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Olympics Judo
Judo is a martial art where opponents combat each other. Judo is a Japanese term which means "gentle way". Judo has emerged as a popular Olympic sport. It was adapted from the ancient martial art jujitsu.

History
The beginning of Japan's martial art is not exactly known. However, it is believed that the takenouchi-ryu martial art system founded in 1532 laid the foundations for the Japan's ancient jujitsu forms. Later, these martial arts were modified by Samurai who spent his life studying various forms of martial arts. In the following years, Japan went through a political disorder and the government discouraged people from learning martial arts. Jujitsu schools started disappearing. Later, a new form of martial art was developed by a Japanese Jigoro Kano. Kano belonged to a seaside town of Mokage, near Kobe in Japan. Kano, since his childhood was an undersized and weak boy. Kano was determined to find a way to improve his health and encounter the world with courage. This determination derived him to enroll in the Tenjin Shinyo ryu school of jujitsu. Kano began his training and learned martial art that not only taught combating techniques but also stressed on harmony. Later, Kano went to the Kito ryu school to study another martial art termed as Tsunetoshi Iikubo. This type of jujitsu laid great emphasis on freedom of action and the abstract symbolism connected with various physical techniques.

In the later years, Kano was determined to seek knowledge of other form of jujitsu such as sekiguchi-ryu and seigo-ryu. He also studied the manuscripts developed by the founders of various schools, the I Ching, (Book of Changes), and Lao-Tsze's philosophy. Kano found that combining the best techniques of various schools, where he had gone, he could create a physical education program that would require both mental and physical skills. Additionally, he believed that these techniques could be developed into a competitive sport.

In 1882, Kano combined few combating and throwing techniques from the ancient jujitsu and incorporated few of his own creations, to present the world with a new sport – Judo.

The Kodokan School of Judo
Kano established his Judo school in the Eishoji Buddhist Temple and called it Kodokan. The school gradually became popular and grew in size. The school originally started with nine students and 12 mats. Today, the Kodokan has emerged as a big name and has over 500 mats and more than million visitors each year.

However, by the 1886, people saw rivalry between ancient jujitsu schools and the rapidly growing Judo schools. Judo schools gained advantage over the jujitsu, because of its principles and combating techniques.

The Kodokan laid emphasis on three main principles, physical education, contest proficiency and mental training. Judo emerged as a competitive sport soon. In the later years, Kano left Japan to visit Europe and U.S to impart the technique of Judo. Soon, Kano's students also went across the world to promote the art of Judo. By 1892, people around the world started to know about the history and development of Judo.

In 1905, representatives of the leading jujitsu schools of Japan gathered on one platform and agreed to continue the development of the Judo sport. In the year 1907, a student at Kodokan Gunji Koizumi arrived in the United States to teach Judo. By 1909, Kodokan became an official Japanese foundation with Jigoro Kano becoming the first Japanese member of the International Olympic Committee. In 1910, Judo was recognized as a safe sport and 1911, it became part of Japan's educational system. Additionally, the Kodokan Judo Instructors' Training Department, Kodokan Black Belt Association and Japan Athletic Association were founded.

Olympic Judo Event History
In the following years, Judo continued to develop as a competitive sport. Judo was first included in the 1964 Olympic Games held in Tokyo. Till the 1988 Summer Olympics, only male judoka participated. Later, Judo was open for female members also and Women Judoka was first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

There were 74 participants from 27 different countries at the first Olympic Judo event in 1964. In the following years, Judo became a popular sport and there were 437 participants from 93 countries competing in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

Originally, the Judo sport took place under three 3 weight categories. For men, these weight categories were Lightweight (-63 kg/-139 lbs), Middleweight (-80 kg/-176 lbs), Heavyweight (-93 kg/-205 lbs). Additionally, Judo was also played under the Open weight category. These categories continued to increase in the following years and today there are 7 weight categories for both men and women in Olympics.

The sport which was developed by Kano Jigaro has gained immense popularity over years and now people recognize this sport as not just a game, but a complete physical education program which develops an individual's physical and mental skills.

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