Judo is a Japanese sport, and also a way of defending yourself, in which you use balance and timing to throw the other person to the ground, pin them, or hold them so they cannot move. You wear a loose white (or sometimes blue) jacket and trousers, a belt whose colour shows your grade, and you practise on soft mats.

Judo柔道 is a Japanese sport是一種日本運動, and也是 also a way of defending yourself一種自我防身的方式, in which you use balance and timing你利用平衡和時機 to throw the other person to the ground把對方摔倒在地, pin them壓制對方, or hold them so they cannot move或抓住對方讓他們動不了。You你 wear a loose white (or sometimes blue) jacket and trousers穿寬鬆的白色（有時是藍色）道服上下身, a belt whose colour shows your grade腰帶顏色顯示你的段位, and而且 you practise on soft mats在軟墊上練習。

It is an Olympic sport. The idea, in simple terms, is not to meet force with more force, but to use the other person’s movement against them — that is why the name is “the soft way.” Though actually, “soft” here does not mean gentle or weak; a throw can be hard.

It它 is an Olympic sport是奧運項目。The idea, in simple terms簡單來說，這個想法 is not to meet force with more force不是用更大的力氣對抗力氣, but but to use the other person's movement against them而是利用對方的動作來對付對方——that that is why the name is "the soft way."這就是為什麼它的名字是「柔（軟的方式）」。Though actually不過其實，"soft" here「柔」在這裡 does not mean gentle or weak不是指溫和或軟弱；a throw一個過肩摔之類的動作 can be hard可能還是很猛。

Judo is not boxing and not karate: you do not win by punching. It is also not the same as jujitsu, an older fighting art that judo grew out of.

Judo Judo 不是 is not boxing and not karate拳擊，也不是空手道：you你 do not win by punching不是靠出拳取勝。It它 is also not the same as jujitsu也跟柔術不一樣, an older fighting art that judo grew out of柔術是一種更古老的武術，柔道就是從它發展出來的。

In English we say judo with no article when we mean the sport (“She does judo”), like tennis.

In English在英文裡, we say judo with no article當我們指這項運動的時候，judo 前面不加冠詞 when we mean the sport ("She does judo."她練柔道), like tennis就跟 tennis 一樣。