Judo lesson

Winning a Match

Learn the basic ways a match can end.

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What you will learn

Understand ippon and two waza-ari as winning paths
Recognize hold-downs, submissions, and penalties as match-ending ideas

Terms in this lesson

Ippon: Full point
Waza-ari: Almost ippon
Osaekomi: Hold-down is on
Shido: Penalty
Hansoku-make: Disqualification