Like many other martial arts, Kodokan judo provides lists of techniques students must learn to earn rank. For a more complete list of judo techniques by technique classification, including Japanese kanji, see the article judo techniques.
Students first learn how to fall, and must master the fall exercises before moving on to the throws lists.
The 67 throws of Kodokan judo
(1st group)
(2nd group)
(3rd group)
(4th group)
(5th group)
(preserved techniques from 1895 gokyo)
(newly accepted techniques)
The 29 official grappling techniques of Kodokan judo
(pins / mat holds)
(chokes or strangles)
These are techniques that have been removed from competition, mostly because of their high risk of injury.