CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -These were the 1940 Tokyo Olympics that later came to be known as the “Tokyo Olympics that never were.” In spite of overwhelming disadvantages, Kano Jigoro, who is known as the “father of judo, ” traveled the world and succeeded in bringing the Olympics to Japan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jigoro Kano He constantly worked to ensure the development of athletics and Japanese sport in general, and as a result is often called the ”Father of Japanese Sports”. In 1935 he was awarded the Asahi prize for his outstanding contribution to the organizing of sport in Japan during his lifetime.

Detailed explanation-3: -Judo was created in 1882 by Kano Jigoro Shihan. As an educational method derived from the martial arts, judo became an official Olympic sport in 1964 (after being named as a demonstration sport at the 1940 Tokyo Olympic Games which were cancelled due to international conflict).

Detailed explanation-4: -judo, Japanese jūdō, system of unarmed combat, now primarily a sport. The rules of the sport of judo are complex. The objective is to cleanly throw, to pin, or to master the opponent, the latter being done by applying pressure to arm joints or to the neck to cause the opponent to yield.

Detailed explanation-5: -The terms judo and jujutsu were quite interchangeable in the early years, so some of these forms of judo are still known as jujutsu or jiu-jitsu either for that reason, or simply to differentiate them from mainstream judo.