Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sport and method of physical training similar to wrestling, developed in Japan in the late 1800s and using principles of balance and leverage adapted from jujitsu.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a sport adapted from jujitsu, originally a method of self-defense without weapons, and similar to wrestling; it was developed in Japan.
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- noun A
Japanese martial art andsport adapted fromjujutsu .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word judo translates to "gentle way," and this martial art focuses on using an opponent's strength and weight to one's advantage.
Anthony Tjan: Business Needs More Judo, Less Karate Anthony Tjan 2012
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The word judo translates to "gentle way," and this martial art focuses on using an opponent's strength and weight to one's advantage.
Anthony Tjan: Business Needs More Judo, Less Karate Anthony Tjan 2012
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Ltd.Mr. Eisler earned his black belt in judo from the Kodokan International
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People have always paid as much attention to Olympic judo as they have to Olympic wrestling (and judo is a relatively recent olympic addition) – which is to say, agreeing with you ‘not much’ – but the reason people ‘ignore’ boxing is that boxing in its entirety is not a big as it used to be.
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I understand that judo is extremely popular in parts of the world, especially Southern Asia.
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Lifting an enormous weight overhead — i.e. doing a clean & jerk — is excellent training for building up the muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments of the legs and core, which are used extensively in judo — and in jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
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Marano was a junior world bronze medalist in judo when, three months before the Olympic trials for the 1996 Summer Games, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.
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She beat a woman against whom victory had eluded her in judo and wrestling — Sandy Bacher, a three-time Olympian in judo.
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Put her in judo a few months and if she doesn't break, she's Anita.
Fantasy Casting for Anita Blake Pilot Doug Knipe 2008
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I wonder, f'rinstance, if Rasul Bogiev's Bronze in judo might somehow reinforce the notion that his country, Tagikistan, could be doing better.
The most famous woman in all of Thailand frankwu 2008
jrome commented on the word judo
judo n. Maximum efficiency, minimum effort
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/312-lingo-judo
March 14, 2007