Judo

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Judo, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or by applying a choke. Strikes and thrusts (by hands and feet) - as well as weapons defences - are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).

Ultimately, the philosophy and subsequent pedagogy developed for judo became the model for almost all modern Japanese martial arts that developed from "traditional" schools (koryū).

Practitioners of judo are called jūdōka.

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"The gentle way" - Judo is a tremendous and dynamic combat sport that demands both physical prowess and great mental discipline.

The practice of judo techniques helps people develop basic and fundamental physical fitness in a number of ways, such as the development of strenght, flexibility, agility, speed, dynamic and static balance, explosive power, and endurance.