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About Kanō Jigorō
Kanō Jigorō 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 since 1964 and 1992, as well as the Commonwealth Games sport in 1990. Pedagogical innovations attributed to Kanō include the use of black and white belts, and the introduction of dan ranking to show the relative ranking among members of a martial-art-style. Well-known mottoes attributed to Kanō include "maximum efficiency minimal effort" and "mutual welfare and benefit" .
Everything about Kanō Jigorō →- Occupation
- judoka, educator, translator, politician
- Position held
- member of the House of Peers
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- December 10, 1860
- Died
- May 4, 1938