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Another word for judo

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Noun
      1. A sport in which two competitors attempt to unbalance, control, or immobilize each other by various holds and maneuvers.
      1. Defense of oneself when physically attacked:
      2. Defense of what belongs to oneself, as one's works or reputation.
      3. The use of force against another person as permitted by the law when that person is perceived as presenting an immediate or imminent threat to one's own life or safety.
      1. Any of various arts of self-defense, such as aikido, karate, judo, or tae kwon do, usually practiced as sport.
      1. An art of weaponless self-defense developed in Japan that uses throws, holds, and blows and derives added power from the attacker's own weight and strength.
    See also:

    fight

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Sentence Examples

  • He stood before her as he had in the sparring ring, sans any clothing but judo pants.

  • He wore only judo pants again this morning, his relaxed body reminding her too much of what it felt like to lie beneath him the day before.

  • He changed directions and pulled on loose judo pants that settled low on his hips before replacing the red gem at his throat.

  • He opened it before she knocked, dressed for sparring in his judo pants and nothing else.

  • Those with a lot of kicking, such as Karate or Tae Kwon Do, and ones that involve throwing, such as Judo, can expect to burn 817 calories in an hour for a 180-pound person.

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