3 The History of Judo 2

In Meiji era, Jujitsu is more prevalent than judo. Jujitsu is a little different from judo. Jujitsu has atemiwaza, but judo does not have it. Atemiwaza contains striking, kicking, tackling, pushing, punching. Jujitsu is a Japanese martial art and a method of close combat for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon or only a short weapon.

"Ju" can be translated to mean "gentle, soft, supple, flexible, pliable, or yielding." Jitsu" can be translated to mean "art" or "technique" and represents manipulating the opponent's force against himself rather than confronting it with one's own force. Jujutsu developed among the samuri of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent in which one uses no weapon, or only a short weapon. Because striking against an armored opponent proved ineffective, practitioners learned that the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws. These techniques were developed around the principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing it.
On other hand, the number of people who do judo had been increasing more and more in the late of 1880's. Many schools took judo as a gymnastics and finally judo became an official subject in 1931.
Moreover judo came to be done among police, armies and workers.
After the World War Ⅱ, judo was prohibited at schools by Japanese government, but The Japanese Judoka Rally revived in 1948 and next year, The Japanese Judo League was organized. Furthermore doing judo was permitted at schools in 1950 and held national judo student meeting, so judo began to prevail in Japan.
Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. After not being included in 1968, judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women participated as a Judoka compete in weight classes. Gold and silver medals are awarded based on a single elimination bracket. Two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class; quarter-finalists losers fight against other in the same half of bracket. Losers finish in seventh place, winners advance to the bronze medal contest against losing semifinalist of the opposite half of the bracket. Winners of these contests receive bronze medal and losers finish in fifth place.demonstration sport. Women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
reference; ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/柔道
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