Judo is a Japanese Martial art and it was born out of Jujitsu. The first ever Judo dojo was opened by Professor Kano in Tokyo in 1882. The Dojo taught students the Nippon Den Kodokan Judo technique. Judo in Japanese means gentle way, where Ju means gentleness and it helps a student to adapt to the opponents strength and use it to their advantage. Do means a way and represents the various techniques applied in refining the art of Judo.

Ju Jitsu, a Japanese Martial art is a mix of two different elements – Ju and Jitsu. Ju refers to flexibility, suppleness, gentleness and pliancy while Jitsu refers to the basic technique used in learning and mastering the art. Gentleness is ironical word when it comes to Martial arts although the entire philosophy of Ju Jitsu is based on it. The gentleness in Ju comes from the fact that in this Martial art, students don’t use their strength to defend, but instead they use the opponent’s strength to fight them. Hence the unarmed strikes, the kicks, the locks etc makes the Ju Jitsu disciple a formidable opponent.