Judo Class
It’s not a matter of the force
that I might use to pull his gi.
Sophisticated weight control
will beat sheer strength consistently.
It’s not the way I lead the guy
and dance his feet around the ring,
nor yet my grim and steely eye.
It’s all in the unbalancing:
that prospect-riddled second when
he floats in his uncertainty.
I have to seize control of him
before he saves himself from me
and shift his weightless form just so
to effortlessly make the throw.
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