judoka
Americannoun
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judokas,
plural
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judoka
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a contestant in a judo match.
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a judo expert.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of judoka
< Japanese, equivalent to jūdō judo + ka person (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jiā )
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Adlington, one of Britain's most successful heavyweight judoka athletes, will bear the Scottish baton while Marshall will carry the Saltire flag.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Executives who have dealt with Chung say he is a keen judoka and forms large WhatsApp groups with other shipowners to discuss the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Carano tried to defend herself but left her arm exposed, allowing the judoka to apply her defining move.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
Yu is a former judoka that China has moved into kurash because of its similarities to other martial arts.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
The Russian president is a keen judoka and attended the sport at the 2012 London Olympics.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
Another batch - rugby players, wrestlers, judokas and bowlers - will be 20-odd miles away in Warwick, while the cyclists will be in London, where they will compete at the Olympic Park.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
The French judokas who, many minutes after winning a mixed team gold medal, couldn’t stop hugging each other, posing for photos, bouncing up and down and smiling.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
To judokas, the Budokan is close to sacred — “a temple of judo,” Brown says, the most hallowed of all places where judo competitions are held.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
"Our judokas are reaching the heights many countries have dreamed of. They are the best epithet of modern Kosovo," she said.
From Fox News ● Jul. 26, 2021
Japanese media are highly focused on the opening-day judokas, suggesting two golds could alter the public’s highly ambivalent perception of these games.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
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