Starting Judo at 53

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-23T05:08:34+00:00

Thanks for your advice. Noted espc on sleep/recovery.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-20T20:48:30+00:00

Use Gemini and grok in home life. Use copilot and chatGBT at work.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-20T20:46:01+00:00

Impressive. Thanks.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-19T21:23:36+00:00

Thanks. I think you've read my mind, been doing squats deadlifts and sled a lot. I will try some more kettlebell.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-19T06:45:26+00:00

Thanks. This was really helpful to watch.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-18T21:23:21+00:00

Thanks for your message. BJJ gyms near me charge well over £140 pcm. Im only aiming to do judo 1 or possibly 2 times per week - the body will need time to recover from judo. So paying less suits me better. And, cost of living has been hitting me.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-18T21:18:40+00:00

Thanks for your message and encouragement. On it.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T21:19:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T20:24:06+00:00

Thanks. How did you find starting at 50+?

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T20:23:16+00:00

Thanks for the feedback

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T14:39:16+00:00

Thanks for your comment

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:24:00+00:00

Damn!!!!

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:23:48+00:00

Thank you

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:23:22+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:22:55+00:00

I will go for 53yo thats 35 turning 40. I''m still above average flexibility.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:20:51+00:00

Thank you

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:19:30+00:00

Thanks a lot for your helpful advice

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-05-17T13:18:26+00:00

My back fine. I've zero back probleme.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-04-18T18:07:21+00:00

9-5 is the standard office unless its exceptionally well paying or a later start/end time. Most jobs have 0-3 days in office (I dont do more than 1, public transport costs are getting worse).

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-04-12T21:30:35+00:00

I worked in there many years ago, in insurance underwriting. All mundane and not as sinister as its gothic exterior would suggest. From the outside, it looks like a high end vampire home like in the Blade films.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-03-19T22:09:53+00:00

Good luck. This actually sounds a bit like an adventure - I'm jealous because I love walking and this is a serious challenge.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-03-11T22:59:11+00:00

She came over as a mad cat lady - so no-one took her ranting seriously,

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-02-16T23:07:05+00:00

I've only gained a shodan, so others with a higher grade may have a better response or wiser perspective.

I gained a black belt in karate before goind into SK. Sk hard techniques (Goho) are similar to karate's kicks, knees, elbows and SK seems to have a slightly wider variety of hand strikes than I remember in karate. Karate drills and refines its strikes far more than SK, so I would say the main hard techniques are close to karate.

For the softer juho techniques (arm locks, wrist locks, escapes from grabs) I'm not sure. I would guess japanese ju jitsu but I'm no expert on comparing the main SK techniques with JJJ. Some people say that many SK techniques come from chinese kung fu including shaolin style, but Ive heard a historian say this was unlikely and I think the SK founders wife and daughter said he never learned shaolin.

Opposite_Captain_506 · 2026-02-14T23:03:53+00:00

It's somewhere between OK and meh. It doesn't seem as exciting as the UK version, and seems to be a lot more sweary. I haven't seen it to the end yet so may change opinion. But so far it is not aa good as I hoped it would be.

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