Judo Glossary
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- Ao — Blue
- Ashi — Foot or Leg
- Ashi — garami — Entangled legs
- Atemi — Hitting a vital piont
- Ayumi — ashi — Normal walking step
- Batsu — gun — Extremley supior quality
- Bushi — Warrior
- Chi — Wisdom
- Chui — Vaution
- Dan — Grade of Blackbelt class
- Do — Way, as the way of life
- Dojime — Sqeeze body with legs
- Dojo — A practice Hall
- Eri — Collar
- Fusen - gachi — Win by default
- Gi — Clothing
- Gyaku — Reverse
- Hadaka — Nude, naked
- Hajime — Begin
- Hansoku — make — Discualifictation
- Hantei — Decision
- Hara — Stomach
- Hiki — wake — Draw
- Ippon — Full point
- Jogai — Outside of the contest area
- Jonai — Inside of the contest area
- Joseki — Head table
- Joshi — Women
- Judoka — Judo practitioner
- Judogi — Judo Uniform
- Kachi — Win
- Kaeshi waza — Counter throwing technique
- Kami — Upper
- Kani — basami — Crab pinch, Sciccors throw
- Kano, Jigoro — founder of Judo
- Kansetsu — waza joint lock
- Kata — form
- Katame waza — mat work techniques
- Kinsa — a small difference
- Koka — minor score
- Kodansha — high rank holders
- Kumi - kata — grips
- Kyu — Judo rank for up to blackbelt
- Maitta — I give up
- Matte — wait
- Nage - waza — throwing techniques
- Ne - waza — groundwork
- Osaekmoi — hold down
- O - uchi - gari — a throwing technique
- Rei — bow
- Shido — note
- Shime - waza — strangulation
- Shiro — white
- Sogo - gachi — compound win
- Sono - mama — do not move
- Sore - made — that is all
- Sutemi - waza — sacrifice techniques
- Tachi - waza — standing techniques
- Tatami — ma t
- Toketa hold — down broken
- Tokui waza — favorite technique
- Tori — attacker
- Tsukuri — set of for off balance
- Uchi — komi — repetitive practice
- Uke — receiver
- Ukemi — breakfall
- Ushiro — back, rear
- Waki - gatame — an arm — lock technique
- Waza - ari — almost ippon
- Waza ari Awasete — Ippon two waza — ari score
- Yoshi — continue
- Yudanshakai — Blackbelt holder's association
- Yuko — Almost waza — ari
- Za - rei — kneeling bow
- Zenpo kaiten — forward rolling break fall