WILL I BE GETTING HURT?

Will I be getting Hurt?

Safety is the number one rule of the Ritoru Tatsu Freestyle Judo Academy & Club and the number one rule of safe sport and self-defense more broadly.

The goal of Judo and the self-defense part of it is to teach you how to become safe (i.e. – not to get hurt). As such, if our goal is to teach you how to protect yourself from getting hurt and yet you are getting injured in class – it doesn’t make any sense and is clearly counterproductive. Safety is very much a part of the atmosphere at the Ritoru Tatsu Freestyle Judo Academy & Club. Safety for yourself and your fellow training partners (Uke’s).

With that said – martial arts training, like any physical activity (Rugby, netball, soccer, basketball, running, riding a bike, tennis, etc.) always has some minor risk of getting a bump or bruise. It is possible that occasionally you might twist your foot, overstrain a muscle, bumped heads or feel a bit sore? Of course it is possible – but that is true of any  athletic or physical activity. The risk of staying at home and spending hours on the couch with inactivity is MUCH MORE DANGEROUS to one’s overall health.

Freestyle Judo is about learning how not to get hurt. Getting consistently hurt is counterproductive to that goal.

YOUR Safety is the number one priority!