JUDO

The men’s Judo was introduced to the Olympics in 1964 and the woman’s in 1992 at the Barcelona games. Judo was invented by Jigoro Kano and introduced to Japan in 1882. Most of the moves and techniques were from martial arts skills in various ways of ju jitsu. Judo spread through the world in about 1956 the first Judo International Championships took place in Tokyo, with 31 participants from 21 countries. Today in the Olympic Games there are seven different weight classes for men and woman

The Olympic version of the sport allows choking and breaking of the opponents arms and other limbs. Judo is a system of self defense. There is a time limit to the competition. The men’s contests last five minutes and the woman’s four. Some of the moves that they make are actually deadly and masters won’t teach them and the moves have been a secret for decades. They also use pressure point moves that will have your opponent on their knees in three seconds and crying in five.

Definitions:

• Ippon (10 points) the goal in Judo is so score an ippon
• Waza-ari (7points) Awarded when the referee and judges rule that an element of the Ippon to be missing. The element may be that the opponent does not fall on the back or that enough force was shown.
• Yuko (5 points) Awarded when two of the required elements are     missing. The most common reason is when the opponent falls on their side.
• Koda- (3 points) Awarded when three of the elements are missing. Examples may be the opponent falls on their shoulder or leg.

• Hansoku- (10 points)
• Keikoko- (7 points)
• Chui- (5 points)
• Shido (3 points) 

An ippon is also awarded when a competitor is able to hold their opponent down for 25 seconds. And they keep going down the points list for the amount of time they can keep them down.