competition: from a Japanese perspective

by liberal japonicus

I have a ton of work, which obviously means the gods are asking me to procrastinate. The question of how a competition should work is a fascinating one to me, and I think looking at how things look from a Japanese perspective might be interesting. The lens I want to use is Judo. More below the break.　A ton of video links in it, and I may have miscopied one or two, so if you are masochistic enough to look at all the videos and you see one that is wrong, let me know.