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Summary: What do judo terms mean? Learn about Japanese terminology in competitive judo in this free video clip on marital arts.
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Angel Perez Angel Perez is the sensei and owner of Champion Martial Arts USA in Miami, FL. He started practicing martial arts at age seven. Perez holds a 2nd degree black... read more
On behalf of Expert Village, I am Angel Perez with Champion Martial Arts in Miami, Florida. Today, we are talking about competitive Judo. We're going to go through now what the calls mean. In actuality, they are called in Japanese. So, I will translate them for you. When they are there and they come in, I say "ri", that means bow. They take a step forward. They are now ready to compete. "Hahjimee" means begin competing. They will now go at each other. They will try to get each other off balance and one will throw. "Ipon" means full point, match over. It is the equivalent of being knocked out in boxing. Or, a "tap out" in a mixed Martial Arts or in a Jiujutsu match. Again, we'll do it again one more time so you can see what is "ipon". "Ipon" he must land with his full back on the mat.