Food for the Body If so, then what is Judo A breath for the soul…? ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif) Japanese judo Downed by kesa-gatame 1964 ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif) Eyes fixed, grip subtle Judoka faces the foe Searching for ippon ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Windmill sweep uke Falls like cherry blossom Tossed by the wind ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
One heartbeat careful Turning around upside down Crushed like careless snow ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Eyes squint, nose crinkles Toxic smell rolls over us Please, please, wash your gi! ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
The steams of July January’s stinging drafts Dojo doors open ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Crashing down Towards stiff tatami — Stinging defeat ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Spring contest rages Inner calm the judoka Exploding kiai! ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Drifting butterfly Strike swiftly, uchimata! The spine is fractured ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Old sensei watches Young men – no tai sabaki He snaps! “Use Hara!!” ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Waiting pressure builds The cutting ashi waza Brings winter defeat ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Old Judoka slumps Feeble man? No! Watch him fight! True skill knows no age ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
My frozen garden Stiffened hanging judogi White sprinkled all over ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Echoes in disgust “Maitta! Don’t you know this?” His arm now hangs limp ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
The contestants bow White and blue face each other Ippon is the goal ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Immersed Judoka lifetime tatami dripping winter walking dry? ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
The thin wrap of cloth (Ippon) heavy grows the sash his winter coming. ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
shuffling bent old man seeking sun in the green field tatami warms him ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Hugh gray cloud rising Twisted black and white lightning thunderous ippon ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Stiff kuro obi summer floating butterfly Metamorphosis ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Oh my aching neck Okuri-eri-jime Sliding all the way ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Lacking kuzushi, Launches me into orbit. So many stars out. ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
An early winter Red snow cools conflagration Men called to battle ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Blowing on hands, Cold feet on tatami, Winter training. ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
IJF judo Jigoro rolls in his grave Ippon desu-ka?!?! ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Failed seoi nage Kouchi makikomi Thunder and lightning ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Why fight for high grips? Morote seoi nage Seiryoku Zenyo ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
Hot summer judo Move in, pull up, squat low, kake Down you go. Ippon! ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
The wind blowing cold Okuriashi Harai Both feet sliding out ![belt Judo Haiku](/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/belt.gif)
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