Judo
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![]() Kyuzo Mifune (left) an Kanō Jigorō (richt)
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Focus | Grapplin |
Hairdness | Full contact |
Kintra o origin | ![]() |
Creator | Kanō Jigorō |
Famous practitioners | See: Leet o judoka |
Parenthuid | Various koryū jujutsu schuils, principally Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū an Kitō-ryū |
Descendant airts | Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Kosen judo, Sambo |
Olympic sport | Syne 1964[1] (men) an 1992[2] (weemen) |
Offeecial wabsteid | International Judo Federation (IJF) The Kodokan |
Judo (柔道 jūdō, meanin "gentle way") wis creatit as a pheesical, mental an moral pedagogy in Japan, in 1882, bi Kanō Jigorō (嘉納治五郎). It is generally categorised as a modren martial airt which later evolved intae a combat an Olympic sport. Its maist prominent featur is its competitive element, whaur the objective is tae either throw or takdoun an opponent tae the grund, immobilize or itherwise subdue an opponent wi a pin, or force an opponent tae submit wi a jynt lock or a choke.