Karate vs. Judo: Throws
Channel: Goju Ryu Philosopher
Date: 2021-01-16

This is the companion piece to talking about Judo's strikes! We all know that Judo has throws, but karate styles throughout history have generally included throwing techniques and takedowns. However, we don't practice them very much anymore for some reason! So what throws does karate have, how do they stack up to Judo's famous nage-waza, and can we start training them again please?


Shoutout to my friends at Martial Arts Alliance on Discord for helping me clarify my thoughts in this video and helping me find the Itoman Morinobu book, which was extremely useful for this script.


Sources:
Kano, Jigoro. Judo
Toguchi, Seikichi. Okinawan Goju-Ryu II: Advanced Techniques of Shorei-Kan Karate
Miyazato, Ei’ichi. Okinawa Den Goju-Ryu Karate-do
Itoman, Morinobu. The Study of China Hand Techniques, trans. Mario McKenna
Source of the Gokyo Judo Illustrations: By Mhultstrom - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27764362
Additional Judo Images from Wikimedia Commons user https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jdcollins13