JI - A Japanese ideograph.

JIGOTAI - Defensive posture.

JIKAN - Time out (the referee's instruction to the timekeeper when a break or pause in the contest is necessary).

JITA KYOYEI - The principle that individual advancement benefits society as a whole.

JITSU (JIUTSU or JUTSU) - Art.

JOSEKI - The place in a dojo or hall where the seniors of VIP's sit.

JU - (a) Soft, gentle. This word is a word taken from Taoist philosophy and embodies the opposite of hard, extreme, unreasonable. Hence the use of ju in Judo does not imply soft (as a synonym of easy), but rather reasonable, efficient. Physical action in judo is not meant to be easy (weak) so much as economic, by using the body to its best advantage and taking active advantage of any and all weaknesses the opponent may offer, so that maximum effect can be attained with maximum efficiency.

(b) Ten.

JUDO - A form of wrestling in which clothes are worn by the contestants. The clothes and belt (encircling the waist twice) allow for greater range of technique. The depth of judo in the use of TACHIWAZA (techniques done in the standing position) and NEWAZA (techniques done in the groundwork positions) require skill plus physical and metal fitness being increasingly raised to an extremely high standard. In promotion examinations (grading contests) no allowance is conceded to size or weight; success depends solely on the individual's attributes.

JUDOGI - The clothes worn when practising of competing at judo.

JUDOKA - A person who practise judo. A very senior player (at least 4th dan).

JU-JUTSU (JIUJITSU)- A name covering all forms of fighting, without weapons, with very drastic methods.

JUNOKATA - The forms of 'gentleness'. Showing the principles of 'giving way'.

JUSHIN - Centre of gravity.