Origins:
Developed in 1981 KUDO,
is the fighting method of Daido Juko.
Kicks, Punches, Knees, Elbows and Headbuts are allowed for striking.
Grappling, Throws, locks and Chokes are allowed to complete the system.
To make KUDO a more
realistic martial art in terms of self defence, clothing ( in the
form of the traditional Judo Gi ) is worn during the competitions
and no gloves.
Attire:
In reality, for realistic self-defence people have to deal with wearing
clothing. Although grappling has become very popular as a combat sport
in the 21st century, "No-Gi" combatants
use many different grapplings methods to those that compete wearing
Gi's.
In a self-defence situation, clothing could be grabbed ( gripped )
by an attacker. Also, grabbing the clothing of an adversary can give
the practised individual many advantages.
For reality purposes KUDO
is Gi format, where most M.M.A. grappling systems
are "No-Gi" formats.
Bare Knuckle:
Also, for reality purposes, no gloves are worn. This makes the fists
much smaller and the punches much fasters and of couse many times
more powerful. This encourages only the use of realistic defence,
( primarily covering skills and evasion ) against a bare knuckle,
punching adversary. Boxing, ( punching in combinations ), is less
evident when gloves are not worn, as the piston method ( left-right-left-right-left-right
) can simply overwealm an adversary and finish them in seconds. This
may look quite raw to the untrained eye, but KUDO
is about realism, and developing fighting skills for the real world,
rather than pleasing large audiences at a combat sports event.