I Wore A White Belt To The Smoldering Dimension of Sore Losers

Kanō Jigoro <a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Kodokan_Judo.html?id=e6wUXRgLEfYC" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">was the</a> legendary founder of Judo. He was small and unremarkable in stature yet tossed much larger opponents over his head with ease. He pioneered the central tenet of Judo: using someone’s weight against them. Kanō’s journey wasn’t easy in the beginning. In the mid-19th century, he was a young disciple who sparred with other senseis and was defeated in humiliating fashion. Yet, eventually, he became unbeatable. Masters fumed as Kanō flipped them like a pancake. They wondered how things had changed so drastically. <h1>What happened?</h1> How did Kanō transcend competency thresholds? First, he was persistent and took time to study how the body moved. He stepped outside the normal bounds of combat wisdom, researching and testing new techniques from other martial arts. He studied human anatomy. After trial and error, he discovered a key insight: the easiest way to throw someone was to break their posture. By bending them at their hips, they lost their defensive strength and balance. Five decades later, after immortalizing his legacy, Jigoro’s health began failing him. On his deathbed, he asked to be buried in a white belt instead of a black belt. He wanted to be remembered as a learner, not a master. <a href="https://seanjkernan.medium.com/i-wore-a-white-belt-to-the-smoldering-dimension-of-sore-losers-8c02c661d5ac">Read More</a>