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Media related to Judo Nage-waza at Wikimedia Commons Gokyo-no-waza (五教の技): Five sets of techniques Techniques are put into five groups of increasing difficulty that demonstrate progression through judo and may or may not correspond to belts. The 68 throws of Kodokan judo [2]
Jigoro Kano derived the original judogi from the kimono and other Japanese garments around the turn of the 20th century, and, as such, the judogi was the first modern martial arts training uniform. Over the years, the sleeves and pants have been lengthened, the material and fit have changed, the traditional unbleached cotton is now a bleached ...
Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎, 10 December 1860 [note 1] - 4 May 1938 [5]) was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo.Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport.
Nage-no-kata (Japanese: 投の形, "forms of throwing") is one of the two randori-no-kata (乱取りの形, free practice forms) of Kodokan Judo.It is intended as an illustration of the various concepts of nage-waza (投げ技, throwing techniques) that exist in judo, and is used both as a training method and as a demonstration of understanding.
Kano's vision for judo was one of a martial way that could be practiced realistically. Randori (free practice) was a central part of judo pedagogy and shiai (competition) a crucial test of a judoka's understanding of judo. [107] Safety necessitated some basic innovations that shaped judo's development.
The randori-no-kata were developed by Jigoro Kano as a teaching aid when it became apparent that he had too many students to effectively demonstrate throws and grappling techniques in his classes. [1] The kata were developed in five years that followed the establishment of the Kodokan, between 1882 and 1887. They originally consisted of ten ...
The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo) (1905) is a martial arts manual that documents a system of jiu-jitsu that was taught by a Japanese Instructor at the United States Naval Academy. It was written by H. Irving Hancock as part of a series of books on Japanese martial arts , with technical expertise from Katsukuma Higashi, a practitioner of 'Kano ...
This is a list of judo techniques. They are categorized into throwing techniques ( nage-waza ), grappling techniques ( katame-waza ), body-striking techniques ( atemi-waza) , blocks and parries ( uke-waza ), receiving/breakfall techniques ( ukemi ), and resuscitation techniques ( kappo ).