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Not in the competition form of Judo anyway, though Atemi does get discussed nearer the brown/black belt levels and in some of the older kata there are self defense applications over and above just the "traditional" competition throws.
But don't look to see 'em on the mat at a contest.
It used to be legal to apply knife hands to the forearms of an opponent trying to grip you....don't know if the rule was changed, or if it simply fell out of disuse with the "enforcement of positive kumi kata" (as if....)