HISTORY OF JUDO

HISTORY

Jigoro Kano lived in the late nineteenth century, young and due to their low bulk and defend necesisadad of other young people who picked on him, showed interest in Jujutsu from which developed the Judo. Kano founded the first school of judo in 1882, called the Kodokan.

The term judo (ju = flexibility do = path; path of flexibility) was adopted as opposed to jujutsu (more aggressive and dangerous martial art), to highlight the educational and moral side of his school. The Kodokan judo intended to achieve an educated individual with moral principles, with a mind and a strong body. The Kodokan was a place intended to provide a general education through judo.

From 1889-1891, Jigoro Kano was traveling around Europe in order to study their educational institutions, and on his return, he put a lot of effort into the training of physical education teachers to teach judo and each of the sports I had observed in their Kodokan travel.

In the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a demonstration sport enters, becoming oficial in the Olympics Games of Barcelona 1992 as a full Olympic sport.

Historically the results of the World Championships, Olympic Games and other top-level events have been in favor of Japanese judokas, although in recent Olympic cycles have excelled many other countries reaching great results.