I think Judo is going to overtake BJJ as the grappling art of choice for MMA

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The vast majority of Judo schools are forced to teach sport rules because their dojos are subsidized by various athletic agencies. In places like that, you're going to be taught only sport Judo, not self-defense based Judo.

Agree with you there.

In one Judo forum, I suggested that Judo should have no-Gi training along with Gi training. My suggestion made many forum members unhappy and was treated as an attack to their Judo system. To move from Gi training to no-Gi training is not an easy task. When you don't have Gi to pull, many of your throwing skills won't work. You have to find equal replacement for your Gi pulling and that will require some

- extra grip strength training, and
- knowledge about the proper "pulling contact points".

Of course the Judo

- sleeve hold can be replaced by arm wrapping,
- lapel hold can be replaced by single neck tie.
- ...

by one still needs a lot of training to be able to replace it.