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The Seeds of Jūdō in France: Kawaishi Mikinosuke’s Enduring Legacy
Kawaishi Mikinosuke helped popularize jūdō in France and other European countries through his pioneering efforts to make it accessible to non-Japanese, including developing his own teaching method and introducing the colored belt-ranking system. A New …