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Judo was founded in Tokyo in 1882

Jigoro Kano built it from jujitsu techniques he had studied as a young man Kano opened the Kodokan dojo in 1882 and shaped a sport around throws, pins and submissions rather than strikes. The name means the gentle way, and the aim is to use an opponent's momentum. Judo became an Olympic sport for men in 1964 and for women in 1992. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Jigoro Kano built it from jujitsu techniques he had studied as a young man. The figure is taken from International Judo Federation, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.