Conditioning for Judo: and Judo as a Conditioner for Other Sports

Judo for Children and Adolescents: Benefits of Combat Sports

“…Judo technique progresses to include all muscle actions from isometric holds during grip fighting and groundwork to plyometric movements using the stretch-shortening cycle while engaging in throwing techniques (3). Repetitive movements during judo training include unloaded body weight exercise and loaded partner exercise (33). Rope training, medicine balls, kettlebells, and modified exercises using the judo uniform are commonly a part of judo strength and conditioning (5,24,37).…”