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How Well Acquainted Are You With the Facts of Judo

Amruta Deshpande
Do you think you know it all about Judo? Take this challenge and find out for yourself!
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Kanō Jigorō, a Japanese polymath and educator created the martial art Judo in 1882, by combining jujitsu, a form of wrestling, with mental discipline.
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Owing to its Japanese origin, most of the commands and phrases used in Judo are in Japanese, even though this martial art is performed across the globe.
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Judo was first accepted as an Olympic sport in 1960, however, it was first contested as an Olympic sport for men in the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
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The traditional judogi is white in color, however a blue colored judogi is sometimes worn.
Judo practitioners are called  'Judoka' and the uniform worn by them is 'judogi'.
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There are three main categories of techniques (waza) in judo - nage-waza (throwing), katame-waza (grappling) and atemi-waza (striking).
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Kata means forms or pre-arranged patterns of techniques used in judo to illustrate its basic principles and demonstrating the correct execution of a particular technique.
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Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, founded Kōdōkan, is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community in 1882 in Tokyo.
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Judo by Kano was the origin of several martial art forms with a slight variation in rules and techniques.
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The International Judo Federation announced the launch of "World Judo Day" to be cerebrated on October 28th, in order to promote the main values of the sport.
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Yoshitsugu Yamashita who was promoted in 1935 to the 10th dan also taught judo to US President Theodore Roosevelt.
The 10th dan is the highest Kōdōkan rank and only 15 people are promoted to that level till date.
Omedetou Gozaimasu!! You have successfully completed the Judo challenge!