
TERMINOLOGY REQUIRED FOR COMPETITION BELTS
UNDER 10'S - 50% pass mark is required
Dojo - Judo Hall
Hidari - Left
Migi - Right
Judo - Gentle Way
Judogi - Judo suit
Judoka - One who practices Judo
Ne Waza - Ground Work
Osae komi - Hold down
Professor Jigoro Kano - Founer of Judo in 1882, Tokyo, Japan
Randori - Free practice (Fight)
Rei - Bow
Sensei - Teacher
Tatami - Judo mats
Tori - The thrower
Uke - The defender
Uchi komi - Repetitive exercises
Ukemi - Breakfalls
Hajime - Begin
Ippon - 10 point win
Matte - Stop
Shido - Penalty in contest
Sono mama - Do not move, stay as you are
Toketa - Hold broken
Waza ari - 7 point score
Waza ari-awasete-ippon - two waza ari's equals an ippon
Yoshi - Unfreeze or continue
Yuko - 5 point score
UNDER 13'S - 75% pass mark is required
(Must know all the Under 10's teminology)
Hidari shizen tai - Left natural posture / stance
Migi shizen tai - Right natural posture / stance
Jigotai - Defencive posture / stance
Shizen hontai - Main natural posture / stance
Katame Waza - Grappling technniques
Kuzushi - Breaking balance
Kyu - Grade, colured belt system
Nage - Throw
Nage No Kata - Prearranged forms of throwing
Obi - Belt
Osae komi waza - Hold down techniques
Renraku waza - Combination techniques
Shiai - Contest / competition
Tachi waza - Standing techniques
Hansoku make - Disqualification
Hike wake - Draw (in team contests)
Hantai - Referees call for a decision
Sore made - End of contest or that is all
UNDER 16'S - 75% pass mark is required
(Must know all the Under 10's and Under 13's teminology)
Dan - Black belt grade
Kaeshi waza - Counter techniques
Kake - Throw following Tsukuri
Kansetsu waza - Armlocks
Kata - Formal techniques of Kodokan Judo
Kumi kata - Forms of gripping
Nage komi - Throwing drill
Nage waza - Throwing techniques
Shime waza - Strangulation techniques
Shizen tai - Natural posture
Tai sabaki - Standing body movements, including blocking
Tsukuri - Entry in to a throwing technique
Yoko - Side
COUNTING
1.................ichi
2.................ni
3.................san
4.................shi
5.................go
6.................roku
7.................si-chi
8.................ha-chi
9.................kyuu
10...............juu
DIRECTIONS
Backwards.....Ma
Right.............Migi
Left...............Hidari
Side..............Yoko
PARTS OF THE THROW
Kuzushi..........Breaking your opponents balance
Tsukuri...........Entering for a throw
Kake..............Execution of the throw
TECHNIQUES OF JUDO
Nage-Waza............Throwing techniques
Te-Waza................Hand technique
Koshi-Waza...........Hip technique
Ashi-Waza.............Foot/Leg technique
Ma-Waza...............Rear/Back sacrifice technique
Yoko Sutemi-Waza.Side sacrifice technique
Renraku-Waza.......Combination throws
Kaeshi-Waza.........Counter throws
Ne-Waza...............Grappling Technique
Oseo-Waza...........Pinning technique
Shime-Waza.........Strangling/Choking technique
Kansetsu-Waza.....Arm/Joint locking technique
Atemi-Waza..........Striking Techniques (used in kata, NOT in sport Judo)
KATA...................Formal/prearranged offences and defences
Nage no kata........Formal throwing technique
Katame no kata....Formal grappling technique
WORDS YOU WILL HEAR WHILE PRACTICING
Tori................Attacker
Uke................Defender
Kata...............Formal Practice
Uchikomi........Repetition Practice
Rondori..........Free Practice
Shiai..............Tournament
Matte.............Stop
Hajime...........Start
WORDS YOU WILL HEAR WHILE FIGHTING
POINTS
Ippon...............................10 Points
Waza-ari Awasete Ippon..10 Points (two x Waza-ari)
Waza-ari...........................7 Points
Yuko.................................5 Points
Koka.................................3 Points (no longer used)
PENALTIES (Hopefully you will not hear too many of these)
Hansoku-Make.......Major Penalty (You lose)
Shido....................Small penalty (for a small infringement of the rules a warning shido will be awarded. The next shido is the equivalent of a Yuko, the next is equivalent to a Wazari and one more is Hansoku-Make)
WORDS USUALLY USED IN GRAPPLING
Osaekomi.............Hold down
Toketa.................Hold broken
Sona-mama.........Freeze, do not move
Yoshi...................Continue, unfreeze
UKEMI.................Breakfall
Zempo Kaiten......Forward Roll
Ushiro Ukemi.......Back Fall
Mae Ukemi..........Forward Fall
Yoko Ukemi.........Side Fall
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