When we think of Jigoro Kano establishing Kodokan Judo in the 1880’s it would be very tempting to use the phrase “old school”.  Surely we can’t get much more old school than a country that had only just opened its borders to foreign...

It’s worth asking. I mean, with all the martial arts out there, Why practice Judo? In this blog we’ll look at 3 areas of Judo, the history, the character development found within Judo and the pragmatic application of Judo as a martial art....