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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to JUDO the Olympic martial art. Most individual sports test against time, distance, or weight. The perfection of skill alone is nearly enough to make you a winner. JUDO is more than an individual sport. It is a one on one sport like wrestling. In these you need to perfect skill but also be able to use it against an opponent. Grip, timing, speed ,direction, and the force being used against you all come in to play. Judo uses their forces against them. On the street for defense is is easy, but against someone as skillful as you it is tough. If you lose it might be from a high velocity throw with your opponent usually landing on you. You may also be choked or arm locked into submission. One other way is to be held for up to twenty five seconds. These are indeed tough ways to lose. The near perfect throw called IPPON wins automatically as do arm and strangles and can make one forget the losses. You can win on points or if tied, by flags which reflect the vote of three referees. It takes courage to do JUDO. Do you have it?
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| 0 | 2 | - | none | 1 | 0 | - | (shido#2) | |
| W | Y | - | Penalty | W | Y | - | Penalty | WHITEPLAYER | BLUE PLAYER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The highest score is Blue's. (White 2 blue 10) White has thrown Blue once on their side for 1 point points. Blue has made a significant throw for 10 points but gave white 1 point for comitting a minor penalty (shido #2).
Two minor errors in their (IJF) thinking were the IPPON throw, and a win by submission. where only electronic boards show the winner. Locally we give that player 20 points to indicate the win. Internationally they assume that in these cases you know who won. Basic scoring can be explained this way.
A knock down on the stomach, knees or hip does not score.
A throw on the side is worth 1 point
A throw somewhat on the back with some significance and force is 10 points
A throw on the back quick, clean, and extremely forceful is worth 20 points though not posted since that ends the match.
Similar scores are for duration of pin or from penalties assessed your opponent.
It is not necessary for a spectator not involved in Judo to know the Japanese calls of yuko, wazaari, and Ippon.