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Judo Ranks And Grades
In Judo, improvement and understanding of the art is denoted by a system of rankings split into '' kyū'' and '' dan'' grades. These are indicated with various systems of coloured belts, with the black belt indicating a practitioner who has attained a certain level of competence. The Kōdōkan Kyū-Dan ranking system are ranked according to their skill and knowledge, and, for later ''dan'' grades, their contribution to the art. Their rank is indicated by the colour of belt that they wear. There are two broad categories of rank: those who have attained a level of competency at which they are considered worthy of a and who hold grades and those who are yet to attain that level and who hold grades. Those who hold ''dan'' grades are collectively termed (literally "person who has dan") and those with ''kyū'' grades are , literally "person without dan". This ranking system was introduced by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, in 1883. However, the current system is not the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judo Orange Belt (Brusselsshrek)
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). Judo was created in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō () as an eclectic martial art, distinguishing itself from its predecessors (primarily Tenjin Shinyo-ryu jujutsu and Kitō-ryū jujutsu) due to an emphasis on " randori" (, lit. 'free sparring') instead of "kata" (pre-arranged forms) alongside its removal of striking and weapon training elements. Judo rose to prominence for its dominance over established jujutsu schools in tournaments hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (警視庁武術大会, ''Keishicho Bujutsu Taikai''), resulting in its adoption as the department's primary martial art. A judo practitioner is called a , and the judo uniform is called . The objective of competitive judo is to throw an opponent, immobilize them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shodan (rank)
, literally meaning "beginning degree," is the lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial artsSportsDefinitions.com: Shodan definition (judo) Retrieved on 28 February 2010 and the game of Go. The 2nd is higher than ''Shodan'', but the 1st dan is called ''Shodan'' traditionally and not "''Ichidan''". This is because the character 初 (''sho'', alternative pronunciation: ''hatsu'') also means first, new or beginning in . Also frequently r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obi (martial Arts)
Many Japanese martial arts feature an as part of their exercise outfit. Such an ''obi'' is often made of thick cotton and is about 5 cm wide. The martial arts ''obi'' are most often worn in the ''koma-musubi'' knot ( square knot); in practice where a ''hakama'' is worn, the ''obi'' is tied in other ways. In many martial arts, the colour of the obi signifies the wearer's skill level. Usually the colours start from white for beginners and end in black or red-and-white for masters. Aikido Unlike in many other martial arts, adult practitioners of aikido do not traditionally wear coloured obis,Bennett p. 8-11 though in some schools different colour codes have been formed, especially for children. The children's obis range from white for beginner level to 7th kyū, other colours for the rest of the kyū levels, and black for levels 1st dan and up.Goodman s. 70 In some aikido schools, wearing a hakama is a privilege earned by reaching the first dan level. In other schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Rank
The ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial art organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go school during the Edo period. It is now also used in most modern Japanese fine and martial arts. Martial arts writer Takao Nakaya claims that this dan system was first applied to martial arts in Japan by Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938), the founder of judo, in 1883, and later introduced to other East Asian countries. In the modern Japanese martial arts, holders of dan ranks often wear a black belt; those of higher rank may also wear either red-and-white or red belts depending on the style. Dan ranks are also given for strategic board games such as Go, Japanese chess ('' shōgi''), and renju, as well as for other arts such as the tea ceremony (''sadō'' or ''chadō''), flower arrangement (''ikebana''), Japanese call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumiyuki Kotani
was a Japanese martial artist. He was a member of the 1932 Japanese Olympic wrestling team. He was one of the highest-ranked ''judoka'', and was awarded a 10th dan in April 1984 by the Kodokan. He was for a long time the oldest 10th dan until Ichiro Abe was awarded the rank age of 83 years. Kotani studied at the Tokyo College of Education and studied judo directly under Jigoro Kano. As a young man, he was known to take on any challenges. Kotani was very active in promoting judo throughout the world and was the director of the international division at the Kodokan for many years. He was also a professor at Tokai University is a private non-sectarian higher education institution located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae. It was accredited under Japan's old educational system in 1946 and under the new system in 1950. In 2008, Tokai Un .... He was the Kodokan's top representative and vice president of the All Japan Judo Federation. He died on O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsutarō Shōriki
was a Japanese media mogul and politician. He owned the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper, the main mouthpiece for the military dictatorship during the war, after the war it gained Japan’s highest readership while openly distributing nationalistic and pro-American agendas. Investigated for war crimes, Shoriki was released without trial in 1947, and not long after began his covert career as an informant and propaganda agent for the CIA. He founded Japan's first commercial television station, Nippon Television Network Corporation in 1952. In 1955 he was elected to the House of Representatives, appointed to the House of Peers. Shoriki became head of Japan’s State Security Committee. He was the first chairman of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission and is known as the “father of nuclear energy”. Biography Early life and education Shōriki was born in Daimon, Toyama. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University Law School, where he also was a competitive judoka in the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaichiro Samura
(1880–1964) was a Japanese judoka. He was one of the longest living 10th dan (belt degree) judo practitioners in the world. He joined the Kodokan in 1898 and was awarded his 10th dan in April 1948. In 1899 he became head of the judo section at Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, and in 1931 he began teaching at the Kodokan in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 .... He traveled extensively and taught judo at various schools and police academies. External links judoinfo.comProfiles of Kodokan 10th Dan Holders Japanese male judoka Kodokan 10th dans 1880 births 1964 deaths 19th-century Japanese people 20th-century Japanese people {{Judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunisaburo Iizuka
was a Japanese judoka and the fifth person to be promoted to 10th dan in Kodokan judo. Iizuka started judo training at Keio Gijuku in 1889, but broke off his training the following year to attend naval academy in Tokyo. Although the academy had no judo club, Iizuka saw a man carrying a judogi one day, and followed him to the Kodokan; he enrolled as a student there in November, 1891. In 1906, Iizuka returned to Keio to take a job as judo coach to Keio University, where he taught Kaname Kuniyuki, Chuji Sakata and Yoshio Sugino, among others. He was one of the first of Jigoro Kano's students to be awarded a ''judan'' (10th-dan) ranking, in 1946. As well as teaching judo, Iizuka was also an ordained ''negi'' (Shinto Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ... priest) at Fuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mifune Kyūzō
has been categorized as one of the greatest exponents of the art of judo after the founder, Kanō Jigorō. He is considered by many to be the greatest judo technician ever, after Kanō. Early life Mifune was born on April 21, 1883, in Kuji City, Iwate Prefecture, on Honshū Island in Japan, a year after the Kodokan was founded.International Budo Institute: Kyuzo Mifune (''c.'' 2005). Retrieved on June 18, 2010.Noha, R. (''c.'' 2005) Kyuzo Mifune, Master of Judo Retrieved on June 11, 2010. (''c. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuichi Nagaoka
was an early student of Kodokan judo and the third person to be promoted to 10th dan. Biography Nagaoka was born in Okayama Prefecture September 17, 1876. He trained in Kito-ryu jujutsu under in Okayama before moving to Tokyo in 1892. In January 1893 he started training at the Kodokan, earning his first dan in September 1894. He was considered a "child prodigy" due to his fast rising, being compared to the legendary Shiro Saigo. His favourite techniques were sutemi-waza. In 1899, Nagaoka faced Fusen-ryu jujutsu master Mataemon Tanabe in a special match. Tanabe was famous for submitting judokas thanks to his skill at ne-waza, but Nagaoka was able to resist his groundwork. At one point, Mataemon attempted and almost locked a juji-gatame, but Nagaoka's defense and their position near the bounds of the tatami impeded the technique. The match was declared a draw. In 1902 as a fifth dan, Nagaoka moved to Kobe with the mission of the spreading judo in and taught at the "Hyogo con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajime Isogai
was an early student of judo and the second person to be promoted to 10th dan. He was considered to be a ''newaza'' expert, although was also famed by his '' tachiwaza'' as well. He was an early promoter of the kosen judo circuit. Biography Isogai was born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, on October 26, 1871. He was the eldest son of , hanshi of Sekiguchi-ryū jūjutsu in Nobeoka. In 1891, he moved to Tokyo and joined the Kodokan where he studied judo under Yokoyama Sakujiro. In 1893, he became judo teacher at third high school in Kyoto, as well as the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, where he competed against several local jujutsu masters. One of his best known victories was against Takenouchi-ryu master Kotaro Imai in 1897 via hane makikomi. In 1899, he was appointed professor of judo at Butoku Kai. He is often attributed the creation of the hane goshi throw, although the move can be actually traced back to Yamashita Yoshitsugu. He was famous for his rivalry with Fusen-ryū maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamashita Yoshitsugu
Yamashita Yoshitsugu (山下 義韶, February 16, 1865 – October 26, 1935), also known as Yamashita Yoshiaki, was a Japanese judoka. He was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree red belt ('' jūdan'') rank in Kodokan judo, although posthumously. He was also one of the Four Guardians of the Kodokan, and a pioneer of judo in the United States. Biography Early years Yamashita was born in Kanazawa, then the capital of the powerful Kaga Domain. His father was of the samurai class.Tomita, Tsuneo (November 1962). "Histoire du Judo," ''Revue Judo Kodokan'', v. 12:5. As a boy, Yamashita trained in the traditional ('' koryū'') Japanese martial arts schools of Yōshin-ryū and Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū jujutsu. In August 1884, he joined the Kodokan judo dojo of his childhood friend Kano Jigoro as its nineteenth member. He advanced to first degree black belt (''shodan'') rank in three months, fourth degree (''yodan'') ranking in two years, and sixth degree (''rokudan'') in fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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