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FREESTYLE AND CONTEST PLAY

My remarks about freestyle and contest Judo play may be taken to apply to any practice of Judo where the two players offer resistance to attempted throws. This could mean friendly play, or it could mean formal contests for degree, rank, or trophy.

THREE PROCEDURES

In freestyle play, there are three ways of making an attempt to throw:

1.    Single throw. The single throw procedurę is the simplest. It differs from "give & take" only in the fact that the partners are now opponents who do not allow themselves to be thrown without offering resistance. As the players move about, the opportunity is seen to catch an opponent in a weak or off-balance position and a throw is madę.

2.    Combination throw. Advanced Judo students will move on from the Single Throw method to making morę than one attempt to throw and will use morę than one throw. If the opponent foils

a first-attempted throw, the Thrower moves to a different attack and possibly to a third or fourth attempt. Combination throwing, includes the procedurę of feinting or faking a throw which is done for the purpose of putting the opponent in a weak position for an entirely different type of throw.

It can also include feinting with a standing choke or lock to distract the opponent and render him vulnerable to a planned throw.

3.    Return throw. When an opponent attempts a throw, experienced Judo players learn to błock the attempted throw and return the action with

a throw.

AU three of the above listed procedures can be used

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