Judo / 柔道
Judo
Judo is one of Japan's representative techniques of hand-to-hand combat. About one hundred years ago KANO Jigoro reshaped traditional martial arts and developed judo as a sport through the establishment of Kodokan Judo. The key point of judo is to overwhelm an opponent by taking advantage of his force and weight. Judo techniques can be roughly divided into two categories: throwing techniques and grappling techniques. The color of participants' belts shows rank which indicates physical ability. For example, those of the fifth class, the lowest rank, wear a white belt, those the first to the fifth rank wear a black belt, and those of the ninth and the tenth rank, the highest ranks, wear a red belt. After World War áU, judo spread everywhere in North America and Europe and became an official Olympic event. The International Judo Federation was founded in 1951 and currently 152 member nations(by Augus1992).
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