Top 119 Judo Quotes & Sayings

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

Doing nothing would stress me out. So I am still pretty much active practicing judo with my friends, who are former judo athletes, to maintain our fitness as well as the friendships among us. In my spare time, I usually go jogging around the Gelora Bung Karno stadium or head to the gym.

Being funny in life is a lot more like judo. It's using the energy.

My dad never took me to see judo.

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. By training you in attacks and defenses it refines your body and your soul and helps you make the spiritual essence of Judo a part of your very being. In this way you are able to perfect yourself and contribute something of value to the world. This is the final goal of Judo discipline.

This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

Kids don't like what they don't understand, and judo was always my social outlet. I always felt really socially awkward, and I couldn't speak very well when I was younger. When I was doing judo, it was something that I could understand and someplace where I felt that I belonged and fit in.

When I was a kid, I did many sports. Judo, like my dad, but also volleyball, handball, and gymnastics. We never played much football.

MMA is a full combat sport comprising 36 different styles of fighting including karate, judo and kung-fu.

For me, being literate and articulate is a form of judo, of overcoming the [system] by its own method.

True spirit of Judo is nothing but the gentle and diligent free spirit. Judo rests on flexible action of mind and body. The word flexible however never means weakness but something more like adaptability and openmindedness. Gentleness always overcomes strength.

In Judo, he who thinks is immediately thrown. Victory is assured to the combatant who is both physically and mentally nonresistant.

In the wrestling world, we say the Judo guys are just the leftover wrestlers that couldn't make the wrestling team.

For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.

In Judo, he who thinks is immediately thrown.

Hours of preparation for something that is excecuted, with extreme precision, in a few minutes. Just as with a judo throw.

When I competed in jiu-jitsu and judo, I had losses. We never accept to lose, but we learn that it's not the end of the world. It's not.

An American judo fighter was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Officials became suspicious when he kept stopping the match and saying, 'What are we fighting for, man?'

I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do some judo because we were very energetic. We did that for a couple of years. I don't know why we stopped, but I came back to try other forms of martial arts like kung fu and karate when I was 12 and never stopped.

I was the sports captain in school. I've done everything - from javelin to discus to basketball to judo.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.

Judo has helped me to understand that pictorial space is above all the product of spiritual exercises. Judo is, in fact, the discovery by the human body of a spiritual space.

While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo.

I don't know any real jiu-jitsu or judo or anything. I do movie kung fu. With that, you can fake a punch, but you can't really fake a judo throw. You can get help from the person who you're throwing because they can kind of launch themselves.

The Japanese have a word for it. It's Judo - the art of conquering by yielding. The Western equivalent of Judo is, "Yes dear".

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.

I will remain active in judo.

The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.

My earliest sporting memory is probably going judo when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My dad and my brother did it for a couple of years when I was young, in Nigeria.

I have judo throws, punches, kicks, knees.

The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style.

I practiced everything, from my BJJ to wrestling, judo and Muay Thai.

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

Both of my parents were judo fighters from the national team. So I've always been around fighters my whole childhood.

That's why I liked judo so much right from the start - I got to beat up all the boys.

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.

The magician stood erect, menacing the attackers with demons, metamorphoses, paralyzing ailments, and secret judo holds. Molly picked up a rock.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.

In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.

Iran has been strong in individual sports like wrestling, judo and weightlifting, but we have never excelled at team sports.

I was a judo player as a kid, and I think a lot of the concepts in judo as a kid played over. It influenced my style and has been a center point of what I do.

While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people they finally dropped it from judo.

Honestly, I do not even know whether this is on the visit itinerary, but if there is time, I would be pleased to go to Kodokan. For anyone interested in judo, who loves judo, Kodokan is a special place.

I was born with natural talent and started fighting when I was 4 years old in judo.

Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!

[Yasuhiro] Yamashita is a respected judo master not only in Japan but across the world. To me, he is an example of an outstanding athlete and a very good man.

I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the Judo expert does not oppose such movements at all. No, he yields to them. But he does much more than yield to them. He aids them with a wicked sleight that causes the assailant to put out his own shoulder, to fracture his own arm, or in a desparate case, even to break his own neck or back.

I play not just tennis but also football, basketball and also did judo.

I train in Muay Thai, kickboxing, traditional boxing, wrestling, jiujitsu, and a little bit of judo.

I'm a fan of judo, so I always try to watch competitions like the European championship.

Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

The mentality that I have now comes from my parents, both of whom were judo fighters and they were very competitive.

The style I have in judo is very unique... One big advantage a judo player has is they have very good posture and - like, wrestlers, they show when they're about to do a take-down... which judo players don't, and so I kind of incorporate the boxing style with a judo grip and finishing that way.

I like other sports, too, including skiing and swimming, and I am learning to play ice hockey now. But judo is definitely part of my life, a very big part, and I am glad that judo was the first sport I took up and that I have practiced it regularly and seriously. I am also grateful to Japan for this.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.

I was a judo athlete, while taking modeling as my side job, before I eventually quit my professional sports career over a knee injury.