Copyable waza-map worksheet
Copy these fields into your notes or print the page and write on paper. Leave unknown details blank; not every field needs an answer. Record only familiar actions and follow-ups agreed with your coach, not invented combinations. This is a static worksheet, not an automatically saved browser form. No app is required.
Familiar waza to review: ____________________ Assigned starting grip: ____________________ Entry already taught: ____________________ Observed response 1: ____________________ Coach-agreed follow-up 1: ____________________ Observed response 2: ____________________ Coach-agreed follow-up 2: ____________________ Question about counter risk: ____________________ Question about defence: ____________________ Question about ne-waza: ____________________ Assigned practice task: ____________________ Point to review next time: ____________________
Use the relevant fields
A waza map can help you keep a familiar technique beside the situations you have actually encountered. Start with the assigned grip and an observed partner response, rather than filling every possible branch. Visible contact does not reveal how much force was used or what the partner intended. The counter, defence and ne-waza fields can remain questions. A blank follow-up is appropriate when none has been agreed; a full map is not evidence of mastery.
Fictional filled example
Fictional entry: “Familiar waza: seoi-nage already taught; assigned starting grip: right hand on lapel, left on sleeve; observed response 1: partner stepped back before I turned; coach-agreed follow-up 1: blank; point to review next time: ask whether the step changed the assigned entry.” This describes a question, not a correction or recommended grip. Leave the second response and other unknown fields blank. Add feedback only after it is actually received, without inventing a continuation from the example.
Return to the question
Bring the part of the map you want to understand, including a comparable attempt that went as instructed. Ask which detail deserves review before choosing a follow-up. Keep the coach’s actual answer beside the relevant field in your own notes. At the agreed later review, distinguish a suggested task from one you tried. Record changed partner roles or starting conditions; an unfamiliar response is not an automatic invitation to add resistance or test another attack.
Paper notes or digital tools
Copy the worksheet into your notes or print it and write by hand. This page does not edit, save or send your map, and you can use it without an app. Partner names and videos are not needed; obtain permission for any recording or sharing. If digital organisation interests you, use the feature guide to assess Judo AI. A mapped technique, saved note or app score does not confirm that a branch works in randori.
What should I write?
Begin with a technique already taught, the actual starting grip and one response you observed. Leave unknown details and unagreed follow-ups blank. Use a question for your coach instead of inventing a combination to complete the map.
Paper notes or digital tools
Copy or print a judo waza-map worksheet. Record a familiar technique, observed responses and coach questions; leave unknown details and unagreed follow-ups blank.
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