Judo is the modernized jiu-jitsu, placed on a more scientific basis by the late Dr. Jigoro Kano who founded Kodokwan, a school in Japan, where students both men and women, young and old, including members of the royal family, receive formal training based on twenty-five centuries of practice. It is now being popularized in the United States by Prof. T. Shozo Kuwashima who gives exhibitions with his interested Occidental enthusiasts.
It is remarkable that Judo, which before 1882 was merely a system of bodily attack and defense, has broadened out into a national sport and a recognized philosophy of life, having for its aims and objects health, strength, utility, and mental and spiritual training. It is recommended as a sport of cultured persons, and a strict code is maintained that promotes courtesy, mutual respect and fellowship.
At a recent exhibition at the Hotel Commodore, New York, attended by 500 educators, physical culturists and writers, Prof. Kuwashima and Ashbel W. Welch, co-authors of a new book called 'Judo,' explained how an expert can exert the power of his mind against an opponent of twice his strength and weight and thereby subdue him.
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