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When you first join and during your first few sessions there are terms used by the coaches that you will hear during the sessions. So it’s good to know what these are.

Rei – bow (At the beginning and the end of the sessions we line up in grade order and bow to the Coaches)

There are two types of bows:

Ritsurei – standing bow
Zarei – kneeling bow

Then during the session, these words will be used to start and end all training activities ready for the next part of the session.

Hajime – begin
Matte -stop

These few terms will get you started.

Then as you progress you can learn more from our Judo Terms page which will help you learn the names of more techniques, throws and holds.