Originally posted by Pilot
The mantis incorporates very heavy physical training and iron body.
so does judo, when you compete at higher levels. Two of my coaches compete and national and world levels, and they are all about conditioning. it's the name of the game. Less competitive schools likely do not condition as much - but applies to pretty much any style.
When I was taking judo, there was a bigger advantage to those who were fat and heavy.
Depends on how well the little guy understands what he's doing. The two above mentioned coaches are both smaller than me, yet they both manhande me. For guys with lesser experience though, yeah, my size alone gives them he!!.
In mantis it helps to be large, but not as much as judo because of the joint locks and tactics to cause the other person to be off balance that are not found in judo.
Judo is all bout off balancing. In some cases, using joint manipulation to do so, but mainly just good knowledge of akzushi. how long did you train?
Almost everything is different about the 2 styles including something as simple as grabbing. In judo heavy emphasis is placed on the heavy uniform top to aid in throws. In mantis, you do not grab cloths, but the root of muscles and tendons.
yet again, depends on how you train and with whom. judo does indeed rely on gi grabs, for the fact that the gi is what you grab in competition. However, if you look at guys like olympic medalist mike swain, they also train judo throws with no gi. The majority of guys at my club also train bjj and adapt judo throws to no gi, consequently, we do alot of over and underhooking, as opposed to only gi grabbing.
Before you get all bent out of shape, JUDO IS A GREAT MARTIAL ART!!!!! I’m just saying it’s just not the same as mantis.
Nothing to get bent out of shape about - it's only a discussion.