Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Mastering judo by Masao Takahashi et al., explains a number of aspects of the rules. General rules of competition, etiquette, and the penalty system are covered in Chapter 2. ISBN 0-7360-5099-X. The first chapter of Competitive judo: winning training and techniques, by Ron Angus, is devoted to explaining a number of aspects of the rules.
Kano Jigoro's Kodokan judo is the most popular and well-known style of judo, but is not the only one. The terms judo and jujutsu were quite interchangeable in the early years, so some of these forms of judo are still known as jujutsu or jiu-jitsu either for that reason, or simply to differentiate them from mainstream judo.
This technique is very similar to one of the four forbidden techniques in judo, the do-jime or trunk hold. The main characteristic of the body triangle that distinguishes it from hooks is the commitment to the position, i.e. once executed the position is difficult to escape. However, it also severely limits the offensive options of the ...
The rivalry between the Kodokan school of judo and the Totsuka school of Yoshin-ryu jujutsu happened in the 1880s during the Meiji Era in Japan. Consisting of several challenges and tournaments, its result saw the decline of the traditional jujutsu schools and the rise of judo as an institutionalized martial art.
In martial arts, the terms hard and soft technique denote how forcefully a defender martial artist counters the force of an attack in armed and unarmed combat.In the East Asian martial arts, the corresponding hard technique and soft technique terms are 硬 (Japanese: gō, pinyin: yìng) and 柔 (Japanese: jū, pinyin: róu), hence Goju-ryu (hard-soft school), Shorinji Kempo principles of go-ho ...
Georgia judoka Guram Tushishvili has been suspended from future competition, pending a review, following unbecoming behavior at the Olympics, the International Judo Federation announced Friday.
Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎, 10 December 1860 [note 1] - 4 May 1938 [4]) 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.
Shady El Nahas, the Egypt-born Canadian heavyweight judoka, likes to be called “Slim.” The 25-year-old El Nahas on Monday won the only judo gold medal for Canada so far at the Pan American Games.