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Kosen Judo: History and Techniques

Kosen judo is a style of judo practiced in Japanese universities that emphasizes ground techniques like joint locks and chokes. It developed as smaller students needed ways to defeat larger opponents without relying on throws. It focuses on grappling and stalling techniques to earn points or force submissions. In the early 20th century, kosen judo's effectiveness led to a dominance of ground fighting in mainstream judo competitions. This prompted rule changes by judo's founder Jigoro Kano to refocus the sport on standing techniques while still allowing kosen judo schools to continue their ground-focused approach. Kosen judo remains practiced today at some Japanese universities, especially in an annual tournament among seven former imperial universities.

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Kosen Judo: History and Techniques

Kosen judo is a style of judo practiced in Japanese universities that emphasizes ground techniques like joint locks and chokes. It developed as smaller students needed ways to defeat larger opponents without relying on throws. It focuses on grappling and stalling techniques to earn points or force submissions. In the early 20th century, kosen judo's effectiveness led to a dominance of ground fighting in mainstream judo competitions. This prompted rule changes by judo's founder Jigoro Kano to refocus the sport on standing techniques while still allowing kosen judo schools to continue their ground-focused approach. Kosen judo remains practiced today at some Japanese universities, especially in an annual tournament among seven former imperial universities.

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

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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.
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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
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Judo.Oneofthosechangeswasalimittothetimethatonecouldspend

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inthesupinepositionandgrapplingontheground.Thiseffectively

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stoppedthetrendthatwasgoingoninJudo,howevertheKosen

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Schoolswereallowedtocontinuetheirmatchesandtrainthewaythey
hadbeensincetheturnofthecentury.Kosenjudofolloweditsown
courseandcontinuedundertheoldruleseventothisdayintheSeven
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inJapanallowingjudotoevolvebothstandingandontotheground.
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