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1. Americans normally do very well in other Olympic combat sports such as wrestling and boxing.  Why do Americans normally place near the bottom of world rankings in judo?
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2. There are many different throwing skills.  What determines which ones you should use?
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3. Can you name 5 safety rules for judo?
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4. How do you properly decide how good a judo instructor is?
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5. Do you think any judo coach today could be a better coach than Jigoro Kano?
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6. To get better at judo, is it best to practice with someone more skilled than yourself, about the same skill level, or less skilled?
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7. What is the very first skill taught in your judo club?  Why?
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8. Is it important to do uchi-komis?
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9. Is off-balancing your opponent important and necessary when doing a throw?
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10. Is it important to develop a "favorite throw"?
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11. Is it important to learn nage-no-kata?
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12. Is there such a thing as a perfect throw?
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13. When entering into a throw, what determines what methods of entry you use?
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14. Why do you throw to the left or right?
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15. Is there such a thing as an "ideal build" for judo?
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16. Do you see anything wrong in bowing to a picture of Jigoro Kano, the dead founder of judo?
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17. Do you normally bow to people you respect, such as your parents or your boss, or their pictures?
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18. According to the International Judo Federation (IJF), what are the official languages of judo?
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19. When falling on the back and using the arm to help break the fall, which principle governs the striking of the arm on the mat?
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20. In the fall described in #19, should the arm strike the mat before the back hits the mat, as the back hits the mat, or just a little bit after the back hits the mat?
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21. When you are at a tournament, are you required to bow at the edge of the contest area (often the edge of the red "danger area") before walking up to the line where you bow to your opponent?  (Note: the answer is on our bowing page.)
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