Judo is a fighting game in which two players fight with their bare hands, using the power of the other player to throw, take down, choke, or push. If you start learning Judo, you’ll first practice break-falls, not attack skills. Break-falls are techniques that keep your body safe when it is thrown or falls suddenly.
The process of learning break-falls is not easy at all. You come to have bruises and damages on your whole body, and you’re likely to get tired if you repeat them innumerably until you get used to them. Even though break-falls are not the techniques to defeat your opponent like throwing and grappling techniques, the reason players practice it for a long time is that if you don’t master it, it can lead to serious injuries. Even if you fall, you have to fall down well to avoid injuries and rise again like a roly-poly toy to fight again. Then, you will be able to win.
Even if things don’t go as you please, don’t be discouraged. It’s just a process of learning different kinds of break-falls and you will find yourself getting stronger over time and win a brilliant victory someday.