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High ranking "Judoka" 5th dan to 10th dan are Kōdan-sha (高段者) "high grades" and 6th, 7th, and 8th dan have alternating red and white panel belts (紅白帯) Kōhaku-obi, and for 9th and 10th dan, the belts are solid red. This ranking system was introduced by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, in 1883. However, the current system is not ...
Kim was two-time Grand Champion of South Korea in the late 1950s prior to his move to the United States in 1960 where he settled in Pittsburgh, PA. He ran his own judo school and developed a cadre of renown students including Gary Goltz [13] and was the US Olympic Judo Coach in 1980. He also taught judo at the University of Pittsburgh since 1972.
Two judoka wearing judogi. A practitioner of judo is known as a judoka (柔道家). The modern meaning of "judoka" in English is a judo practitioner of any level of expertise, [110] but traditionally those below the rank of 4th dan were called kenkyu-sei (研究生, trainees); and only those of 4th dan or higher were called judoka.
In 1969 he was awarded judo's highest rank by the Kodokan: 10th dan. Francesco Rulli (businessman / filmmaker): born in Florence is a 4th degree black belt (Yodan), current competitor and member of the NYAC Judo Club and coach for the NYAC's Saturday Morning Program for children up to 13 years old.
Yasuhiro Yamashita (山下 泰裕, Yamashita Yasuhiro, born 1 June 1957) is a Japanese judoka. [2] He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the All Japan Judo Federation. He retired from competitive judo on 17 June 1985 after a remarkable career ...
That same year, he won his first judo Grand Prix medal at senior level, winning a bronze medal in the Hague. In 2019 he won the gold medal at the European Games (this also was the European judo championship) and at the Judo World Masters. After having won the Paris Grand Slam in 2020 he became the no. 1 on the world ranking in his category.
Keiko Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 敬子, Hepburn: Fukuda Keiko, April 12, 1913 – February 9, 2013) was a Japanese-American martial artist. She was the highest-ranked female judoka in history, holding the rank of 9th dan from the Kodokan (2006), and 10th dan from USA Judo (July 2011) and from the United States Judo Federation (USJF) (September 2011), and was the last surviving student of Kanō ...
Tulika Maan (born 9 September 1998) is an Indian judoka. She competes in the +78 kg weight class and won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [3] [4] In 2022, Maan was ranked No. 91 in the Judo World Rankings. [5]