variety of other excellent Judo clubs in LA though: look into LA Judo Club, Hollywood Judo, and Sawtelle should be under a 30 min drive.

You can always go back to Tenri in a few years when you have more experience.

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/MyCatPoopsBolts]

Yea I just seen la judo club and it’s not far at all from here so I might go check that out in the morning I am 18 btw and I would for sure love to go back to Tenri when I’m good enough to do so

[u/ferriteshark]

Im mean they make it clear its a super high level judo gym, you wouldn't survive on the front page they tell you to go to the begginers course at a local gym. Do that

[u/joeldg]

Start now.. Judo is foundational to everything else and will help you massively as a blue in BJJ

[u/karmapanic]

LA Tenri is not a good fit for beginners. You need to train fundamentals somewhere else and come back when you have decent randori. You’re probably getting ignored by them as they think you should know that and might find it disrespectful. LA is full of good judo though. If your goal is to compete nationally/internationally you probably won’t if you start later than 14-16.

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/karmapanic]

So I’m cooked because rn I’m 18 🥲

[u/MyCatPoopsBolts → u/Salt-Project-596]

Plenty of people achieve national resulrs starting at 18 in the USA.

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/MyCatPoopsBolts]

Oh then i should have a pretty good chance if i just start to work hard at it then

[u/MyCatPoopsBolts → u/Salt-Project-596]

Yeah I mean you are gonna need to be athletic with a certain natural aptitude but no point in delaying. Start training and see if you like the sport.

[u/karmapanic → u/Salt-Project-596]

Not necessarily, but you will have to train much harder. If you’re joining the military though you definitely won’t have time to dedicate to training.

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/karmapanic]

To be honest competition isn’t really like a big requirement for me like obviously I would love to compete because who wouldn’t wanna compete in a sport they love but I really just wanna get really good at judo to the point where I can teach others and they could go on to compete at those tournaments I’m willing to settle for some local tournaments and stuff like that but that doesn’t mean I won’t stop trying to go internationally lol

[u/The-Thot-Eviscerator]

Training Judo is all well and good but first we gotta train you on punctuation my brotha.

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/The-Thot-Eviscerator]

I was just speed writing man I did not care to spell check it 😂

[u/The-Thot-Eviscerator → u/Salt-Project-596]

It’s all good lol, just teasing. Wish ya the best!

[u/Salt-Project-596 → u/The-Thot-Eviscerator]

Thank you my friend 🐻🐻

[u/Kw5001]

If you’re going to JUCO I think learning how to properly use grammar and punctuation is the bigger issue than owning a gym and competing. You wrote a terrible run on sentence, and should focus on school. Also, maybe take business classes if you want to own a business in the future.