Your Judo Companion

Core dojo words, judogi names, rank language, calls, and etiquette that make practice easier to follow.

Learn partner roles, Judo principles, and first ukemi for controlled practice.

Learn waza families, controlled grips, kuzushi directions, Uki-goshi, and O-soto-otoshi.

Learn groundwork, controlled pressure, Kesa and Yoko controls, and first throw-to-hold-down transitions.

Build standing ukemi and recognize direct and indirect tsukuri.

Learn Ashi-waza timing, De-ashi-barai, and O-goshi after standing ukemi and tsukuri.

Learn Tate and Kami control, when osaekomi counts, and how Yellow throws continue into hold-downs.

Learn throw scores, match calls, pauses, penalties, and the taught ways a match can end.

Learn obstacle ukemi, two turn-in nage-waza, and the movement directions that support them.

Learn to step out of turn-in throws and counter Koshi-guruma with Hidari-o-goshi.

Learn Gyaku-kesa-gatame, turn-in throw transitions, and turnovers into stable hold-down control.

Learn the competition area and the penalty levels that structure a shiai.

Learn how Judo developed from its ju-jitsu roots into an international Olympic sport.

Learn Morote-seoi-nage, Tsuri-komi-goshi, the block defense, fighting stance, and moving uke through the grip.

Learn Kata-gatame, its escapes, leg-entanglement recovery, and passing into hold-down control.

Learn the referee hand signals, the criteria for throw scores, and how Waza-ari awasete Ippon comes about.