In 1882, Kano opened his Kodokan dojo in Tokyo, where he taught
jujutsu to his first class of nine students. His choice of the name
'Kodokan' symbolizes precocity in one so young and is highly
significant, for it means 'the institute where one is guided along
the road to follow in life', that is to say, a road that one
travels as a means of self-cultivation, which Kano regarded as the
optimum way to live one's life. This cultivation, however, can only
be attained following long years of training made with vigorous
exertion in an effort to reach the ultimate goal:
self-perfection.
At the age of twenty-four, Kano abruptly gave up the teaching
of this ancient and altogether brutal activity and never taught
jujutsu again. In his attempt to create for the modern age a
non-violent, spiritually inspiring antagonistic art, he carried out
research on several styles of jujutsu. Primarily in the interests
of both safety and practicality, he altered and added his own
devices to the techniques that he was later to incorporate into his
newly conceived system of skills, which he named 'Kodokan judo'. In
lectures, Kano often stated the following: 'The ultimate object of
studying judo is to train and cultivate body and mind through
practice in attack and defense, and by thus mastering the
essentials of the art, to attain perfection of oneself and bring
benefits to the world.' He had sought to create in judo, therefore,
something positive out of something largely negative.
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