UNH JUDO CLUB TERMINOLOGY
HISTORY AND BASIC PRINCIPLES COUNTING Founder of judo Dr. Jigoro Kano one (1) ichi Year & place founded 1882 / The Kodokan, Japan two (2) ni Maxims: Maximum Efficiency three (3) san Mutual Benefit & Welfare four (4) shi Kano’s ultimate goal “The harmonious development five (5) go for judo and eventual perfection of human six (6) roku character.” seven (7) shichi eight (8) hachi OPENING (CLOSING) OF CLASS nine (9) ku kiyotsuke attention ten (10) ju seiza sit in seiza position eleven(11) ju-ichi mokuso close eyes & think deeply (meditate) twelve(12) ju-ni mokuso yame stop meditating twenty(20) ni-ju Shomen ni rei bow to the Shomen twenty-one(21) ni-ju-ichi sensei ni rei bow to the teachers thirty(30) san-ju otagai ni rei bow to each other forty(40) yon-ju fifty(50) go-ju BASIC JAPANESE / ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS sixty(60) roku-ju ju gentle, non-resistive seventy(70) shichi-ju do way eighty(80) hachi-ju judo the gentle way, way of non-resistance ninety(90) ku-ju dojo training hall ninety-nine(99) ku-ju-ku tatami straw mats one-hundred(100) hyaku sensei teacher senpai senior EXERCISES / DRILLS Shomen front of dojo hofku dragging down mat ni to ebi shrimp rei bow gyaku ebi reverse shrimp anza cross-legged sitting ne waza ground techniques yame stop ukemi breakfalls matte wait zempo front hajime begin kaiten rolling gi uniform zempo-kaiten front rolling breakfalls obi belt ukemi ki spirit, energy, inner strength uchi komi form fit-ins ki-ai shout to gain inner strength randori free practice uke defender tori attacker jikan time waza technique(s) katsu forms of resuscitation sushi raw fish fugu blowfish bladder delicacy UNH JUDO CLUB TERMINOLOGY
GROUND TECHNIQUES THROWING TECHNIQUES katame / gatame hold or lock nage throw katame waza holding techniques nage waza throwing techniques (also see ne waza) Three parts of a judo kesa scarf throw: kesa gatame scarf hold kuzushi off-balance yoko side tsukuri entry shiho corner kake execution yoko shiho gatame side corner hold te hand kami upper Hand designation: kami shiho gatame upper corner hold hiki-te lifting hand kuzure modified tsuri-te pulling hand kuzure kesa gatame modified scarf hold ashi foot ushiro reversed Movement: ushiro kesa gatame reversed scarf hold ayumi ashi normal walking shime / jime to strangle or choke tsugi ashi defensive sliding shime waza strangling techniques foot walking shiboru washrag motion o major hadaka naked soto outside hadaka jime naked strangle gari to reap eri lapel o soto gari major outer okuri eri jime sliding lapel choke reaping throw kata single seoi shoulder ha wing seoi nage shoulder throw kata ha jime single wing choke uchi inside koshi jime hip choke o uchi gari major inside sankaku triangle reaping throw sankaku jime triangle choke koshi / goshi hip ryote two handed o goshi major hip throw ryote jime two handed choke ko minor kansetsu waza joint locking techniques ko uchi gari minor inside ude arm reaping throw ude gatame straight arm lock okuri sliding ude garami bent arm lock harai / barai sweep hishigi crushing okuri ashi barai sliding foot sweep juji cross ude hishigi juji arm crushing cross lock gatame (juji gatame)
UNH JUDO CLUB TERMINOLOGY
RANK SYSTEM CONTEST CALLS kyu non-black belt class shiai contest dan black belt grade shimpan referee rok-kyu 6th class / white belt ippon full point go-kyu 5th class / green belt waza-ari half point yon-kyu 4th class / green belt yuko almost waza-ari san-kyu 3rd class / brown belt koka almost yuko ni-kyu 2nd class / brown belt hansoku make disqualification / ik-kyu 1st class / brown belt ippon for opponent sho-dan 1st grade / black belt shido 3 3rd infraction / ni-dan 2nd grade / black belt waza-ari for opponent san-dan 3rd grade / black belt shido 2 2nd infraction / yo-dan 4th grade / black belt yuko for opponent go-dan 5th grade / black belt shido warning / infraction roku-dan 6th grade / red-white belt koka for opponent shichi-dan 7th grade / red-white belt osae komi hold down is good hachi-dan 8th grade / red-white belt toketa hold down is broken ku-dan 9th grade / red belt sono mama freeze; do not move ju-dan 10th grade/ red belt yoshi continue ju-ni-dan 12th grade (only achieved by sore made that is all; time is up Kano-sensei) hantei decision maitta “I surrender” waza-ari awasete ippon two ½ points equal 1 point ippon gachi win by ippon yusei gachi win by decision fusen gachi win by forfeit kiken gachi win by withdrawal (injury) sogo gachi win with combination of opponent’s 3rd shido & an earned waza-ari