- Focus the power of your entire body onto one part of your opponent´s body to gain an advantage.
- When faced with unstoppable power, yield and give way in order to use your opponent´s power against him or her.
- Apply your energy in the direction your opponent is moving.
- Exploit leverage to maximize your strength.
- Attack your opponent´s weakness with your strength to gain victory.
- keep your opponent moving to build momentum.
- Maintain flexibility in your body to help keep your balance.
- Pull when pushed, pushe when pulled.
- Move quickly to gain a position of relative advantage.
- Get under your opponent´s center of gravity to attack.
- Keep your own center of gravity low to defend.
- Keep a wide base when on the ground.
- Keep your body loose so the effect of your opponent´s force can be localized and nullified.
- Utilize your full body length as one unit to gain the greatest leverage.
- Use your full body mass, not just the strength of your arms or legs, to increase power.
- Concentrate all of your power at the moment of attack.
- Increase the force avilable for attacks through speed.
- overwhelming strength can only be used against you if you try to oppose it.
Font.: Neil Ohlenkamp - Judo Unleashed - 2006