Kano Jigoro Quotes
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Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect,…
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Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. By training you in attacks and defenses it refines your…
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In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may seem to him,…
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If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.
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The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred.
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The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.
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Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.
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In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.
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Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.
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Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.
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In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity…
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There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people…
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Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger…
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Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things…
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It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.
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Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution…
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Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what…
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Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.
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For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In…
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Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you…
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