The sport of Judo is practiced at the Beltsville Community Center twice a week on a two-inch thick, foam mat. The basic concept behind the sport of Judo is to use an opponent’s strengths to one’s own advantage and to take advantage of an opponent’s weaknesses to achieve recognized control over that opponent. A couple of examples of recognized control over an opponent would be to throw the opponent to his/her back with force, speed, and control; or to immobilize the opponent on his back for twenty-five seconds.