Judo Canada, formerly known as The Canadian Kodokan Black Belt Association, is the non-profit national governing body of the Japanese martial art and combat sport
Judo
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"). ...
in
Canada
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, and a federation of Judo associations in each of the
ten provinces and three territories. It was incorporated in 1956 and recognized by the
International Judo Federation
The International Judo Federation (IJF) was founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National ...
in 1958.
See also
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Judo in Canada
*
List of Canadian judoka
References
Further reading
* Official history of Judo in Canada that includes a history of Judo Canada as an organization, now freely accessible through
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External links
Judo Canada(official website)
List of provincial and territorial Judo associations(Judo Canada)
Judo Canada Hall of Fame(Judo Canada)
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
Judo in Canada
Sports governing bodies in Canada
1956 establishments in Ontario
National members of the International Judo Federation
Sports organizations established in 1956
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