Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)

Kanō Jigorō

Judoka, educator and politician (1860–1938)

Kanō Jigorō 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 Kanō include…