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Originally Posted by serge1234  Hello
I am soon to begin training in Judo, which i am greatly looking forward to. Could any experienced judokas suggest how long it will be before i am likely to be confident enough to enter any low-level competitions? or how long it will take for me to be capable of effectively applying the skills in a real situation? I know thats a bit of a stupid question, if anyone could at least tell me how long it took them personally, that would be helpful. cheers |
Judo is a great art. THE first martial art I had studied.
I think it is bettter to start off with Judo than Karate.
The other way around, I've seem Karateka have a hard time grasping Judo at first.
It is a good start and will help you if you ever decide to take up other arts.
How long depends on you and your instructor.
For me, we didnt have competitions, as we held competition every day amongst our fellow students.