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- noun judo A practitioner of the Japanese
martial art ofjudo .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I got to do some training under him and undefeated judoka Gokor Chivichyan at Hyastan MMA Academy in North Hollywood.
Under Siege Steve Perry 2010
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Most judoka rather explicitly do not believe in chi, which is at any rate the spelling more commonly associated with the Chinese martial arts.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010
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"Kaminaga was a fine judoka but he'd been defeated by a man I can only describe as a judo genius," said Jim Bregman, an American who won a bronze medal in judo at the same Olympiad.
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In 1996 Arad lost to the Korean judoka Sung Sook Jung in a fight for the bronze medal.
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Was older and senior to me he was also a good judoka.
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Then a very young judoka called Trevor Jones joined the Aikido section, he was a most talented student with immense natural ability, he was soon promoted to junior assistant to Sensei K Williams and Trevor and I shared the dojo responsibilities together and we became very good friends.
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Because the Iraqi government for some reason disbanded their Olympic Committee, which is a no no, the IOC has banned Dana and the other first-time Olympians—two rowers, a disc thrower, and a judoka—from competing in Beijing.
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Vladimir Putin ITAR-TASS/AFP/Newscom While better known for his iron grip on Russian politics, Mr. Putin is a legitimately accomplished judoka.
Vote for Me 2008
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Spurred by the growing popularity of judo, especially in European countries, a new generation of non-Japanese judoka are coming of age -- and they're changing the nature of the game.
Judo power shift 2008
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Because the Iraqi government for some reason disbanded their Olympic Committee, which is a no no, the IOC has banned Dana and the other first-time Olympians—two rowers, a disc thrower, and a judoka—from competing in Beijing.
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