Judoka
What is Judoka?
A Judoka is a person who practices judo, a modern martial art and combat sport that originated in Japan. Judo, which means "gentle way," focuses on throws, joint locks, and pins, rather than strikes. Judokas train to use their opponent's force against them, emphasizing technique, leverage, and balance. The sport is both a physical and mental discipline, promoting values such as respect, humility, and perseverance.
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When one lies in a hole peering intently into die black, listening, smelling, hearing only the sound of one’s breathing, waiting, expecting, the stillness may become appalling, dead objects may rise slowly and live, the motionless may move, sounds of leaves stirred by the breeze may become the sneaking movements of human feet, a friend may be an enemy, an enemy a friend, until, unless controlled by toughness of mind, one’s imagination may become haunted by the unseen and the unheard
Ian W. Toll