JUDO

Judo (way or the flexibility) is a martial art and a fighting sport of Japanese origin (budo), founded by Jigoro Kano in 1882. It consists for the most part of projective techniques, ground control, and key bottlenecks. The place where we practice judo called dōjō or dojo (place of study of the track). Practitioners (judoka) bear a holding called enhanced cotton judogi, often mistakenly called kimono, which is the generic name of Japanese traditional dress. The uniform

is generally white, but to facilitate the distinction between combatants in the competitions, a judoka can have a blue uniform at all levels of competition (if the judoka has no blue uniform, the distinction will be made at the using red or white belt). For competitions at the national level, one of the two judokas should be of a uniform blue. Judo is practiced barefoot on a tatami. Judo is an Olympic sport.