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Tenth dan. Red or Black. jūdan (十段) Eleventh dan Twelfth dan and higher*. White or Red or Black. juichidan (十一段)junidan (十二段) Practitioners of Judo (柔道家, Jūdōka) are ranked according to their skill and knowledge, and, for high ranking dan grades, their contribution to the art. Their rank is indicated by the colour of ...
Judo (Japanese: 柔道, Hepburn: Jūdō, lit. 'gentle way') is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] Judo was created in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎) as an eclectic martial art, distinguishing itself ...
For the Special Historical Site in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, see Kōdōkan (Mito). The Kodokan Judo Institute (公益財団法人講道館), or Kōdōkan (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The kōdōkan was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo. [ 3 ][ 4 ]
kyū. Kyū (Japanese: 級, [kʲɯː]) is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience.
Shinmeisho no waza. (newly accepted techniques in 1987, 1997 and 2017) Morote gari (双手刈): Two-hand reap. Kuchiki taoshi (朽木倒): Single leg takedown. Kibisu gaeshi (踵返): One-hand reversal. Uchi mata sukashi (内股透): Inner thigh void throw. Tsubame gaeshi (燕返): Swallow counter.
Gunji Koizumi. Kanō Jigorō (嘉納 治五郎, 10 December 1860[note 1] – 4 May 1938[4]) was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo. Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical innovations attributed to ...
A generic martial arts black belt. Korean name. Hangul. 검은띠. Japanese name. Kanji. 黒帯. In East Asian martial arts, the black belt is associated with expertise, but may indicate only competence, depending on the martial art. [1] The use of colored belts is a relatively recent invention dating from the 1880s.
kōhai. Senpai and kōhai are Japanese terms used to describe an informal hierarchical interpersonal relationship found in organizations, associations, clubs, businesses, and schools in Japan and expressions of Japanese culture worldwide. The senpai (先輩, "senior") and kōhai (後輩, "junior") relationship has its roots in Confucianism, but ...