PUR

Elmar Gasimov faces Lukáš Krpálek during final.

Judo at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville was held between September 13–15, 2015.

UAE

Bronze Medal Matches

Quarterfinals

*Pachytodes cerambyciformis ( (Schrank - Villiers, 1974) )

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 81 kg

Judo lists

Repechage

First round

AZE

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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ECU

Qualifications

*Judolia cerambyciformis ( )
*Judolia cerambyciformis ab. zemplinensis ( )
*Pachyta cerambyciformis ( )
*Pachytodes cerambyciformis ( )
*Stenocorus parvapunctatus ( )
*Leptura cerambyciformis ( )

Judolia antecurrens

* Anoplodera Swaine & Hopping, 1928
* Judolia Pic, 1891
* Leptura Ganglbauer, 1881
* Leptura Picard, 1929
* Pachytodes Villiers, 1974

Judo competitions at the 2015 European Games in Baku was held from 25–28 June 2015 at the Heydar Aliyev Arena in Baku. The competition will consist of seven weight events, and one team event, in each gender; a total of 16 medal events. The team events are the only events not held at the Olympic Games.The Organizing Committee announced on 4 April 2014 that visually impaired judo will be included as a medal event.

Bronze medal

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 63 kg

Judo for the Blind is the debut EP of noise rock band Tragic Mulatto, released in 1984 by Alternative Tentacles.

Men's 81 kg

judo

MEX

Insecta

Judo competitions at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto were held from August 12 to 14 at the Abilities Centre, win Whitby, Ontario.

JPN

Quarter Finals

Judo – Men's - 100 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg

SUI

Final

RUS

Women's light heavyweight

Semi Finals

Semifinals

Women's 48 kg

CUB

*Judolia cerambyciformis ab. zemplinensis ( (Podaný, 1979) )

Repechage Finals

The Japanese martial art Judo has been practised in Canada for nearly a century. The first Judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo (体育道場), was established in Vancouver in 1924 by Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki. Sasaki and his students opened several branch schools in British Columbia up until 1940, when all dojos were shut down by the government and their Japanese members forced into internment camps due to fears that Japanese-Canadians would act against Canada on behalf of Japan during the Second World War. After the War was over, the government encouraged internees to relocate, and many of Sasaki's students went on to establish their own dojos across Canada.The Canadian Kodokan Black Belt Association was incorporated in 1956 and recognized by the International Judo Federation in 1958. Now known as Judo Canada, it is the national governing body and a federation of associations in each of the ten provinces and three territories. Today, an estimated 30,000 Canadians participate in Judo programs in approximately 400 clubs across Canada.

Paralympic judo has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since 1988. The sport is restricted to visually impaired competitors. Men's and women's events are held in various weight classes, just like judo at the Summer Olympics. More than 130 visually impaired judokas, including some from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Spain and Sweden, competed in the Rio 2016 games, making it the biggest yet staged.

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 57 kg

Round of 16

Judo

Side two

The Judo tournament was first held in 2009.

BRA

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's 90 kg

FRA

Arthropoda

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Judolia cometes

Judo at the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe

Judo at the Mediterranean Games

Second round

Bronze Medal

USA

This is a list of articles on the state of Judo in various countries around the world.Judo in CanadaJudo in IndiaJudo in the United Kingdom

Men's light heavyweight

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg

Judolia

UZB

Judolia cordifera

Repechage 3

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Judo has been a part of the Pan American Games since 1963 edition in São Paulo, Brazil, but only for men. Women's competition started on 1983, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Judo in the United Kingdom

*Stenocorus parvapunctatus ( (Voet, 1806) )

Judo holds

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade

Brazil's Mariana Silva faces Germany's Martyna Trajdos, during Pool B's second round.

Preliminaries

Judoka-Secret Agent

Judo was one of the sports at the quadrennial Goodwill Games competition. Judo competitions were held at three of the five Goodwill Games, with it featuring for a final time at the Games in 1994.

Judo by country

GER

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's 100 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 78 kg

Judo at the Universiade

Gold medalist Rafaela Silva

Judo is an event at the Asian Games since 1986 in Seoul, South Korea.

Repechage round 1

Animalia

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's 66 kg

Third round

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 81 kg

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's 63 kg

Judolia cordifera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Olivier in 1795.

Judo at the 2015 European Games – Men's 60 kg

Yeomju Bitgoeul Gymnasium

Judo in the United States

Judo at the Olympics

Repechage 2

COL

Judo master

ARG

J. antecurrens

Judoholds

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's 60 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 81 kg

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 100 kg

Men's 60 kg

Judo at the Pan American Games

KOR

GBR

Judo in India

GEO

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's light heavyweight

UKR

Bronze Medal Mathces

The judo competition at the 2015 Games of the Small States of Europe took place from 2-6 June 2015 at the Laugaból Ármann Gymnastic Hall in Reykjavik.

Judo kata

CAN

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's 48 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 66 kg

Men's +100 kg

Judo at the European Games

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 73 kg

Elimination round of 16

Women's 63 kg

J. cordifera

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 48 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 90 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 kg

Brazil's Sarah Menezes faces Cuba's Dayaris Mestre in Pool B's Quarterfinal.

ISR

Judocus de Vos

Repechage round 2

Mulsant, 1863

Judo at the 2015 European Games - Men's 60 kg

Judo was an African Games event at its inaugural edition in 1973 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.

Judo at the 2016 South Asian Games

Judolia antecurrens is an extinct species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Wickham in 1913.

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 52 kg

United States

Judo at the Lusophony Games

'''Iakiv Khammo

Judo is one of the sports at the quadrennial Mediterranean Games competition. It has been a sport in the program of the Mediterranean Games since its inception in 1971.

Judo is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the 1990. It is an optional sport and may or may not be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games. It was included in 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Women's 48 kg

Judocus Delehaye

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's +100 kg

Judo for the Blind

Judo ranks and grades

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 52 kg

Women's 52 kg

Judo uniform

Judo at the 2015 Parapan American Games

Marius Paškevičius

ITA

Judo at the East Asian Games

Judo in Algeria

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's +100 kg

Judo at the Island Games

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg

Judoka-Secret Agent (French: Le Judoka, Agent secret, Italian: Carnet per un morto) is a 1966 French-Italian Eurospy film written and directed by Pierre Zimmer. It is based on the short story Le Judoka dans le ville by Ernie Clark. It had a sequel in 1967, Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka, with a different cast except for Marilù Tolo returning in a different role.

Women's +78 kg

Judo at the Goodwill Games

Judolia erratica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Dalman in 1817.

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 60 kg

Tragic Mulatto - Judo for the Blind.jpg
Gossip

Judo at the 2015 African Games

Judogi

Judo at the 2015 European Games – Men's +100 kg

BEL

Judo technique

Men's 66 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 63 kg

MGL

Judolia cerambyciformis

Judo in Romania began with Heishichi Ishiguro, Japanese judoka, journalist and diplomat. Ishiguro taught judo in college for one year: ONEF (Oficiul National de Educatie Fizica).The best student was Emilian Teac, a police captain. In 1937 the first Romanian Police Officer Championship took place in Bucharest with the participation of other students and fire-fighters from Cîmpina.An absolute (open) class was the only weight class.Romanian Judo began a sustained expansion after the Second World War. Mihai Botez created the first Judo team section in Arad with the creation of sports club "Vagonul Arad". In the 1960s, professionals worked to create an independent Romanian Judo Federation. The first solidifying step was the creation of the Bucharest Commission for Judo within the framework of urban physical education and sports committee in 1962.In 1963, the first international individual competition took place between French Team FSGT and the Romanian national team in Bucharest. The first Team competition took place in Medias in 1967 at the local football stadium.On 21 May 1968 the Romanian Judo Federation was established named FRJ. The first coach training session was held by Takesse Matusaka and Sheizi Shinomaki. In the spring of 1969 the first Romanian international championships were held.The first Romanian medal at a senior European Championship was a bronze medal at Ludwigshafen in 1977; won by Szabo Árpád -63 kg. The Romanian men's team reached third place. This initial success was largely attributable to Korean Han Chan-He's work.

J. erratica

Judoist

Judo for the visually impaired

KAZ

Men's 100 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 73 kg

Judo at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's +78 kg

Judo competitions at the 2015 European Games in Baku was held from 25–28 June 2015 at the Heydar Aliyev Arena in Baku. The competition will consist of seven weight events, and one team event, in each gender; a total of 16 medal events. The team events are the only events not held at the Olympic Games.The Organizing Committee announced on 4 April 2014 that visually impaired judo will be included as a medal event. This will make the European Games the first continental games to "fully integrate" a Para-sport discipline into its sports programme.It was announced on 21 February 2015 that the Judo competition in Baku would be held as that years's European Judo Championships. It is still to be announced whether this integration would lead to changes in qualification criteria and numbers.

Judolia is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:Judolia antecurrens (Wickham, 1913)†Judolia cerambyciformis (Schrank, 1781)Judolia cometes (Bates, 1884)Judolia cordifera (Olivier, 1795)Judolia erratica (Dalman, 1817)Judolia gaurotoides (Casey, 1893)Judolia impura (LeConte, 1857)Judolia instabilis (Haldeman, 1847)Judolia japonica (Tamanuki, 1942)Judolia longipes (Gebler, 1832)Judolia montivagans (Couper, 1864)Judolia orthotricha Plavilstshikov, 1936Judolia quadrata (LeConte, 1873)Judolia scapularis (Van Dyke, 1920)Judolia sexmaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)Judolia sexspilota (LeConte, 1859)Judolia swainei (Hopping, 1922)

Judo at the 2015 European Games - Men's +100 kg

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Women's light heavyweight

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 60 kg

Judo at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games will be held in EXPO Hall 2, Singapore from 6 to 8 June 2015.

There are three different organizations that govern Judo in the United States of America. There is the United States Judo Association (USJA) that was founded in 1968 by a group of men. The USJA is mostly concentrated in California and Florida but also popular in the Midwest and southeast. The second organization is the United States Judo Federation (USJF) and started in 1952. The concentration of the USJF is on the east and west coast but also in Chicago and Hawaii. USA Judo, or United States Judo, Inc. (USJI), is the third organization with its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USJI is the largest organization.The sport was first introduced to the states in about 1902 when a former US President, Theodore Roosevelt, practiced in the White House. Judo really began to develop in the 1950s when it became required for the US Air Force to learn. After these advances it was officially recognized as an AAU sport and there have been national competitions and tournaments ever since. The United States formed an Olympic team and competed in the 1964 summer Olympics and still continue to do so to this day. Now, Judo is practiced by more than 400,000 Americans, including men, women, and children.

Judo at the World Combat Games

The Japanese martial art Judo was first introduced in the Algeria in the 19th century, during the colonization period by France.

Roy Meyer

Men's 90 kg

St. OK
Not My Movie

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's 81 kg

Not My Barn Dance

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 48 kg

CZE

* Anoplodera (Judolia) Swaine & Hopping, 1928

Judo Federation of India

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's heavyweight

Judo – Women's 48 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's 73 kg

Women's 57 kg

ROU

Elimination round of 32

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Qualification

'''Levan Matiashvili

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's +78 kg

Bronze medal matches

Judolia cerambyciformis is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae (flower longhorns).This beetle is present in most of Southern Europe, especially in hilly and mountainous areas.Larvae eat many species of deciduous and coniferous trees, mainly feeding on the roots of Abies alba, Picea abies, Castanea sativa, and Aegopodium podagraria. In April or May larvae leave the host plant and pupate in the ground.The life cycle is complete in two years. The adults grow to 7–12 mm long and are often encountered on flowers from May through August. Their light-brown elytra have black spots, which are very variable and sometimes absent.

French

*Judolia (Pachytodes) cerambyciformis ( (Schrank - Pic, 1891) )

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Qualification

CHN

Men's 73 kg

Judo is an Universiade compulsory event since 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand. Before this,judo was optional sport at 1967, 1985, 1995, 2001 and the 2003 editions.

Judo – Men's 60 kg

Judo at the Asian Games

Stop My Hand

Judolia cometes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1884.

Judogi (柔道着 or 柔道衣) is the formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for Judo practice and competition.A judogi is somewhat similar to a karategi (空手着 or 空手衣, Karate uniform) as it shares a common origin. Jigoro Kano derived the original Judogi from the Kimono and other Japanese garments around the turn of the 20th century, and, as such, the judogi was the first modern martial-arts-training uniform.

Judo has been an event at the East Asian Games since 1993 in Shanghai, China.

Side one

India

Judoka

There are three different organizations that govern Judo in the United States of America. There is the United States Judo Association (USJA) that was founded in 1968 by a group of men. The USJA is mostly concentrated in California and Florida but also popular in the Midwest and southeast. The second organization is the United States Judo Federation (USJF) and started in 1952. The concentration of the USJF is on the east and west coast but also in Chicago and Hawaii.

Roland Vincent
Gilbert Sarthre

Tragic Mulatto

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 70 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg

Judolia erratica

Judo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 14 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in Mississauga. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of fourteen judo events were held: seven each for men and women.

KOS

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade - Men's heavyweight

Judo at the Friendship Games was held at the Military University of Technology sports hall in Warsaw, Poland between 24 and 26 August 1984. Judokas contested in eight events (all men's) – seven weight classes and one open category.

Repechage 1

Tac Squad

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 66 kg

SLO

Judo at the Summer Universiade

Judo was contested at the 2015 Summer Universiade from July 4 to 8 at the Yeomju Bitgoeul Gymnasium in Gwangju, South Korea.

Judoka Secret Agent

Locos por el Sexo

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade - Men's light heavyweight

The Japanese martial art Judo was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1899, when entrepreneur Edward William Barton-Wright sponsored a visit from a team of Japanese judoka with the intention of establishing a jujutsu school in England. The introduction was not immediately successful, but some members of the team, including Yukio Tani, remained in England and gradually cultivated public interest in Judo and other types of jujutsu through demonstrations, instruction, and prize fighting.

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg
Rustam Orujov from Azerbaijan vs Miklos Ungvari from Hungary. Quarterfinal

Judo at the 2015 European Games – Men's 66 kg

Judo at the 2015 European Games

Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Judo

*Pachyta cerambyciformis ( (Schrank - Gemminger & Harold, 1872) )

Judo is one of the sports at the quadrennial Jeux de la Francophonie (Francophone Games) competition. It has been one of the sports held at the event since the inaugural edition in 1989.

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's 70 kg

Judo at the Southeast Asian Games

Judo at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games

Judolia cerambyciformis is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae (flower longhorns).This beetle is present in most of Southern Europe, especially in hilly and mountainous areas.Larvae eat many species of deciduous and coniferous trees, mainly feeding on the roots of Abies alba, Picea abies, Castanea sativa, and Aegopodium podagraria. In April or May larvae leave the host plant and pupate in the ground.The life cycle is complete in two years.

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 90 kg

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's 60 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 73 kg

Armand Seggian

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Judo – Men's 73 kg

Judo at the 2015 European Games - Men's 66 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

Pierre Zimmer

Judo at the 2015 Summer Universiade - Women's light heavyweight

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Qualification

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's +100 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's 81 kg

Jacques Guymont

Third place

Bronze medal match

Judo – Men's 66 kg

Judohold

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's +78 kg

Judo at the African Games

Judo at the 2015 All-Africa Games

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's 57 kg

The Japanese martial art Judo has been practised in Canada for nearly a century. The first Judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo (体育道場), was established in Vancouver in 1924 by Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki.
Judo in Canada

Judo coat

Judo at the Friendship Games

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's 100 kg

Judo in the 2004 Summer Paralympics

The Japanese martial art Judo was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1899, when entrepreneur Edward William Barton-Wright sponsored a visit from a team of Japanese judoka with the intention of establishing a jujutsu school in England. The introduction was not immediately successful, but some members of the team, including Yukio Tani, remained in England and gradually cultivated public interest in Judo and other types of jujutsu through demonstrations, instruction, and prize fighting. The United Kingdom's first Judo dojo, the Budokwai, is the oldest in Europe and was founded by Gunji Koizumi in 1918 with Tani as its chief instructor.There are currently two state-wide Judo associations in the United Kingdom: the British Judo Association and the British Judo Council. The British Judo Association is the United Kingdom's official governing body for Judo and was established in 1948 under the chairmanship of Trevor Leggett.British citizens have won eighteen Olympic medals in Judo since it was added to the Summer games in 1964. Neil Adams is the United Kingdom's most successful judoka, winning silver in the -71 kg category in 1980, and in the -78 kg category in 1984.Two members of the United Kingdom's 2012 Olympic team received medals in Judo: Gemma Gibbons won silver in the -78 kg category, and Karina Bryant won bronze in the +78 kg category. Gibbons' popularity surged after the win, with the number of followers on her Twitter account jumping from 600 to more than 22,600 in 24 hours, and the number of 'likes' on her Facebook page growing by 3000 per cent. A week later, the British Judo Association announced that its website had received thousands of search requests for local clubs since Gibbons and Bryant's wins.At the 2012 Paralympics, Ben Quilter won bronze in the -60 kg category, and Sam Ingram won silver in the -90 kg category.Journalist Mark Law was named 'Best New Writer' in the 2008 British Sports Book Awards for his book The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo, which was later published as Falling Hard: A Journey into the World of Judo in the United States. The book is a history of Judo in Japan, Britain, and other parts of the world, framed by Law's own experience of beginning Judo after his fiftieth birthday and working his way up to sho dan (first-degree black belt) at the Budokwai.

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Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's 52 kg

Judocus de Vos (1661–1734) was a Flemish weaver. He produced a large number of tapestries, many commissioned to depict events from the War of the Spanish Succession. He also worked on the tapestries of St John's Co-Cathedral in Malta.

Judoka - Secret Agent

Gold medal contest

Judo at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games

TUR

Judo at the Commonwealth Games

Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's 48 kg

*Leptura cerambyciformis ( (Schrank, 1781) )

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's 66 kg

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 78 kg

Judo at the 2016 South Asian Games were held in Guwahati, India from February 10 to February 15 2016.

Men's heavyweight

Women's 70 kg
Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 70 kg

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Women's 78 kg

Judo at the Jeux de la Francophonie

Judo – Men's 81 kg

Women's 78 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's 57 kg

'''Renat Saidov

Judo chop

Judo in Britain

Judo at the All-Africa Games

Judo in Romania

Levan Matiashvili

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 66 kg

Judo is an event at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies.Judo first appeared as a sport at the Island Games in 1989Weight CategoriesMen 60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg, +100 kgWomen: 48 kg, 52 kg, 57 kg, 63 kg, 70 kg, 78 kg, +78 kgMinimum age - 13

Judo in Romania began with Heishichi Ishiguro, Japanese judoka, journalist and diplomat. Ishiguro taught judo in college for one year: ONEF (Oficiul National de Educatie Fizica).The best student was Emilian Teac, a police captain.

Judo at the Summer Paralympics

Judogi (柔道着 or 柔道衣) is the formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for Judo practice and competition.A judogi is somewhat similar to a karategi (空手着 or 空手衣, Karate uniform) as it shares a common origin. Jigoro Kano derived the original Judogi from the Kimono and other Japanese garments around the turn of the 20th century, and, as such, the judogi was the first modern martial-arts-training uniform. Over the years, the sleeves and pants have been lengthened, the material and fit have changed, the traditional unbleached cotton is now a bleached white, and blue Judogi have become available; nevertheless, the uniform is still very close to that used 100 years ago. Other martial arts, notably Karate, later adopted the style of training uniform that is used in Judo.A judogi comprises three parts that are usually cut from different fabrics: a very heavy jacket (uwagi), lighter canvas pants (shitabaki), and a cotton belt (obi). Though similar to the shorter styles of kimono, an uwagi will invariably be made from heavy-weight cotton or cotton blend. All but the cheapest and lightest uwagi are cut from woven cotton, similar to, but much more tightly woven than, terrycloth. More expensive competition and hand-made judogi will often weigh several kilograms when finished. Due to the nature of judo practice, they commonly have heavier stitching and double-layered knee patches to provide durability. The obi's different colors denote the different ranks in judo.In competition, judogi sizes and fit are strictly defined by the IJF rules of judo (see below). These rules define sleeve and pant length as well as the looseness of the fit; in competition, the referee can disqualify a competitor for wearing an ill-fitting judogi that may be used for advantage. In addition, various organizations and events oversee such matters as the attachment of commercial and team/national patches and competitors' names. All competitive judogi must be clean and free of holes, tears, or excessive wear.In official national or international competition only white or blue judogi are allowed. Competitors must have available both colors because one contestant in each match is designated to wear a blue gi while the other wears a white gi. Most judo classes will permit students to wear either color, although white is the traditional color that is often preferred and white fits in better with the traditions of judo and Japanese culture. Less common colors, including red and black, can be found in less formal or specialized situations.The left side of the gi must cross over the right one.

Judo at the South American Games

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Andre Breibarth

Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games - Men's 73 kg

Brazil's Victor Penalber faces the UAE's Sergiu Toma during Pool C's third round.

NED

Judo techniques

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 60 kg

Judo hold

Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, CA

J. cerambyciformis

J. cometes