Yōshin-ryū Jūjutsu
Yōshin-ryū is an influential family of early-Edo jujutsu lineages associated with flexible response, atemi, grappling, vital-point knowledge, and kappō.
Yōshin-ryū is an influential family of early-Edo jujutsu lineages associated with flexible response, atemi, grappling, vital-point knowledge, and kappō.
Fusen-ryū is a late-Edo Japanese jujutsu tradition associated with Takeda Motsugai and Mataemon Tanabe, whose ground-fighting successes became part of early Judo history.
Tenjin Shin’yō-ryū is a late-Edo jujutsu tradition combining throws, joint controls, chokes, atemi, and revival methods, and was a major source studied by Jigoro Kano.
Kitō-ryū is a classical Japanese jujutsu tradition known for throwing principles, armour-based kata, and its important influence on Jigoro Kano and Kodokan Judo.
The Kodokan Judo Institute is the Tokyo institution founded by Jigoro Kano in 1882, serving as a centre for Judo practice, education, research, and archives.
Jigoro Kano (1860–1938) founded Kodokan Judo, led major educational institutions, promoted physical education, and became the first Asian member of the IOC.