I often visited Reddit.com, a site where readers “vote-up” links they like. Reddit often has interesting links and content and generally really enjoy it.

I was surprised today when I saw that a Judo-related animated gif was getting quite a few upvotes. Here it is – a throw by Gene Lebell:

img src=”http://jiujitsukit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/35j9hmf.gif” alt=”Judo Trick” title=”Judo Trick” width=”294″ height=”219″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-847″ /

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The title of “trick” is a little odd – obviously it’s a throw. But the notion of “tricking” is pretty popular around the Internet. From Wikipedia:

Tricking (martial arts tricking) is the informal name of a relatively new underground alternative sport movement, combining martial arts, gymnastics, breakdancing and other activities to create an “aesthetic blend of flips, kicks, and twists.”

It has inspired entire sites to the topic such as Club540.

Call it a “trick” or a throw, it is still cool to see something like this get attention from a wider audience.