TOWARDS A UNIFORM THEORY OF JUDO

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In the world of the Judo an appreciable amount of scattered information, although certain it is that is observed a part of her has uniformity of bases and concepts with the same teoretico frame of the Judo de Kodokan; nevertheless, also there is another portion of information, specially the one that comes from recent studies on training methodologies, of reclassification of waza, which they do not keep certain standardization among them and with respect to Kodokan either.

Perhaps by consequence of the traditionalism of Kodokan, that has not yielded to extend the structure of cánon of wazas, grouping under a same name to two or three techniques that of some way their differences have, we mention like example Sukui Nage and You Guruma.

Of another side, the exigencies of the matches and the high preparation of the athletes, demand to investigate, to simplify, and to look for main forms or derivations of wazas, enriching the structure of cánon waza of the Judo.

This phenomenon of nonstandardization, could become a dangerous proliferation of forms labeled with diverse names, since it has happened in other Martial Arts; more still with the disadvantages of the Japanese language.

That could at some moment, to weaken the patterns of the Judo and to generate proliferation of currents or styles different from the Kodokan Judo. I believe that the International Judo Federation will have an arduous and preventive work in this subject.

Phenomenon like in epoca of the appearance of new ryus of Martial Arts in Japan named by the Soke; every one feels like discoverer of new nomenclatures and methods; coining or labeling names to its ideas and practices as he is own to do it, and even though they do not stop being positive contributions to the development of the system of the Judo.

Nevertheless, this action also contributes to atomize or to confuse the effective information of the structures of the Judo, in as much do not exist methodologies standardized by the the International Judo Federation, governing being of the Judo in the world.

Perhaps it would agree to hope that the new contributions are treated and experimented so that after his experimentation, they can be materialized in a theory accessible and to estandar for all as much in the recreacional Judo as in the competitive one in his present modern conception.

It is a natural and comprehensible fenomeno, that certain sectors and competitive trainers try to improve his perfomances introducing teorias and taxonomias in the structure and processes of the Judo.

The idea in good account is to reach high effectiveness of yields to obtain more medals, although of another side the quality and the aesthetic one go in opposite sense.

Now clear this, speaking in terms of the exposition of a sistémica theory of the Judo, in a methodologic and structured optics, but still with aims to standardize academically the Judo like sport cientifico discipline, we create like already we have mentioned it, that has advanced not much from the studies of the teachers Kano and Mifune.

Perhaps by that compulsive spirit of challenge to gain competitions, or because the figure of the instructor-trainer has been moving espiritu of pedagogy, of Bushido, and Reigisoho of sensei or teacher; or perhaps the eagerness to reach institutional leadership or leaderships, or to appear positions of international referee.
Perhaps the modern alternatives are those that replaced the transmitting principle of requisite the pedagogical aspect as to gain masters in this beautiful sport; and that therefore, the priority to build a homogenea theory of the Judo, has been delayed by the exposition of careful focused methods of training in the competition, around which a platform of hierarchies has also risen, licenses, and mercantilismo of products and services in the world of the Judo competition.

Contributing all this phenomenon to dilute the necessity to raise uniform methodologies of work, since there is in other sports, they are for training of competition, recreation, self-defense, or for education.

Of any way, one becomes essential to frame or to model the system of the Judo; be this one in the recreacional, competitive, or of self-defense; in common and basic a theory, that it is the initial step from as nobody judoka had to know and to know how to explain with excellence the philosophy and the cientificos principles of the Judo.

Otherwise, the Judo will continue entering that way without return of the rudeza and the exclusive use of the force, like sustituyentes principles of the art and the technique.

Since the modern methods of training and education, tend to that characteristic, to simplify the technique and to make frontal attacks and linear, prioritizing the brute force; and obvious, the Kuzushi and Renrakuwaza no longer will be an action to disturb the balance by maneuvers of subtle ability, combination and speed; but rather, the one to use the Maxima forces and factor possible surprise.

I have had opportunity to observe black belts that On guard static or of Uchikomi send very well; but when it is requested that they demonstrate the decomposition to them of the imbalance in his three times (Kuzushi, Tsukuri, Kake), cannot do it exitósamente, the defect covers it using force and speed.

Also in demonstration of dynamics or movement desplazatorio cannot apply Kuzushi to break the balance before sending, enter a single expressed time in Maxima forces.

No longer we speak in the Katas, for judoka badly formed in the technique, will be to him uncomfortable to work slowly, because there their difficulties jumped.

The other way, the one of Jigoro Kano, that to reach discharge effectiveness or perfomance, but using the smaller possible effort, perhaps becomes in the short term single a tradition; and the principle of the mutual satisfaction will be simplified in the goals of tetralogia:

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Seeming because in the human life a desire is standardized to make and to obtain the things quickly, by the short way but, but without interesting the quality of the adapted forms, and in sacrifice to be losing the values and the harmony in the biomechanic gesture.

To compete is beautiful, necessary and important in the race of judoka, but never it is due to replace the principles of the Judo by the brute force or other forms of fight, Judo is Judo.

The effectiveness concept, or production-productivity, is that relation in which energia is reversed, preparation, work, time, knowledge, money, health, expectations, etc, to obtain a result in terms of goals and objectives, of highest perfomance, but in amount and quality certainly.

In good account, which we tried to mean and to stand out is the necessity, that in the study and training of the Judo, we apply like scientific support, one teoria of the Judo that allows an effective flow of its principles, their mechanics, and its sistemycs processes technician; considering which the Judo has agreement with the principles of an open system, in the concept of the General Theory of Systems, and without certainly misestimating, the aspect of art and subtility that the technique of the Judo has.

Autor: Néstor Figueroa
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