Kanō Jigorō was a Japanese educator and the founder of judo. Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical innovations attributed to Kanō include the use of black and white belts, and the introduction of dan ranking to show the relative ranking among members of a martial-art-style.
The objective of competitive judo is to throw an opponent, immobilize them with a pin, or force an opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke.
A practitioner of judo is known as a judoka.
"dan" ranks as used by many arts:
Degree | Pronunciation | Japanese |
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1st dan | Shodan | 初段 |
2nd dan | Nidan | 弐段 |
3rd dan | Sandan | 参段 |
4th dan | Yondan | 四段 |
5th dan | Godan | 五段 |
6th dan | Rokudan | 六段 |
7th dan | Shichidan | 七段 |
8th dan | Hachidan | 八段 |
9th dan | Kudan | 九段 |
10th dan | Jūdan | 十段 |
To find the cache first you have to go to judo school here:
N 44° 51. shodan sandan shichidan '
E 24° 51. 八段 九段 初段 '
After hard training you receive your and earn a place on their wall of fame. The number of photos on the wall is W.
The cache is located here:
N 44° 51. shodan (54-W)'
E 24° 51. 八段 (55+W)'
Etapă | Simbol | Tip | Coordonate | Descriere |
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Loc real | --- | Scoala de judo |
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Loc final | --- | Jigoro Kano |