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Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎, 10 December 1860 [note 1] - 4 May 1938 [5]) was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo.Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport.
Jigoro Kano derived the original judogi from the kimono and other Japanese garments around the turn of the 20th century, and, as such, the judogi was the first modern martial arts training uniform. Over the years, the sleeves and pants have been lengthened, the material and fit have changed, the traditional unbleached cotton is now a bleached ...
Media related to Judo Nage-waza at Wikimedia Commons Gokyo-no-waza (五教の技): Five sets of techniques Techniques are put into five groups of increasing difficulty that demonstrate progression through judo and may or may not correspond to belts. The 68 throws of Kodokan judo [2]
The Kano Memorial Hall, Historical hall, exhibition room, and material stock room are located on the second floor. The halls contain posters of the development of judo, as well as information on some of the great masters of the system, written documents, photographs, and other information on the life of Kano and the people he met through his ...
In judo and some forms of karate, a sixth dan will wear a red-and-white belt. The red-and-white belt is often reserved only for ceremonial occasions, and a regular black belt is still worn during training. At 9th or 10th dan some schools award red. In some schools of jujutsu, the shihan rank and higher wear purple belts. These other colors are ...
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The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo) (1905) is a martial arts manual that documents a system of jiu-jitsu that was taught by a Japanese Instructor at the United States Naval Academy. It was written by H. Irving Hancock as part of a series of books on Japanese martial arts , with technical expertise from Katsukuma Higashi, a practitioner of 'Kano ...
Kata guruma (肩車) is one of the traditional forty throws of judo as developed by Kano Jigoro. Kata guruma belongs to the third group of the traditional throwing list in the Gokyo no waza of the Kodokan Judo. [1] It is also part of the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. [2]