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judo

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Word definitions for judo in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And there are 150 members of the Royal Commonwealth Pool's own judo club to back up that claim. ▪ For instance, judo flyweight Karen Briggs grappling on with a dislocated shoulder shoved back in its socket. ▪ He joined an athletic ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan

Usage examples of judo.

But no contestant was allowed to judge, so the third was a substitute, the Aikido judge, representing Judo for this one match.

Judo was in a three way tie for second with Kung-fu and Aikido, all 2-1.

I had seen the Karate defeats by Judo and Aikido, but they were not enough.

He may be aikido, not judo, but he taught me to extend my own ki through my voice.

We dallied there briefly, then passed the library and the huge stadium and finally made it to the monstrous indoor dojo where the Cuban judo team was training.

I back-tracked and scooped it up, irritated because I was already late for my trip to the dojo, or judo and karate practice hall.

In judo an ippon is scored by a clean throw, a thirty-second holddown, an armlock, choke, or strangle.

Luis had beaten me in informal randori, judo practice, yet he had made me feel like twice a winner.

They did randori that was almost like a kata, or judo playlet, alternating throws.

Since we meet every year or so, we enter into hours-long dialogue a bit like judo randori or free practice, bouncing ideas off each other, fitting them together, amplifying, integrating characters with action.

It is closely related to judo, having borrowed many techniques from it, and on occasion judokas crossed over to compete successfully in sambo tournaments.

Thai kick-boxers is valid for judo, and every leg takedown of sambo wrestling.

The seoi otoshi shoulder-drop throw: I have a good memory for judo, anyway.

A lesser or student grade in judo, indicated by belts of assorted colors: white, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, or brown.

He slid into a combat judo block that would have thrown an unarmoured man off his hip.