#1. Kano Jigoro (the inventor of Judo)
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| Kano Jigoro (1860, Japan) |
* Kano simple profile
Kano was the inventor of judo. Judo was the first Japanese martial art to be known as an official Olympic sport. His official honours and decorations included the First Order of Merit and Grand Order of the Rising Sun and the Third Imperial Degree.
* Jujitsu Beginnings
Kano's father used to have a strong belief in education so his father sent him to attend private English school to improve his English and German. For this opportunity let Kano even helped out in his documentation of jujitsu studies.
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He passed away in 4th of May 1938, aged 77.
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* Judo founder
Kano formulated his own views for martial arts, that made him to invent a martial art style of his own. His style had the main fundamental of utilise the energy of opponents against them and eradicated some dangerous techniques of Jujitsu.
The name of Judo combined the characters ju(
柔), meaning "pliancy", and "do", which is literally "The Way", but figuratively meaning method.
#2. David Douillet
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| David Douillet (1968, Rouen) |
* Profile
David is currently a retired French judo player and politician. He was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.90 meters and weighing 125 kilo grams, he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. 4 titles, 2 Gold medals, and a Bronze.
* Politician
His achievements made him one of the famous judoka in French history. After covering the sports career, he was engaged in politics.
#3. Satoshi Ishii
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| Satoshi Ishii (1986, Japan) |
* Profile
Satoshi Ishii is a famous Japanese Judoka and mixed Martial artist noted for winning a gold medal in Olympic Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympic Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, in Beijing, China, and silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games and two All-Japan Judo Championships.
* Mixed martial arts career
As he made many successes in judo, Ishii decided to apply his talents in the sport of mixed martial arts(MMA) to the dismay of the Japanese Judo Federation(JJF).
#4. Kim Jae- Bum
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| Kim Jae-Bum (1985, South Korea) |
* Profile
Kim Jae-Bum is a male South Korean judo player. Kim won a gold medal in the -73kg class at the 2004 World junior Judo Championships in Hungary. At the 2005 Asian Judo Championships in Tashkent, he won a gold medal in the -73kg class.
* Best Achievements
Kim won his first major gold medal at the 2010 World judo Championships held in Tokyo, which was hold a match with two-time Olympic medallist Leandro Cuilheiro of Brazil.
Kim became the two-time world champion at the 2011 World Judo Championships held in Paris.
In summer Olympics 2012, Kim won gold medal in men's -81kg division, defeating German Judo player Ole Bischof.
