Judo or Ju~do ( 柔道,
ju~do,meaning"gentle way") is a modern Japanese martial art and
combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Professor Jigoro Kano. Its most
prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either
throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's
oppenent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint
locking or by executing a choke. Strike and thrusts by hands and feet as well
as weapons defenses are a part of judo only in pre-arranged forms(kata) that
have recently been included into judo competition.
| The
Essence of Judo |
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Judo
is a combat sport and everything technical relates to that key word combat.
The essence of combat in the knockout - taking the opponent out of action. In
Judo knockout is the ippon, in particular the ippon throw since judo is
mainly a throwing art. Anything less than ippon throw is failure. Three or
five point scores (koka,yuko) are meaningless in combat terms. A good ippon
where the thrower stays on his feet, and throws his opponent crisply and
abruptly to the mat with impetus. Thevalue of the a throw is judged solely by
the question whether the opponent could have stood up from that throw if it
had been done on very hard ground. To throw in this way the attacker must
come at his opponent like a punch; with lighting-like speed and impact, with
surprise, and from any and all directions. It is the ippon that lift the
judokas' soul. Nothing less is satisfactory.
| VALUES
/ BENEFITS OF JUDO |
| * Efficient Use Of Mental and
Physical Energy |
| * Its values and principles
translate into practical |
| life skill. |
| * Higher Body Surface to
Weight Ratio |
| * An Under Developed Sweating
Mechanism |
| * Immature Soft Tissue and
soft Long Bone Growth Centres |
| * Respect For Others |
| * Coordination and Reflex |
| * Confidence |
| * Personal Protection |
| * Individual Achievement |
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