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# judo

«judo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a Japanese martial art and Olympic sport in which you try…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (judo — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Judo is a Japanese martial art and Olympic sport in which you try to throw or hold down your opponent using balance and skill, not punches or kicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and clubs, children learn judo on mats, wearing a white or blue jacket (judogi) and a coloured belt that shows their level. Judo teaches respect: you bow, follow rules and learn to fall safely (breakfalls). The name means «the gentle way». Phrases: «do judo», «judo club», «judo belt», «black belt in judo».

### examples

- I go to judo every Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x1)
- She got her yellow belt in judo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x2)
- In judo you learn to fall without getting hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x3)
- Judo players bow to each other before a match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x4)
- Judo is an Olympic sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x5)
- He threw his partner onto the mat with a judo move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x6)
- Judo means «the gentle way» in Japanese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x7)
- We wear a white jacket called a judogi for judo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: «do judo», not «a judo». A person who does judo is a «judoka». Judo ≠ karate: karate uses strikes and kicks; judo uses throws and holds. Safety: practise only with a coach and on mats.

### In the corpora

- [Judo and other martial arts teach students how to fall safely.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/19/)
- [Good sports clubs, like boxing or judo clubs, have strict rules against fighting outside the club.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/392-adults-who-help-and-adults-who-dont/22/)
- [Popular sports in France include football, rugby, tennis, cycling, handball and judo; baseball is rare there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/23-hobbies-and-sport/12/)
- [Judo has been in the Olympics since 1964 and taekwondo since 2000.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «judo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/judo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.