BJ Penn in a Judo Competition

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Even when the Judoka tried for a throw...BJ negated it and threw him down. awesome vid!

Cross training is the way to go. BJJ for groundwork (newaza) judo for standup (tachi waza) Under competition rules judo unless immediate dominance on the ground is visible the opponents are stood up, negating the BJJ players chess game. A judoka dominates any stand up due to better footwork and grip dominance. But even an excellent groundwork judoka would, in my opinion, struggle against a BJJ technician under BJJ rules. I feel that tactics and set ups prevail over speed and power of judokas

Ran out of room on the last post, but I just want to add that despite everything I wrote BJ Penn is THE MAN! Also I'm pretty sure an ippon should have been scored when BJ went to take that guys back.

I compete in judo and BJJ. While in the old days a good blue belt in BJJ (with little to no judo)could surprise a local black belt division with bad sacrifice throws and superior groundwork, I pretty much never see it anymore. First, a lot of people crosstrain nowadays. Also people figure you out pretty quick in a BB division. If your plan is all matwork, they'll work hard to keep it standing. Sometimes a BJJ black belt enters local judo comp. I have never seen one win the whole division.

Wow jeez, no wonder hes called "The Prodigy"

You got it wrong pal...sorry...

bjj came from judo

brazilian jiu jitsu came from jiu-jitsu judo was developed from traditional japanese jiu-jitsu

actually you're wrong, Maeda (a japanese judoka) brought judo to brazil by trainning the gracies, the gracies perfected the art and wanted to call it something different than judo, so they called it brazilian jiu-jitsu. it has nothing to do nor was it an altered art from the original jujutso.