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JIGORO KANO

Dr. Jigoro Kano was the Japanese founder of judo. He was born in 1860 at Mikage and died in 1938. He always considered judo as a training for life and encouraged his followers to balance the physical and mental aspects of training. He was headmaster of two Japanese schools, spoke fluent English and was a prolific writer.
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