"Chols" <NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<3f87039d_1@news.arrakis.es>...
> I just subscribed rec.martial-arts.moderated. 

most people find it is the inferior version. it is very 'pro-TradMA',
to the extent that it drives away combat-sport people from
participating, as well as many very experienced trad-friendly martial
artists.

> I didn't subscribe the non-moderated one, as the sheer number of posts there 
> scared me a little. I'll try my best to read a little each week or so. 

certainly, you get used to quickly assessing whether you're interested
in the discussion by its title, and pressing the 'ignore' key, so you
no longer have to read those posts or see their headers

also there are a few wacko's you can PLONK that will reduce the
traffice (eg. liberator)

anyway cheers,
charlie
 
>     Chols.
> 
> 
> king abiu <kingabiu@yahoo.com.au> escribi$(D??(B en el mensaje de noticias
> 2be93ecb.0310091742.3e618e5@posting.google.com...
> > "Chols" <NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>  news:<3f85a2f8$1_3@news.arrakis.es>...
> > > Any active, interesting, and spam-free newsgroup you know of? I know I'm
> > > probably looking for too good a ng, but that is what japan.budo.judo
>  used to
> > > be.
> >
> > Hi Chols,
> >
> > yep  i  find  great  value  in  rec.martial-arts. very little spam,
> > very  high  value discussion   of  martial-art  training  methods,
> > style  differences,
> > competition, weapons, legal & selfdefence issues.
> >
> > yes there is also a lot of 'locker-room talk' (profanity & gross
> > sexuality etc) but if you can handle that, it is well worth your
> > while.  while there are some very vocal posters who love to denigrate
> > 'traditional martial arts', they have some very good reasons for doing
> > so.  Luckily Judo is one of the few tradtional martial arts that gets
> > a lot of respect :-)
> >
> > if  you are only interesting in specifically Judo, then it is not very
> > good.   But  a  few Judo topics do come up every couple of weeks, and
> > there  are 4 or 5 very experienced Judokas who read and post there, on
> > a variety of topics
> >
> > cheers,
> > charlie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Any active, interesting, and spam-free newsgroup you know of? I know I'm
> > > probably looking for too good a ng, but that is what japan.budo.judo
>  used to
> > > be.
> > >
> > >
> > > Yoko Guruma <yoko.guruma@gmx.de> escribi$(D??(B en el mensaje de noticias
> > > k009ovkm78e3k5b4dpki1p0g9b6n87hdo3@4ax.com...
> > >> a shame this is such a dead newsgroup.
> > >>
> > >> for anyone who didn't know : good Judo discussion at E-budo and the
> > >> Underground
>  
> > >
> > >
> > > Yoko Guruma <yoko.guruma@gmx.de> escribi$(D??(B en el mensaje de noticias
> > > k009ovkm78e3k5b4dpki1p0g9b6n87hdo3@4ax.com...
> > > > a shame this is such a dead newsgroup.
> > > >
> > > > for anyone who didn't know : good Judo discussion at E-budo and the
> > > > Underground