I like judo a lot, I don’t practice it anymore but it’s my favorite of all the MA I’ve messed with.
HOWEVER I’m going to have to say Putin probably sticks with Judo because he doesn’t want to eat anyone’s foot and lose a tooth. I think he chose Judo because he’s a pussy and doesn’t want to even run the risk of accidentally getting hit. And yes I know that’s also what Tae Kwon Do kids use to say to pick on Judo kids in the 70s and it’s bullshit because Judo is way better than TKD but here I’m siding with the pricks. Can you imagine having to go on TV looking like a top asshole because of the black eye you got from some secret service schumck? No way, wouldn’t do. “Hey, Steven, how about you an I just line up some peons and knock them all down with our alpha stares, eh?”