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@BonniePlushGaming red is a very senior belt in judo, so it's essentially after every other belt. In the systems I'm familiar with, red is the highest color, as it is the most senior of the "dan" ranks, coming after black belts. To be a little more thorough, sometimes "black belt" is used to refer to all ranks above the typical colored ranks regardless of whether belt is actually black. The lower colored ranks (which I mainly tall about in this video) are referred to as "kyu" ranks, while the ones above them are "dan" ranks. The first 5 dan ranks typically carry a black belt, with the next 3 (so 6th through 8th) having an alternating red-and-white belt, and the remaining (9th and 10th) being solid red. There are sometimes exceptions to this in offshoot disciplines, and I've seen rare occasion where one can have an alternating red-and-*black* belt (associated with around 4th and 5th dan as I recall), but those aren't typical in the world of judo. At any rate, red is almost always associated with the very highest ranks, above any other color or belt style. Hope that helps.

I just got out of my ACL surgery 3 days ago after the nerve block goes away the pain is a 10 but the pain killers help

@@usjwbbe685 just had acl surgery ...I didn't even sleep the first night it was so bad..dont feel bad if you need to take pain killers a little more often.

@@usjwbbe685 and a 10 fr man this shit hurt i had acl mcl and meniscus repair on day 4 now when did you start doing pt and what did you do

¿Es eso un problema? El propósito era dar mi comentario sobre este video.

By this point, I don't believe I was taking any. I pretty much stopped after the second or third day, as the pain was usually tolerable enough that I didn't need meds to cope. I tend to rely as little as possible on pain medication for personal reasons.

@@JudoGeoff another Q, after how many days post op can you start showering or get your knee wet?

Parts of it certainly were. Some of the early leg lifts with the ankle weights were tough, because one of the most painful early tasks was maintaining knee extension as I flexed my hip. Beyond that, the most uncomfortable/painful part that sticks out in my mind was probably the leg press exercise I was doing with a blood flow restriction cuff on my surgical quad. That made my leg feel like it was going to explode at times, and the pressure in my knee was not fun to endure at all. I was not a fan. None of it was unbearable, though, and there was plenty of it that (to me at least) fell into the realm of "hurts pretty good," as I knew that I needed to do the work to improve. Happy to talk more about the pain levels and how things have changed since then.

Oh I'm so glad to hear that you've gotten something out of these videos! That's why I put them together. Hopefully your process goes smoothly and without any complications. It can certainly be a ride.

In this progression, I think that would be fair to say. Note that this was the ranking system used by a USA Judo-affiliated club where I was training when I recorded this video. I'm now training with a USJF-affiliated club in a different part of the country, and the early ranks have different colors. In *that* system, green is the first rank after white, so it's still rather novice-level (particularly given the very lax time-in-grade requirements for the first couple of promotions in that system). So just note that a color in one system may not denote the same rank when you see it in a different system.

@@JudoGeoff Okay, thanks for the info Geoff. I'm just starting judo, finished my third class last week. I appreciate the info since it gives me a better understanding of how the system works. Thanks!

This one was made several years ago by one of our instructors at the place where I used to train. I don't know if he has more or if he can ship them. I can look into it.

@@JudoGeoff Ah nice, lemme know if you know something about it. Glad to buy one of them.

That is so great to hear! My hope was that it would help at least a couple of people out there who go through something similar. Everyone is unique, but if this at least gives you some framework to start from for your own process, I think that's a win. I hope things are coming along well for you.

I would like to do an update to this video at some point, because it was too specific to my personal experiences in belt systems. Many schools do have a blue belt, but the one I had the most training in at the time of this video did not use blue for adults. The IJF, however, currently does have blue, and my present schools follow that scheme. Specifically, they go as follows: white, green, blue, brown (x3), then black. So they have 1 less kyu (color) rank than the system I was in when I did this video. My *very* first school, however, was different again, having it go: white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, brown, black. So you will definitely see variation. There is no one "correct" progression, in my opinion. As long as you can establish parity/equivalence between ranks from different belt systems and have an understanding between schools, I don't see it as an issue. Others on the internet disagree, because as we all know, such internet disagreements are life or death ;) Thank you for your comment and your question, as they allowed me an opportunity to clarify a bit.

Hey, so great to hear! I think it's great to cross-train in both (I'm struggling to do so right now because of time and physical limitations, but it's definitely something I recommend to those who are able). Note also that there are variations in the belt structures due to changes as political and regulatory bodies within the art have developed. For instance, the judo school I'm at now operates under a different set of belt colors than the one I was with when I made this video. Foe them, the progression is white, green, blue, and three ranks of brown. Thus, they have 6 total kyu (color belt) ranks instead of 7 like I was originally trained in. It didn't affect me, since I was already a brown belt when I moved over, but it can be relevant for some students for sure.

Hey, that means a lot! Glad my video helped.

@JudoGeoff okay, thank you. Also, I see jujutsu and jujitsu guys practice in all kinds of color dogis. I was wondering if this is okay in Judo as well. I understand that only white and blue are allowed in official competition.

Many techniques are referred to as "leg grab" escapes, and while I never called it such in *my* training (using the term "leg TRAP" instead), it wouldn't surprise me at all if some people call it a leg grab. Typically, in my experience, the word "grab" implies use of the hands, but it isn't a law. In principle, as long as the people know what is being communicated, you can call it whatever you like.

Nope! I started at 22, and I've seen many people start in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. If you have good partners and instruction, I don't think there's really an age limit.

I'm really sorry to hear that. Your partners apparently didn't look out for you. I'm assuming that, since the alternative is that you were doing something reckless with your approach to the training (and to be fair, both are possible simultaneously). Indeed, it isn't for everyone, and the human element contributes to confusion.

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Well thanks. I tried to make a decent bounce back. I have some lingering pain that may take a number of years to resolve completely, and there is still significant atrophy in that leg (mainly in the quad). However, I don't wear a brace to do anything anymore, and I can usually tolerate jogging and some jumping, though I have good and bad days. It is worth mentioning that I got Covid-19 last August and ended up suddenly having my workouts grind to a screeching halt. I actually lost ground and feel like I'm still regaining it in some ways. I ended up with major chronic fatigue (I still have issues) along with some serious depressive episodes on top of an intense grad school regimen. All of these came together to make working out at all a rarity during the entire fall semester, and things haven't been ideal this semester either. If I return to martial arts training, I'll likely brace the knee up for a while just to be safe, since it isn't as strong as it should be yet. This coming September will make me 2 years post-surgery, and most athletic folks seem to have made a more or less "full" recovery before that point. So I'm behind the curve on that. We will see. I hope to do more updates this summer, once my school obligations are taken care of. Feel free to follow along if you'd like. Thanks again for checking in 😊

@@JudoGeoff that's nice to hear that you can do most things! One thing I've learned from other injuries is that if you don't make it your #1 priority then it will be hard to see the results you want. I injured my hamstring a while back and my ankle too. I basically ate a diet to recover, went to PT religiously, did PT exercises at home, did PT exercises at the gym, and even went to the park to practice more. Everything revolved around recovering the ankle and or hamstring. I'm doing the same with the ACL now because I don't want a limp and I also want to get back to soccer. So everything else becomes second priority.

@@BryTheNiceGuy indeed, it is often necessary to make the recovery your top priority -- particularly when it is a pretty catastrophic injury. I'm still optimistic that I'll regain more function. Granted, I'm *just* old enough that I may have already peaked 😅

No I didn't. I was talking about traditional adult judo ranks. Typically, blue in judo is only used with kids, and it corresponds to the sankyu rank (the first rank of brown that is received). Then it would be followed by purple (again, only for kids), and then brown for the final rank before black. I believe I mention this in the video, but I'd have to go back and check. *Editing (on 28 Nov 2023) to add that the above remarks are also specific to the system I was in at the time of this video. Later comments have added clarifications based on an expanded perspective, as I don't want to give the impression that I think the USA Judo affiliation I was with when I recorded this video was the only game in town.

@@JudoGeoff True, I didn't watch the full video and I jumped to conclusions :( I actually learned something new. Thank you

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏

Thank you. I'm hoping to do more of these in the future 🙏

@Ahmad Mukarom Not bary prima fight scene, that thing is too old and not good for me.

Thanks for the suggestion! I've been wanting to do that. I would even enjoy doing a full movie reaction if I had the time and ability to do the editing. Unfortunately, my life is so busy that that is difficult to do.

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I'm sorry to hear that. I've had injuries from a similar kind of situation (reckless teenage partner). The good news is that many people do return to sport after surgery. So don't give up on that.

Oh, I can definitely try to check that out. Thanks for the suggestion :)

Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I had a rather lengthy and inconsistent training history (and then tore my ACL in a randori session, grinding my training to a halt before the pandemic started). If I had been consistent since I began, I'd have likely made it to nidan by now. Oh well. I've never done formal aikido, though I've trained with friends who did some of it for a while. I did a number of years practicing with its Korean sister art hapkido, though, so there's that. Judo is a special thing for sure :)

Didnt realize i already commented....Benny also said that Jackies knee DID connect ...

@@cherylcohen5700 that's interesting. Thanks for sharing. I recall hearing that there was certainly a good deal of contact, but I didn't go back into interviews to pull up whether certain hits had stories behind them. I do sometimes wonder whether certain real-life hits are the ones that made it into the final take that we ultimately see, versus ones that did happen during filming but were cut out in favor of the final version.