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• n  a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan

• Added as an Olympic sport at Tokyo 1964, judo is a bountiful medal generator for the Japanese.
• JUDO When she was a teenage schoolgirl with an 84-match unbeaten streak, judo master Ryoko Tani was known as Ryoko Tamura; she changed her name last December when she married .
• And now this a judo training video in which Putin flips a guy every which way but loose.

News & Articles

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• Head of Japan judo to stay on despite scandals
  TOKYO (AP) -The head of Japan's judo federation has changed tack on quitting, vowing instead to oversee proper reforms in his sport after a series of scandals.
  June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Capital City Judo 3rd at state tournament
  Capital City Judo Club has found a gentle way to improve itself as a team, earning third place at the 54th Annual Alaska State Judo Championships in Anchorage in May, while learing about themselves as individuales along the way.
  June 11, 2013 - Juneau Empire
• Olympic Champion Riner Alleges Racism at Paris Bar
  French Olympic judo champion Riner alleges racism at Paris' posh Buddha Bar; waitress fired        
  June 9, 2013 - ABC News

Quotes

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• Don Randall in Bay Post/Moruya Examiner
  Politics is a bit like judo, you give in and win,Mr Randall told reporters.
• Vladimir Putin in Forbes
  He and I have recorded a video disc as a video supplement to a judo manual,Putin said. "I think it will be coming out in January or February."
• Chris Leben in ABS CBN News
  He's an awesome judo player, he's got fast kicks, but I don't think he's got near the wrestling that Aaron Simpson has and I don't think he's got knockout power,Leben told UFC.com.