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 The Kodokan Institute's main entrance | |
| Date founded | 1882[1] |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Founder | Kanō Jigorō[2] |
| Arts taught | Judo |
| Ancestor schools | Tenjin Shin'yō-ryū and Kito-ryū |
| Practitioners | Kyuzo Mifune, Keiko Fukuda, Masahiko Kimura, Gene LeBell, Anton Geesink, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Neil Adams, Hidehiko Yoshida, Vladimir Putin, Kosei Inoue, Minoru Mochizuki, Ronda Rousey, Mitsuyo Maeda |
| Official website | kodokanjudoinstitute |
The Kodokan Judo Institute (公益財団法人講道館), or Kōdōkan (講道館), is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. The kōdōkan was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo.[3][4]
- ^ Stevens, John (Aug 27, 2013). The Way of Judo. The Start of the Kodokan: Shambhala Publications. ISBN 9780834829015.
- ^ Adams, Andy (March 1970). "Jigoro Kano: The Quiet Giant". Black Belt. 8 (3): 48.
- ^ Anuradha Abeysekara (2014-02-15). "First Lankan Kodokan Judo black belt holder - Lincoln Wijeyesinghe". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Brian N. Watson (3 October 2008). Judo Memoirs of Jigoro Kano. Trafford. p. 178. ISBN 9781425163518. Retrieved 2016-02-22.