Who is Kano Jigoro that Google honored on the 161st birthday anniversary?

Kano Jigoro (1860-1938) was an educator and visionary who started with jiujitsu to improve his health and as he applied his own ideas to this traditional martial art took shape. That's why Judo is famous today.

The events that brought Kanno Jogoro to traditional Japanese martial arts

Jigoro Kano was born on October 28, 1860 in what is now the East Nada district of Kobe city. This time was the last days of the Tokugawa military government, and it was a period of distrust and anti-government activities.

The hometown where Kano Jigoro was born is famous for its sake brewing, and the Kano family are wealthy sake producers. His mother died when he was ten years old.

Kano Jigoro (right cover) had a small stature at a young age that inspired him to learn the traditional martial art of Jiujitsu.

During the new period of the Japanese state, his father became an official of the Meiji government, and for that reason the whole family moved to Tokyo when he was 11 years old.

At the age of 15, he entered a foreign language school, and in 1877, he entered Toyo Teikoku University (Imperial), now the University of Tokyo.

Despite being the founder of Judo, Kano's outstanding academic achievements are also remarkable, and his linguistic abilities are also exceptional. It is widely known that many of Kano's original notes written during jujitsu learning and during his transition to Judo were written in English instead of Japanese.

While one of the reasons for this practice was not only to keep Kano Jigoro's ideas to himself during the years of intense competition among jujitsu schools, it also served the purpose of allowing a blend of the old with the new, create new ways of thinking, and forge new training methods and techniques.

Jiujitsu martial arts is related to Samurai, so there are moves that endanger the opponent.

And his enrollment in this university is a tribute to his academic ability and commitment to education. Despite being the founder of Judo , Kano's outstanding academic achievements are also remarkable, and his language abilities are also exceptional.

Kano Jigoro created a fighting martial art that unites opponents

The name Judo means 'light path' and the sport is built on principles such as justice, courtesy, safety and humility. Kanō sees martial arts as a way to bring people together, even when throwing opponents to the ring.

Kanō originally created judo as a safe, cooperative method of physical education. Jūdōka is learned starting from the safe fall of those who practice the martial art.

With Kano Jigoro's creativity, Jiujitsu became safer in the new martial art known as Judo.

Even in randori, the thrower (tori) helps the receiver (uke) to the ground by holding onto his arm and guiding him down to safety.

Judo first appeared in a Jujutsu match when Kanō incorporated a Western wrestling move to put an opponent much larger than himself in the ring.

By eliminating the most dangerous techniques used in Jujutsu, he created 'Judo' , a safe and cooperative sport based on Kanō's personal philosophy of Seiryoku-Zenyo (energy usage). maximum efficiency) and Jita-Kyoei (the common well-being of self and others).

In 1882, Kanō opened his own dojo, the Kodokan Judo Academy in Tokyo, where he continued to develop Judo for many years afterward. He also welcomed women into the sport in 1893.

Kanō Jigoro became the first Asian member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1909, and in 1960, the IOC approved Judo as an official Olympic sport.

Kano Jigoro on the Google logo today on the occasion of its 161th birthday.

Men's judo competitions were first included in the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 and have been held regularly since 1972. The Women's World Judo Championships began in 1980 and the Women's Olympic Games started in 1992. Japan, Korea, France, Germany and England have consistently had the strongest teams at the Olympics.

Happy 161st birthday of Kano Jogoro – 'Father' of Judo .