Definition of judo
:a sport developed from jujitsu that emphasizes the use of quick movement and leverage to throw an opponent
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Aaron Cohen, who was a 2009 Maccabiah bronze medalist in judo, first coached Heller at age 5.
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But Putin didn’t mention his name in his speech at the ceremony, unlike other prominent recipients, who included actors, religious leaders and an Italian judo coach.
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The Games boast a wide array of sports, from basketball, baseball and lacrosse to judo, roller hockey and archery, and are open to any team or competitor.
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There were no girls at all, not even training jiu-jitsu or judo.
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ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolians will vote for a new president on Monday in a race pitting a horse salesman against a former judo star and a nationalist wanting to get more from the vast landlocked country’s mineral wealth.
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Three Alaska judo competitors took home four medals over the weekend at the Junior Olympic National and International Championships in Spokane, Washington.
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The International Olympic Committee added mixed-gender relays in swimming, track and triathlon, plus mixed team events in archery and judo.
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On the judo mat, Rotenberg seized the championship trophy and gave it a kiss.
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Judo is a martial art that emphasizes the use of quick movement and leverage to throw an opponent. Its techniques are generally intended to turn an opponent's force to one's own advantage rather than to oppose it directly. The opponent must be thrown cleanly, pinned, or mastered through the application of pressure to arm joints or the neck. Judo evolved out of the older martial art jujitsu in late-19th-century Japan, but it is now practiced primarily as sport. It became an Olympic sport for men in 1964; women's judo was added in 1992.
Origin and Etymology of judo
Japanese jūdō, from jū weakness, gentleness + dō art
JUDO Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of judo for English Language Learners
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: a sport developed in Japan in which opponents attempt to throw or wrestle each other to the ground
JUDO Defined for Kids
judo
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Definition of judo for Students
:a sport developed in Japan in which opponents try to throw or pin each other to the ground
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