9th International Jigoro Kano Day 2019.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- On October 28, 2019, the World Judo Federation (WJF) will celebrate the ninth version of the International Day of Master Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) who founded this martial discipline in 1882.Jigoro Kano was the first representative of the Empire of the Rising Sun and Chrysanthemum Kingdom before the International Olympic Committee, IOC, as a great humanist and first-rate personality in Japan.On this 159th anniversary of the birth of the distinguished Master Kano, the World Judo Federation calls its affiliated national organizations to commemorate this day with talks about his figure, Arbitration clinics, intramural tournaments, walks, exams for grade promotion, discipline exhibitions, among other activities.
According to this celebration are the World Judo Championships to be held on November 1 and 2 in the city of Carrara, Italy in the framework of the VIII World Martial Arts Games of the International Martial Arts Games Committe (IMGC) where athletes belonging to the five continents will see action in both feminine and masculine. The meeting of the Executive Committee of the World Judo Federation to be held in Carrara has among its agenda items the preparation and celebration of the 160 years of the birth of Master Jigoro Kano next 2020.
Executive Committee
World Judo Federation (WJF).
October 22, 2019.