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SACRIFICE THROWS

A Sacrifice Throw is one in which you place your-self on the ground in order to throw. There is a temptation to use Sacrifice Throws morę than is sensible, because they are easy. The new student who depends on Sacrifice Throws will soon find that a morę experienced player will recover quick-ly from a Sacrifice Throw and move in for ground-work.

Sacrifice Throws should be practiced for the in-stances when they are the most valuable. When you have lost your balance and are going down any-way, you might as well try for a Sacrifice Throw.

If your opponent has caused you to lose your balance in such a fashion that a Sacrifice Throw is possi-ble, try it. Against new or unskilled Judo players who consistently attempt "strong" work in place of good techniąue, against stiff-arming and against standing chokes, a Sacrifice Throw is excellent.

GROUNDW ORK

Techniąues on the mat, Chokes and Holds, are not widely used in contest because of the one-point scoring method which is common. In multiple-point scoring, the players work for additional points by throwing and trying for groundwork, too.

For a thorough knowledge of the Art of Judo, the groundwork should be learned and practiced. Body-holds in Judo differ from wrestling in that the object is to lock the opponent's body to the mat through the use of leverage. Using sheer force and weight is wrestling, not Judo. Holds are not meant to cause submission through pain, but through im-mobility. Winning a point because your opponent must submit for reasons of pain is not good Judo, nor is it legał in contest.

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