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Originally Posted by Tom Yum Didn't judo come from jiu-jitsu?
I read somewhere that Kano derived judo as a means of physical fitness for youth and to maintain a competitive spirit when the nation was at peace.
Lunch break is over. Got to run. |
When you find time you should read this:
Jujutsu
By Jigoro Kano and T. Lindsay, 1887 (Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Volume 15) http://www.judoinfo.com/kano6.htm  At your service...
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