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S AT U R DAY , O CT O B ER 6, 2007

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KosenJudo
Kosenjudo()isthenamegiventotheKodokanJudopracticed
atkosenschoolsinJapanattheturnofthe20thcentury.Theirtraining
isfamousforgrapplingandwrestlingtechniques.Itisalsocalled
"newazaJudo."

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TherootsofKosenJudolieinKodokanJudo.KosenJudo(alsoknown

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asKoshenJudo)hasthesamethrowsandothertechniquesasJudobut

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itemphasizesnewaza(groundtechniques)suchascontrols,jointlocks
andstranglesmorethanKodokanjudo,havinggreaterlatitude
permittedforgroundtechniques.ThisstyleofJudoisstillpracticed

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today.
ThesmallstudentsoftheKosenUniversitieswerecommonlypitted

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againstlargeropponents,asweightclassesinJudodidnotexistatthat
time.So,itwasmucheasierforlargerJudoplayerstothrowsmaller
ones.Inessence,thetrainingthattheKosenteamsutilizedwas
groundfighting,asawaytogainpointsbystalling,submittingor

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wearingtheopponentoutforapin.
TheKosenTaikaiwasaninterschoolcontestbasedonteams.Inthe
caseofateamdraw,alotterywasusedtodecidethewinner.Newaza
trainingwasusefulbecauseitiseasiertogetdrawsinnewaza,and
fastertogetabeginnertrainedforteamcompetition.Thus,techniques
likeHikikomi(layingontheback)andSankakuJime(trianglechoke
withthelegs)werepopularandwellresearched.
[edit]TheKodokanStepsin
Newazaeffectivenessandeaseoflearningbysmalleropponentsstarted
tochangethewayjudomatchesevolved.ItwaseasytotrainaJudoka
innewazaandhavehimstopthemostfitopponentfromarivalschool,
soKodokanJudostartedtobedominatedbynewazafighting.Overtime
therewassomuchemphasiswasonnewaza,duetoitssuccessin
competition,thatKanointroducednewruleslimitingtheamountof
timethejudokacouldstayontheground.Itwasstipulatedthat
techniqueshadtostartfromtachiwaza(standingstance)andifyou

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pulledyouropponentdownmorethanthreetimeshewasdeclaredthe

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winner.In1914KanoorganizedalltheJapan"HighSchool"University

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ChampionshipsatKyotoImperialUniversity.Thissportivestyleof

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competitionwasformallycalledthe"KosenTaikai."TheKosenJudois
beingstillpracticedatsomeJapaneseuniversities,particularly,at
seveneximperialuniversitiesofJapan.Sometimesitiscalled
shichiteijudo().Thereisanannualcompetitionheldamong
those7universities(mainlyinJune).

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Finallyin1925JigoroKanodecidedtorevamptherulesofcompetition

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Judo.Oneofthosechangeswasalimittothetimethatonecouldspend

HizaGuruma(2)

inthesupinepositionandgrapplingontheground.Thiseffectively

JujiGatame(1)

stoppedthetrendthatwasgoingoninJudo,howevertheKosen

jujijime(1)

Schoolswereallowedtocontinuetheirmatchesandtrainthewaythey
hadbeensincetheturnofthecentury.Kosenjudofolloweditsown
courseandcontinuedundertheoldruleseventothisdayintheSeven
UniversitiesTournament.KanowascarefulnottoobliterateKosenjudo
whenheintroducedthenewrules.Hedidthisforseveralreservations:

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*Therewererelativelyfewdoingnewazaonly.
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*Hewantednewazaspecialistsinjudo.

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*Hecouldnotconvincehimselfthatdoingonlynewazawasinitself

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bad.

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*Kosenjudokasdidalsotachiwazadespitetheiremphasisinnewaza.

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Thiswaytherulechangeswerenotenforcedthroughoutthejudoworld
inJapanallowingjudotoevolvebothstandingandontotheground.
Thenewrulesweredevisedasameantoemphasizetachiwazawhile

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greatcarewastakennottomakenewazaunpopular.

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