17. Kano Jigoro

Today, I write about ” The man called father of the Judo.”
His name is “Kano Jigoro.”
1875, he was a clever student.
However, he was bullied by senior because he was powerless.
1878, he learns “Jujutsu” to become strong.
“Jujutsu” was the martial arts for samurais.
He learned “jujutsu” at several schools.
1881, he graduates from a university and becomes a teacher.
1882, he puts some “Jujutsu” together and founds “Kodokan Judo”.
He is a teacher of the high school and is the founder of the judo school.
1888, judo comes to be taught at a junior high school.
And it spreads.
Kodokan judo was known to a foreigner before long.
It spreads in the foreign country.
1909, he becomes the member of international Olympics committee.

1911, he participates in the Stockholm Olympics as the leader.
1938, He attends at a meeting of IOC in Cairo.
He dies of pneumonia during return home.
He was 77 years old.
1964, the judo was held as official event of the Tokyo Olympics.
Olympian of the judo go to visit a grave of Kano Jigoro for victory prayer.

There are the following ideas in judo.
flexibility is stronger than muscle.
Many japanese person learned this idea from judo.
Furthermore, there is this idea in a building and the car.

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