Some Martial Arts Trivia:
Judo or
Kodokan Judo,, meaning "gentle way" is a
modern martial art and
combat sport created in
Japan in 1882 by Dr
Kano Jigoro. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either
throw or
takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a
grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by
joint locking or by executing a
strangle hold or choke.
Strikes and
thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defenses are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (
kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (
randori).
The philosophy and subsequent
pedagogy developed for judo became the model for other modern Japanese martial arts that developed from traditional schools (
koryū). The
worldwide spread of judo has led to the development of a number of offshoots such as
Sambo and
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Practitioners of judo are called
jūdōka.
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