Other martial arts have been born after taking inspiration from ju-jitsu. Jigoro Kano, an accomplished ju-jitsu fighter, created his own ryu in the 1880s. This would later evolve into judo which ...

The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr. Jigoro Kano, who opened the ...