A brief history. I've never been good at remembering dates, so don't expect any. If you want
pricision accuracy, wait until I get around to doing a more in depth history. Judo was founded by
Jojiro Kano (I hope I at least got the spelling on that right). Kano was a school teacher, and
felt that having nothing to do but calisthenics for physical education was unacceptable. His
initial thoughts were toward Juijitsu, but that art had a tendancy to be quite physically
punishing. His students probably wouldn't last very long. The solution he opted for was to create
a less brutal version of the art. The outcome was Judo.
While still an extremely effective for of fighting, Judo has a certain emphasis on safty. By
philosophy, there are four main parts to any technique in Judo:1st-the grip, 2nd-the breaking of
your opponent's balance, 3rd-the technique itself, and 4th-controling your opponent after the
technique. It's this last one that, in my opinion, make Judo one of the safest combative style
sports there is. In throwing your opponent, you are in a way assuming responsibility for them.
You are responsible for seeing to it that they land safely and don't get hurt. Most injuries in
Judo are essentially self inflicted. People who land on a shoulder instead of their back because
they didn't want to lose a match, people who don't know when to tap out.
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