grappling

Minor things about Judo that you don't think about it until you do a serious training stint:

- Soreness is the norm. Something is always going to hurt.
- Travelling with four gis is annoying. Laundry is endless.
- You need to travel with syringes and magnets.

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Hurts like hell, but resolves cauliflower ear relatively quickly.

Major things, for good measure:

- Judo is insanely anaerobic and even the simple drills feel like death. 
- You're expected to be able to think strategically even when dead tired.
- Sparring is usually put at the end of the class, after 4 hours, for a reason.