Radomir Kovačević - Judo Style

Judo Style

Kovačević's judo style was based on strict correctness and traditional judo technique as it was practiced in the East. He disfavored the Western styles because they "changed something that is supposed to be beautiful and graceful into something ugly and primitive that can only be used to win; not to show one's skill."

Judo, according to his philosophy, is an art and can be associated with music and dance. In most of his classes he would play tapes of classical music to give his students rhythm. Because in Judo the way one moves and walks is based on the rhythm of his opponent and the rhythm in his head. He once said that when both competitors move against each other and try to impose their rhythms on each other they look like two rams pushing each other with their horns; but when both competitors move fluidly and one of them throws seemingly with ease that's when there is harmony.