I've tried Judo for the first time and my experience didn't live-up to my expectations. This made me question if Judo has become watered down. So I went out to find out the answer with the help of Shintaro Higashi a professional Judo instructor and former professional Judo competitor.

00:00 What I was expecting from Judo
00:44 Why finding a Judo school was difficult
01:53 The challenge I didn't see coming
02:30 The first impressions of Judo and disappointments
03:40 My confusing second Judo class
04:35 Finding out if Judo has become watered down
05:53 What made my first experience confusing
06:40 Was I a bad sparring partner?
07:38 Should experienced Judoka be able to easily throw defensive people?
08:49 Judo as a sport vs Judo as a martial art
10:17 Finally realizing the truth
11:32 A final realization

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Welcome to the Martial Arts Journey YouTube channel!

My name is Rokas. I'm a Lithuanian guy who trained Aikido for 14 years, 7 of them running a professional Aikido Dojo until eventually I realized that Aikido does not live up to what it promises.

Lead by this realization I decided to make a daring step to close my Aikido Dojo and move to Portland, Oregon for six months to start training MMA at the famous Straight Blast Gym Headquarters under head coach Matt Thornton.

After six months intensive training I had my first amateur MMA fight after which I moved back to Lithuania. During all of this time I am documenting my experience through my YouTube channel called "Martial Arts Journey".

Now I am slowly setting up plans to continue training MMA under quality guidance and getting ready for my next MMA fight as I further document and share my journey and discoveries.

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