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The Judo Tree
117 techniques · 6TH KYU → 5TH KYU → 4TH KYU → 3RD KYU → 2ND KYU → 1ST KYU → SHODAN
The systems over this tree
Japanese orthodox
Kodokan classicism: ippon or nothing, ashi-waza as art.
Georgian
Chidaoba wrestling roots: unorthodox grips and pickups that bend the rulebook.
Russian / Dagestani
Sambo-crossover judo: grip fighting as war, low sacrifice attacks.
French
The méthode française: the deepest teaching pedagogy in judo, and the heavyweights it produced.
Korean
Speed seoi-nage lineage: precision entries at featherweight pace.
2x Olympic champion
Shohei Ono
The purest uchi-mata and ouchi-gari of his era: classical judo proven at the cruelest level.
11x world, 3x Olympic champion
Teddy Riner
The heavyweight reign: osoto, uchi-mata and grip dominance measured in decades.
3x Olympic champion — the only one
Tadahiro Nomura
Ippon-seoi-nage as a life's work: three Games, one throw, history.
World champion at -81kg
Tato Grigalashvili
The Georgian school live: over-the-back grips and pickups that referees are still debating.
6TH KYUFALLS & FIRST THROWS
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
KOSHI-WAZA (hip)
NE-WAZA (ground)
KUMI-KATA & CONCEPTS
5TH KYUDAI-IKKYO
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
KOSHI-WAZA (hip)
TE-WAZA (hand)
NE-WAZA (ground)
KUMI-KATA & CONCEPTS
4TH KYUDAI-NIKYO
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
KOSHI-WAZA (hip)
TE-WAZA (hand)
NE-WAZA (ground)
KUMI-KATA & CONCEPTS
3RD KYUDAI-SANKYO
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
KOSHI-WAZA (hip)
TE-WAZA (hand)
SUTEMI-WAZA (sacrifice)
NE-WAZA (ground)
KUMI-KATA & CONCEPTS
2ND KYUDAI-YONKYO
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
KOSHI-WAZA (hip)
TE-WAZA (hand)
SUTEMI-WAZA (sacrifice)
NE-WAZA (ground)
KUMI-KATA & CONCEPTS
1ST KYUDAI-GOKYO
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
KOSHI-WAZA (hip)
TE-WAZA (hand)
SUTEMI-WAZA (sacrifice)
NE-WAZA (ground)
SHODANTHE COUNTERS & THE KATA
ASHI-WAZA (foot)
TE-WAZA (hand)
SUTEMI-WAZA (sacrifice)
NE-WAZA (ground)
Canon: the Kodokan 100 (68 nage-waza, 32 katame-waza; IJF/Kodokan classification) · Daigo, Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques · Kashiwazaki