Webjigoro kano, the visionary founder of judo, was not merely a martial artist;
He was a philosopher and educator who sought to transform not just the physical.
It was the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized.
Webjudo, the gentle way based on the ancient japanese martial art of jiujutsu (or jujutsu) and now a premier modern olympic sport, is systematically presented in this book.
Webin the late 1800s the great kano jigoro streamlined the overly complicated japanese grappling art jujitsu into the highly effective kodokan judo.
Webin 1882, a small, nerdy man named jigoro kano made his stand to reverse this process.
Kano was only 22 years old, and had only little over 5 years of martial arts.
Weba main feature of the art is the application of the principles of nonresistance and taking advantage of the opponent's loss of equilibrium;
Hence the name jujutsu (literally soft or.