judo and judo fighter Last June, I passed the exam of maturity. below I reported what I "told" during the oral examination. describes one aspect of judo affscina me most, was able I hope to interest my professors may also affect some of you (readers of my blog)
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Argument I want to present here as a term paper and Shia fighting. For many years studying judo and I would like to address the issue from the perspective of the founder of this discipline, Jigoro Kano. Jigoro Kano in 1882 after studying in detail the ju-jitsu, the art of yielding, decided to found a new school, which was characterized by a strong innovation. The founder, in fact, taken part in the techniques of ju-jitsu but they added a moral principle. Judo, in fact, means of compliance Street, designed as a school of life, rather than fighting. Do not want to address in detail what is judo, so I will just use a now famous definition that summarizes the main features:
"Judo has the nature of water. The water flows to reach a balanced level. He did not own form, but that takes the vessel that contains it. It is indomitable and penetrates everywhere. It is permanent and eternal as space and time. Invisible to the gas phase, has However, the power to break the crust of the earth. Solidified in a glacier has the hardness of the rock. Makes countless services and its utility has no limits. Here it is, swirling in the waterfalls, calm on the surface of a lake, threatening in a stream or refreshing on a cool spring discovered in a summer's day .. "
Shiai is to fight the negativity of life, addressing the problems hinder us in pursuing our ideals. Mat during a fight in a judo players is facing an unknown opponent, including, possibly, it knows neither skill weaknesses. One wrong step can mean the defeat, if only for a moment can be critical in determining the outcome of the meeting. To win the battle but you have to overcome all fear and jump in the attack, free from any thought. There are many qualities needed to become a skilled fighter, no doubt a certain physical skill, but also the ability to achieve a good level of concentration, which is perhaps better define meditation (mushin). A state where the mind is completely free from any thoughts of victory and defeat, where judo players is ready to give all of himself, heart, mind and body in what he is doing. Learning to give all of himself to judo, and then give all of himself to the universe. Did not sense to study something if it can not be used in everyday life. The hope of the founder, like that of all the teachers who follow the teachings is to train individuals who practice judo 24 hours on 24, people that if they encounter someone in distress, intervene without hesitation, that if people are taking an exam does not make suppress emotions, but addressing the situation in full capacity.
Unfortunately, judo, from the beginning, especially after becoming an Olympic sport in 1964, had an excessive increase in subscribers. This has caused an increase in fitness and therefore teachers Judo, which more often were unprepared to play a role of great responsibility. Jigoro Kano, as long as he could, tried to enforce the moral values \u200b\u200bof the method judo, but soon it began to mutate into something completely different from what it was. Judo has now become a sport, something closely related to competition, the sponsors, the business world. The goal of the judo-sport is no longer to train the best people, with a certain personality, but to create champions, capable of thugs kill the enemy (no matter how), and easily maneuverable. Now we can no longer speak Shiai of the judo players no longer seeks the projection that leaves all masterful with his mouth open, but is content to trip the opponent to the ground, the race is not the meeting between two friends who have been together for growth, but the opportunity to impose himself on the other, the only goal is victory.
Judo but has not lost there for years in Italy and in many other European countries, groups of judo players who have chosen to leave the federation officers, with the hope that is not a utopia to come back to origins of judo through traditional judo. one of the many aspects that judo training be able to teach to anyone wishing to engage in this sport what it is fighting, Shia.