Originally Posted by
MightyB
I'm with the mainstream Judo-ers that believe that modern Kosen is- well- a myth. It's true that the old school Kosen players in Japan were accomplished at newaza and were able to thus nullify their size handicap against the big Tokyo guys, but the Kodokan or should I say, Tokyo Judo Clubs took care of that with one of their famous rule changes "for the good of Judo". There is no Kosen style of Judo... it was just a regional preference for NeWaza... a loophole that allowed smaller guys to compete against bigger guys.
Don't forget for once that Judo is political... very very political with strategic rule changes that always seem to benefit the makers of the rules.
Myth maybe ( probably) but the old -pre-war judo did tend to be far more grappling oriented than the olympic judo.
There is a Kosen dojo in Japan though, or at least there was.
There are also a few "combat judo" one which are, basically, MMA with a gi.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !