The Judo that Dr Jigoro Kano created and spread no longer is the same one from the one that is practiced today; because its preservation and exigency of the label, its recreational character, its purpose of acquiring masters, the study of its principles, the practice of the Katas, the use of the terminology in Japanese, its philosophical character of Budo; all it has been affected with the appearance of a uncontrolled and preferential, own force of the era in which it is lived, and that is now the Judo as system competition sport, the Shiai.

The modernized Judo has in its surroundings everything a world of mercantilismo and singular characterization; that it is observed in different parts from the world and they are materialized in followings done:

a) Predominance of its commercialization in many clubs, associations, and institutions of the Judo.

b) Pugnas and fights of being able and positions in the Federations or national and continental Associations.

c) Necessity of described professors, with experience in the sport and pedagogía of the Judo.

d) Lack of a program and standardization of ranks and promotions that respond to the exigencies of an academic system in Judo.

e) Necessity to establish models of programs for the development of the education of the Judo.

f) Little diffusion of standardized methodologies of training for different the competing athletes of perfomances.

g) Is necessary to work in the formulation of a general and normative theory of the Judo, that is used for a standardized education but in all its levels.

h) The competition has be changed in the predominance and the substantial activity of the Judo.

i) Is appraised good work in the regulation and arbitration of the competitions, although the competition rules are complicated and require to be simplified.

j) There are suitables procedures for the certification of referee, but would have to be less selective and politicians in the requirements and opportunities.

k) There is little interest, knowledge and diffusion of the techniques of the Kata, even though begins to promote like competition in some places, but not in the Olympic and world-wide level of the matches.

l) The techniques and perfomances tend to simplify themselves and to gain more effectiveness in the combat.

m) Is replaced quality and technique by the use of the force and the rudeza in the Judo, with mixtures of Free Fight.

n) Necessity of diffusion of programs of qualification of arbitros in all the levels.

n) Necessity of diffusion of programs of qualification of trainers for competition of the Judo.

o) Necessity of programs of qualification of leaders and administrators of the system of the Judo at level of national and continental Federations.

p) Programming and frequency of more events of courses, seminaries, competitions, matches, at levels of national Federations mainly.

q) Necessity in the matter of organization and direction of the clubs and organizations.

r) requires but promotion of the Judo in the women in all the ages.

s) Hay an increasing market of implementos, equipment, and clothes of the Judo, that they will influence of some way in the commercialization of the Judo in the future.

t) the Judo requires to be promoted and to be practiced in the schools, and also in the universities and centers of work.

t) the Judo has little diffusion in mass media, little or little attention occurs to level of TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines.

The Judo based on the principles of Maximum Efficiency and mutual satisfaction for all, has been modifying its clasica philosophy of Martial Art, until becoming an important sport of the Olympic Games.

Today in day the technology and the modernismo allow to have access not only to books, but in addition to videos, CD-Rom, courses, clinics, and campings of Judo; in where there is the opportunity to see or to interact with judocas of recognized experience, although evidently, they are not moderate prices or within reach of all the possibilities.

The Judo definitively has been modernized, as much in Japan, as in the five continents, and has reached significant positions of preference and pursuit within the framework of the world-wide sport; from the competitive Judo Fifties he was already followed by not few supporters, and the news arrived with the Japanese and European international famous names from judocas that competed by the best places.

Of any way, the times have changed, but it is certain well, the foundations of the Judo must follow preserved and taught, asi as his label, its etica for the life, and its solid education of the Katas and the Waza because it contributes to the masters of the Judo, that is one of the basic essences of this beautiful sport discipline of the biomechanics of the Judo.

Even though the Asian concept primigenio of the Martial Art like so, is not followed in these times, nor in idiosincracia of the western world; still in Japan nobody practices or the Martial Art like a character or familiar seal, sobreexperience instrument, soldier; ahi is now a national sport and of ancestral tradicción but with spirit of Budo, which is not avoided in way some.

The martial art ceased to be only to become an artictic sport discipline with these three expressions:

a) like art, and science of the competitive sport.
b) recreational art, of satisfaction and joy.
c) art and optimization of the self-defense.

I consider that the real Judo, in its true and complete essences, is the one that is still taught in Japan, its universities, their schools. And in other few places of the world, like the Kodokan for example, that is an international center for the practice, promotion, development and cientifico study of the Judo; not being other peoplés in addition its important contribution to the competitive character to the Judo, in Kodokan are competitions during the stations of the year, for men and women, and one of most important is the Kano Glass.

But without a doubt, the aspect system-deports, must take or amend towards new courses in the Judo, as much in the educational, promotional aspect, as of the world-wide administration of the sport; it is necessary to depoliticize the sport, to make it sport by the same sport; because the policy and the interests are internalizados in the sport of the Judo also, disguised in the leadership, disguised in the Federations and Leagues, disguised in the schools; disguised in the functions of I arbitrate, professor, or trainer; and disguised of amateurismo.

That tendency to the yoismo makes damage to the sport in general. Judo, as in other disciplines are professionals of the Judo, as much in the competitive level as in the recreational one also. And that situation, is a great disadvantage for paises with few resources, because the Judo in those scenes is net of the fan level.

The resources and facilities are scarce, therefore the athlete of the Judo must distribute his time to train and to gain the life, obvious, is dificil that can be dedicated on time complete to the Judo, and his perfomances will not be able to be equaled to those of judoka professional that has all the facilities and means to practice the sport to exclusive dedication.

An example worthy of praise, both serious and of high quality, is the international results that we are appreciating from Cuba and Brasil. Which keeping with infrastructural limitations are leading the Judo in Latinoamerica and the world.

Autor: Néstor Figueroa
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