Judo is derived from Jujutsu. It was created byProfessor Jigoro Kanowho was born in Japan on October 28, 1860 and who died May 4, 1938 after a lifetime of promoting it. Mastering several styles of jujutsu including Kito-Ryu and Tenjin-Shinyo Ryu in his youth he began to develop his own...
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Judo was developed by Professor Jigoro Kano from a martial art called Jujutsu (also spelled Jujitsu). Professor Kano opened the Kodokan Dojo in Tokyo, Japan in the year 1882 and started to train students in Nippon-Den-Kodokan-Judo. Judo, which means the “gentle way”, is not only concern...
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In February 1882, Kano founded his dojo, the Kodokan, at the Eisho-ji temple in Tokyo. Although not immediately recognized as such, this event marks the birth of judo. Kano’s vision for judo was deeply rooted in the principles of maximum efficiency and mutual benefit, aiming to transform ...
Noun1.judo- a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan athletics,sport- an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition martial art- any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a ...
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. The school where he taught his first students in Tokyo, called Kodokan, is regarded as the world centre of Judo. Every year it attracts thousands of Judokas of all ages and skill levels. The first dojo (Judo school or club) in Canada was opened in Vancouver in 1924. Judo Canada, ...