judo
judo BrE [ˈdʒuːdəʊ] NAmE [ˈdʒuːdoʊ] noun uncountable (from Japanese)
a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground
•He does judo.
•She's a black belt in judo.
Word Origin:
[judo] late 19th cent.: Japanese, from jū ‘gentle’  dō ‘way’.
Example Bank:
•He's a black belt in judo.
•She managed to get the man in a judo hold.
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