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Kanō Jigorō (嘉納治五郎, 28 October 1860 – 5 May 1938) was a Japanese educator and athlete, the founder of Judo. Judo was the first Japanese martial art to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical innovations attributed to Kanō include the use of black and white belts, and the introduction of dan ranking to show the relative ranking among members of a martial art style. Well-known mottoes attributed to Kanō include "Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort" （精力善用 Sei-ryoku Zen-yō）and "Mutual Welfare and Benefit"（自他共栄 Ji-ta Kyō-ei）.

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Consider fully, act decisively.

Act, Decisively, Fully

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

Action, Art, Circumstances, Course, Look, Looks

In an argument, you may silence your opponent by pressing an advantage of strength or of wealth, or of education. But you do not really convince him. Though he is no longer saying anything, in his heart he still keeps to his opinion, the only way to make him change that opinion is to speak quietly and reasonably. When he understands that you are not trying to defeat him, but only to find the truth, he will listen to you and perhaps accept what you tell him.

Accept, Argument, Heart, Longer, Silence, Trying

Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle.

Face, Letting Go, Outcomes, Struggle, Voice

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. By training you in attacks and defenses it refines your body and your soul and helps you make the spiritual essence of Judo a part of your very being. In this way you are able to perfect yourself and contribute something of value to the world. This is the final goal of Judo discipline.

Attacks, Discipline, Essence, Goal, Spiritual

The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

Art, Contribute, Perfect, Purpose

It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.

Important, Yesterday

Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future.

Future, He Man, Lead, Men, Next, Same

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

Ask, Ignorant, May, Remain, Shame

Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself

Judo, Kill, May, Technique, Wish

The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu-Jitsu in just this way.

Break, Broke, Mma, Practice, Willow, Wind

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

Become, Broken, Cocky, Victory

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.

Broken, Cocky, Danger, Forgetting, Quiet, Victory

There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others.

Allow, Control, Effects, People, Self, Training

In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.

Opponents, Opportunity, Presents, Randori, Search, Weakness

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.

Art, Spiritual, Strength, Use, Way

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Art, Easily, Employ, Opponent, Opponents, Principles

Apply just the right amount of force — never too much, never too little.

Apply, Force, Littles, Right, Too Much

The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred.

Art, Generation, Generations, Hundred, Person, Teaching