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	FightingArts.com - Jigoro Kano and Kodokan Judo
		Jigoro Kano had actually started his training in jujitsu at the age of 17, but his instructor, Ryuji Katagiri, felt he was too young for serious training.
		It was in August of 1891 Jigoro Kano married Sumako, the eldest daughter of Seisei Takezoe -- onetime ambassador to Korea.
		Kano made a thorough study of the situation, communicating with Chinese officials by the written language of kanji which is used by both nations (although the oral language is completely different).
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=442 (5704 words)

	Jigoro Kano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jigoro Kano started his training in jujutsu at the age of 17 under the supervision of his first instructor, Ryuji Katagiri.
		Indeed, Kano had always been opposed to organized competition in Judo, for he believed it would taint the non-opposition spirit of his art.
		Kano died of pneumonia in 1938, aboard the SS Hikawa Maru after attending an IOC conference, promoting Judo as an Olympic sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jigoro_Kano (747 words)

	History of Judo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In the midst of this atmosphere Jigoro Kano was born in 1860.
		Kano, with his personal experience, realized that the subject of physical education in the schools was sorely lacking and claimed that the physical development of children had importance in their personal development as healthy adults and as individuals vital to society as a whole.
		Kano remained active in the committee until the day of his death, and he was known and honored for his infinite attempts to find creative solutions for the various disputes that quickly errupted amongst the committee members as part and parcel of world politics.
	www.judoyonah.com /history.htm (2738 words)

	Judo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kano was a small, frail boy, who, even in his twenties, did not weigh more than a hundred pounds, and was often picked on by bullies.
		Kano saw jujutsu as a disconnected bag of tricks, and sought to unify it according to some principle; he found it in the notion of "maximum efficiency".
		Jigoro Kano was the inventor of the kyu - dan grading system that soon got adapted by other martial arts such as karate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judo (4450 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jigoro Kano (åç´ æ²»äº”é KanÅ JigorÅ, 28 October, 1860 - 4 May, 1938) is the founder of the Japanese martial art of judo.
		Jigoro Kano was born to a sake brewing family in Mikage, Japan (near Kobe).
		Kano felt this an unacceptable situation and refused to play such a role in teaching his students, feeling that a teacher must command respect in order to be effective.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Jigaro_Kano (3342 words)

	Jigoro Kano: Founder of Judo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Kano was undoubtedly of genius caliber, and, in his mastery of many intellectual areas of study, a genuine polymath as well.
		Kano was thought of as a "confident and broad-minded president" by his peers at the Tokyo University, where he served as president.(3) As an instructor, he was "unusually" strict.
		Kano's multiple efforts at organizing, developing, and spreading Judo, coupled with his work developing the Japanese educational system can only be viewed as remarkable particularly in view of his ongoing efforts to organize Japanese amateur athletics.
	www.bstkd.com /JudoHistory/HistoryKano.htm (1186 words)

	"The Little Dojo" School of Self-Defense - Judo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Kano, President of the University of Education, Tokyo, studied these ancient forms and integrated what he considered to be the best of their techniques into what is now the modern sport of Judo.
		Jigoro Kano was born on the 28 October 1860, in the city Migake.
		Kano passes away the fourth of May 1938, due to pneumonia, aboard the passenger ship Hikawa Maru, on his way home to Japan from Cairo, where he had attended a meeting with IOC, at which Japan is elected to host the Olympic Games 1942.
	www.worldsanseigojuryu.com /LittleDojo/judo.html (1553 words)

	Jigoro Kano
		Jigoro Kano was born 18th October 1863 in Mikage, a district of Hyogo, Kobe island.
		Kano became the fist Japanese person in the International Olympic Comitee, Secretary of the Education Ministery in Japan and, of course, a relevant figure in Japanese sports and education.
		This discipline, which Jigoro Kano named "Judo-kodokan"(not to confuse it with the Zikishin style which already called "judo" their ju-jitsu school), established his dojo in the small buddhist temple of Eishoji from the Yodo sect.
	www.judogandoy.com /answers.htm (1668 words)

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		Jigoro Kano's Childhood Jigoro Kano was born on 28 October 1860, in what is currently the East Nada district of the city of Kobe.
		Kano's birthplace was well known for sake brewing, and the Kano family was affluent as sake brewers.
		Kano used his own income to manage all of these, and what was not enough he made up for through work in translation.
	members.lycos.co.uk /fight/judo/jigoro.html (1191 words)

	Jigoro Kano and The Kodokan
		Kano immediately did as he was instructed and found the place, a room of about ten tatami mats, one mat of which was taken up with a staircase, and the other nine mats of which doubled as a jujutsu training hall and as a waiting room for Fukuda's osteopathy patients.
		Jigoro Kano never missed a day going to Iikubo's training hall, and if his teacher could not for some reason or another hold practice, Kano would practice alone or with any other of the pupils who happened along.
		Jigoro Kano would sometimes prepare a sweetened barley tea to give his students to drink or have the old lady who prepared food at the temple make a mixture of rice and lotus roots, taken from the pond in front of the study room, to give them to eat.
	www.judoinfo.com /kano5.htm (2770 words)

	Complete Martial Arts.com - Jigoro Kano
		Jigoro Kano was born in 1860 in Kobe, Japan into a wealthy family.
		Kano, was an educator and was successful in introducing Judo into the Japanese school system.
		Kano died in 1938 on board the ship SS Hikawa Maru on a return voyage from Cairo where he had met with an Olympic committee.
	www.completemartialarts.com /whoswho/halloffame/jigorokano.htm (236 words)

	Jigoro Kano
		Jigoro Kano was born on October 28, 1860, at Hamahigashi, Mikage Village (today a part of Kobe City), Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
		In 1869, when Jigoro was only nine years old, his beloved mother died and, Jirosaku Kano, decided to send his son Gigoro, accompanied by his older brother, Kensaku, to the small private school of Seisatsusho Juku, in Tokyo.
		Kano named the dojo Kodokan and dedicated himself to the formulation of a system of reformed Ju-jutsu founded on scientific principles, integrating combat training with mental and physical education.
	www.cao.pt /hist_bio_ju_kano.htm (2637 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Jujitsu was flourishing during Jigoro's boyhood and it was to instructors of this martial art that Jigoro turned when he enrolled as a student at Tokyo Imperial University.
		Kano declared: 'Taking together all the merits I have acquired from the various schools of jujitsu, and adding my own devices and invention, I have founded a new system for physical culture, mental training and winning of contests.
		Kano saw judo in terms of a sport, whereas jujitsu was merely another of the marital arts, a method of defense.
	www.norwalkjudo.com /Judo.htm (605 words)

	Judo Book Review - Father of Judo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Kano was born in 1860 near the end of the Japanese feudal era, when the country was ruled by the samurai class.
		Kano was small in stature, around 5 feet 4 inches tall and 60 kilograms in weight.
		Since the chief aim of the book is to make the life of Jigoro Kano accessible to the widest possible audience, dialogue has been included, much of which has been re-created in the light of documented historical fact and the known personalities of the people involved.
	www.khadaji.addr.com /brfatherofjudo.shtml (1894 words)

	The Real Secrets of Jujutsu
		Jigoro Kano was a young man, already seriously involved in education, and he saw the trend of his nation.
		Kano realized early, at the age of eighteen, that the martial arts were central to Japanese character development and physical fitness.
		It is said that towards the end of his life Jigoro Kano witnessed a Shiai, Judo tournament, and lamented in the lack of skill by the competitors.
	www.yoshinjujitsu.com /real_secrets_of_jujutsu.htm (1534 words)

	Accomplishments of Jigoro Kano
		Dr. Jigoro Kano was born on October 28, 1860 to a family of wealthy sake brewers.
		Dr. Kano's mother died when he was nine; shortly after he and one of his older brothers, Kensaku, were sent to Tokyo to go to school.
		Dr. Kano, now being a member of the International Olympic Committee and the Chairperson for Japan's Amateur Sport's Association, was on hand to watch his first athletes compete in the 100, 200, and 400 meter dash's as well as the marathon.
	www.judoinfo.com /jigorokano.htm (2539 words)

	Amazon.ca: Kodokan Judo: Books: Jigoro Kano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		JIGORO KANO, born in 1860 in Hyogo Prefecture, created Kodokan judo in 1882, the year after he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University.
		Jigoro Kano died at sea in 1938 while returning from an IOC meeting in Cairo.
		Mr Jigoro Kano was the founder of Judo.
	www.amazon.ca /Kodokan-Judo-Jigoro-Kano/dp/4770017995 (1180 words)

	Fulfilling His Duty as a Member: Jigoro Kano and the Japanese Bid for the 1940 Olympics
		Kano, for example, argued that the Olympics were not an affair of North Americans and Europeans, but an affair of the world.
		Awaiting Kano at the dock was the vice-president of the Japan Amateur Athletic Federation, Ryozo Hiranuma.
		Kano responded that everyone involved was young, and that responsible people knew that the trifles of youth were all that the squabbling represented.
	ejmas.com /jcs/2004jcs/jcsart_svinth_0504.htm (9136 words)

	Jigoro Kano - Definition, explanation
		Jigoro Kano (嘉納治五郎 Kanō Jigorō, 1860 in Kobe, Japan - 1938) is the founder of Judo.
		Kano was born to a family operating a small sake brewry.
		Kano died of Pneumonia in 1938, aboard the SS Hikawa Maru after attending an IOC conference.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/j/ji/jigoro_kano.php (537 words)

	Jigoro Kano
		Jigoro Kano (嘉納治五郎 Kanō Jigorō) born in 1860 in Kobe, Japan-1938) founded the sport of Judo.
		Kano successfully introduced judo into the Japanese school system.
		Kano had died years earlier in 1938, aboard the SS Hikawa Maru.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/j/ji/jigoro_kano.html (123 words)

	Jigoro Kano - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Jigoro Kano - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Jigoro Kano (1860-1938), Japanese founder of judo who did more than anyone to establish and popularize it.
		The man responsible for the “invention” of judo was Dr Kano Jigoro who combined the styles and techniques of ju-jutsu to create the new mode.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Jigoro_Kano.html (94 words)

	History of Judo
		Jigoro Kano was a small and frail man, even for a Japanese.
		Jigoro Kano had the utmost respect for Iso and later testified: “Never did I see a more beautiful posture than that of my teacher Iso”.
		The mat was laid down in one of the halls of the Institute for English literature studies, political sciences and economy of which Jigoro Kano in the mean while had become the principal.
	www.judoinfosite.nl /pages/History.htm (1652 words)

	The Origins of Classical Judo - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, Culture, Forums, and more! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In attendance was Jigoro Kano who managed to obtain permission to participate in the randori portion of the demonstration.
		Jigoro kept one room for himself, a larger room to house his Judo students and an even larger room for his twelve-tatami dojo.
		Jigoro Kano got permission to use the vacant lot adjacent to the temple and in the autumn of 1882, he built a tiny training hall about 12 feet by 18 feet.
	www.japanupdate.com /en?id=2107 (1519 words)

	Judo Club Udine - Judo
		Jigoro Kano, ideatore del judo, nacque il 28 ottobre 1860 nella piccola città costiera giapponese di Migake, vicino a Kobe, terzo di cinque figli in una famiglia di mercanti discendenti di un modesto clan di samurai (classe nobile di guerrieri).
		Jigoro Kano decise quindi di iniziare i propri allievi a una nuova forma di lotta, ritenendo che questa li avrebbe temprati sia nel carattere che nel fisico.
		Jigoro Kano battezzò la sua scuola, ospitata inizialmente in una piccola stanza in un tempio buddista, "Kodokan judo".
	www.judoclubudine.it /judo.html (2366 words)

	Journal of Combative Sport: Memories of Jigoro Kano's Visit
		But when I heard Dr. Kano speak of his principle of maximum efficiency as applying not only to technique on the mats but throughout life, I suddenly had a realization of what he meant.
		As a matter of fact, Dr. Kano was against having judo championships for this very reason, thinking that it probably would destroy the character-forming aspects of judo.
		He said that although Dr. Kano had seemed sometimes to say that kendo and budo in general were applications of the principles of judo, it would be truer to say that judo, like the other branches of budo, were in fact manifestations of the Japanese spirit of Yamato damashii.
	ejmas.com /jcs/jcsart_leggett1_0300.htm (1325 words)

	Kano Jigoro - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Kano Jigoro - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Jigoro Kano (1860-1938), Japanese founder of judo who did more than anyone to establish and popularize it.
		The man responsible for the “invention” of judo was Dr Kano Jigoro who combined the styles and techniques of ju-jutsu to create the new mode.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Kano_Jigoro.html (95 words)

	Jigoro Kano - Judo - Kokushi Budo Institute
		Dr. Jigoro Kano was born in 1860 in Kobe, Japan into a wealthy family.
		In 1880, Kano then began his studies of Kito-Ryu, which emphasized nagewaza (throwing techiniques).
		Dr. Kano traveled the world spreading judo; he died in 1938 on board the ship SS Hikawa Maru on a return voyage from Cairo, Egypt, where he had gone to meet with an Olympic committee - his dream was for Judo to be an Olympic sport.
	www.kokushibudo.com /judo.kano.shtml (139 words)

	JIGORO KANO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		JIGORO KANO, então jovem estuante, sofre pela debilidade de sua constituição física, objeto de brutalidade de estudantes e se dispõe a superar o desafio.
		Ainda aluno do mestre Iikugo, Jigoro Kano inicia a montagem de sua escola, Em fevereiro de 1882 funda a escola "KODOKAN" onde ensina seus métodos pessoais que chama de "O JUDÔ" a palavra "Judo" foi empregada a primeira vez pelo Mestre Jigoro Kano.
		O primeiro aluno foi Tomita, que estava sempre a mão para Kano testar e aperfeiçoar as técnicas que desenvolvia.
	www.judors.com.br /jigoro.html (506 words)

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