After my first experience of Judo where reality did not meet my expectations I connected with Shintaro Higashi, Judo instructor and former professional Judo competitor to explore what went wrong.

00:00:00 What made me question Judo
00:01:19 My first experience of Judo
00:08:29 Belt standards in martial arts
00:10:09 Belt standards in Judo
00:14:34 Terrible black belts in Judo
00:16:08 Finding a good Judo school
00:20:47 Dealing with people who are only defensive
00:23:28 Groundwork in Judo
00:27:31 Is groundwork in Judo flawed?
00:31:21 Sports Judo vs Martial Arts Judo
00:35:59 Is sports Judo flawed?
00:39:26 Do Judokas hate BJJ?
00:42:36 Shintaro's cross training journey
00:45:07 Disillusionment in cross training
00:48:18 Does Judo need more Ne Wasa/Ground work?
00:51:35 Seoi Nage ban in Judo
00:55:56 Judo culture vs BJJ culture
01:00:08 Evolving Judo
01:02:43 What bugs Shintaro in Judo?
01:05:15 Is Tomiki Aikido the real Aikido?
01:08:15 Shintaro’s advice to martial artists
01:16:39 Final words

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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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