The curator of this collection is Noaki Murata, someone who has built his life around judo and who cherishes the values first preached by its founder Jigoro Kano in 1882. “The ultimate goal is ...

Jigoro Kano is one of the character allies you can meet and establish a bond with in Rise of the Ronin. A young martial artist who is stronger than his size would have you believe. Ever diligent ...

All of this butt-kickery came from the efforts of one man. His name was Kano Jigoro (we might say "Jigoro Kano" in America) and his life was pretty much an action movie. We have things to do so ...

The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr. Jigoro Kano, who opened the first dojo in 1882 in Tokyo. The sport made its Olympic debut on the men’s ...

In the late 1800s the great Kano Jigoro streamlined the overly complicated Japanese grappling art Jujitsu into the highly effective Kodokan Judo. Japan was now open to the world, freely trading ...

Google Celebrates Kano Jigoro who saw martial art as a way to bring people together. Google today celebrated Japan's "Father of Judo", Professor Kano Jigoro, on his 161st birthday, with a doodle.

THE organisers of the 5th Jigoro Kano Memorial Judo Championships have opened the competition to foreign exponents. To date, more than 130 judokas from 13 countries have confirmed their ...

In an unassuming Tokyo tower block sits the headquarters of a sport at a spiritual crossroads. A stone’s throw from the Japanese capital’s space age domed baseball stadium, an ...