judo
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ju·do
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Definition of judo
: a sport developed from jujitsu that emphasizes the use of quick movement and leverage to throw an opponent
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Other Words from judo
judoist
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Examples of judo in a Sentence
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The open mat/seminar will feature Dave Camarillo, a judo and jiu-jitsu black belt and UFC coach, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion Caio Terra. — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, "Spirit of ’45: eBay helps collectors save World War II memories," 8 Aug. 2019 Training frequency: 40 hours in crisis intervention training and 16 hours in verbal judo through their academy. — CBS News, "We asked 155 police departments about their racial bias training. Here's what they told us.," 7 Aug. 2019 But Kranz eventually saw Kraft as similar to a judo instructor, allowing his student to grow in skills, then stepping aside. — Seth Borenstein, The Denver Post, "Chris Kraft dies: 1st flight director for NASA was 95," 22 July 2019 During the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, North Korean judo heroine Key Sun Hui, who won gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, lit the games' torch together with South Korean 1984 Olympic judo gold medalist Ha Hyung-joo. — USA TODAY, "N. Korea dominates pre-Olympic media coverage at Pyeongchang," 6 Feb. 2018 Deploying judo against an always-on-offense opponent like Donald Trump is a plausible strategy. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "The Trump-Biden Smackdown," 12 June 2019 Lukas Krpalek won every major honor on offer in judo's 90-100kg category... — Henry Young, CNN, "Lukas Krpalek: The Czech heavyweight with the toughest task in sport," 22 Feb. 2018 Putin is a former KGB spy who earned a PhD in economics and has a judo blackbelt. — Oren Dorell, USA TODAY, "What you didn't know about Russian President Putin," 9 Mar. 2018 Culture Minister Miri Regev visited Abu Dhabi as part of an Israeli delegation to a judo tournament and is photographed visiting Sheikh Zayed mosque. — Summer Said, WSJ, "Covert Saudi Outreach to Israel Sputters After Journalist’s Murder," 18 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'judo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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judo
noun
English Language Learners Definition of judo
: a sport developed in Japan in which opponents attempt to throw or wrestle each other to the ground
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judo
noun
ju·do
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Kids Definition of judo
: a sport developed in Japan in which opponents try to throw or pin each other to the ground
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