KUMI-KATA & CONCEPTS · BLUE
Tsukuri & kake
Entry and execution: fitting the throw to the broken balance, then finishing what the kuzushi began.
In these systems
Japanese orthodox
Kodokan classicism: ippon or nothing, ashi-waza as art.
2x Olympic champion
Shohei Ono
The purest uchi-mata and ouchi-gari of his era: classical judo proven at the cruelest level.
3x Olympic champion — the only one
Tadahiro Nomura
Ippon-seoi-nage as a life's work: three Games, one throw, history.
Canon: the Kodokan 100 (68 nage-waza, 32 katame-waza; IJF/Kodokan classification) · Daigo, Kodokan Judo Throwing Techniques · Kashiwazaki