Judo term
Waza
- Pronunciation
- wah-zah
- Meaning
- Technique
In Judo
Waza is the Japanese word for technique. It turns up in many group names: are throwing techniques and are ground techniques, so you can sort a technique before you know every detail.
How to recognize it
Recognize waza at the end of a compound name. The word before it usually tells you what kind of action or body part the technique family uses.
Don't mix it up
Technique and technique group
means technique. A name such as names a whole group of throwing techniques rather than one single throw.