Massimo Veneto

WHY GOING BACK TO YOUR CHILDHOOD MARTIAL ART IS A BAD IDEA I practiced judo as a child and teenager until the age of 13-14. Lately, carried by all the martial arts videos, the influence of the MMA broadcasted, and all my fitness readings, came the idea of starting judo again. In fact, it's the result of a reflection with a friend. We thought how badass it would look if we had a black belt in judo. And totally by chance, we realized that we both did judo when we were teenagers and that we both stopped at the same belt: orange-green belt. After this one, there is the green, blue, brown and the famous black belt. The experience: The training started as in all combat sports: warm-up, repetition of movements and at the end of a judo lesson, there is a little sparring. So we did it with many others. I wanted to try it with the teacher so that he could give me back the taste of judo. He was above the black belt: the red-white belt. So that means basically, this...