The contest points also refer to Kata competition unless Australia is different than the US and Japan. Even the Dan don't require any full contact sparring or competition.
This amuses me. Three seperate times you have abandoned all semblance of discussion to try to discredit me, personally, as if you know my history or background, and you've done it to others as well.
They sure can, all my wild claims like "hey Aikido is good for some stuff" and your very gracious and not at all snarky or gatekeeping questions you ignored page after page of answers to until you just started in with the "Aikido is imaginary" shtick.
did you read point three or only stop when you found something that agreed with you ?
You've captured them all at different points in technique, which exaggerates the issue. Judo, at the point of throwing, is as close as most of wrestling. You can find that in Aikido, but on average, it's working further away at initial contact, so there will usually be more space at the time of the throw. What your first two pictures more accurately represent is the difference in the rules approach. Judo tends to stay a bit apart until an attempt at a throw - it's my understanding this is a result of the rules, not the basics of the art.
More to the point, IMO - you don't know how prepared you are. You might be quite good, but wouldn't know it. You might also be quite bad and not know it.
Judo's common training approach (from my experience and what I've heard from others here and elsewhere) involves live work with a resisting opponent/partner. There are probably exceptions, but that seems to be core to the system. This was true within my training group - none of whom were still competing at the time, though we trained as if we were (it was the plan, but the instructor got a job in another country).
Is that true? I know it wasn't universally true at one point - I know at least two people who (decades ago) took grappling knowledge in and tested to grade in a fairly short period of time. Neither competed in Judo competitions. Those may be extreme exceptions.
BJJ isn't about pulling guard. It's about controlling things below standing level. When things get physical for cops, it's going to the ground. BJJ is a pretty good match for controlling the situation.
I read that to say there's an alternate route away from contest grading.
Except if you go to the ground to wrestle one person, you are vulnerable to anyone else around you, there's also the gun that you have on your hip. Once the suspect is on the ground, the fight should be mostly over, its a matter of putting restraints on a person who is prone at that point. BJJ works well on the ground against a single opponent, that does not mean you want to be on your back with an armbar when you are arresting someone in a parking lot, at night, with five of their friends standing next to you. Yes, you will stack the deck and get backup if you can, but if the altercation begins before you have called for the backup from dispatch, now you have to do that, protect your weapon and arrest the guy who you are fighting with. BJJ is used to fight back to your feet or as a last ditch defense if things go to the ground. If you make a habit of trying to subdue suspects by wrestling with them on the ground instead of taking them down and then getting on top of them you will absolutely get hurt on the job or worse.
I gotta' get me some of that walk in the park stuff.
what happens if your class doesn't have any morbidly obese people in ? then your clearly not prepared
if they are at the Olympics thats a good call, but what about the other 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999%
At Hanzou's gym they just stack up white belts until they get 300 lbs and then throw them in a group.
