- male, deceased (1938)
- Kano Jigoro was the founder of judo. Judo was the first Japanese martial art to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become...
- male, deceased (1994)
- Carlos Gracie is the co-founder of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu the Brazilian martial art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) along with his younger brother Hélio G...
- male, deceased (1965)
- Gunji Koizumi, (1885-1965) introduced Judo to England. President and founder of the Budokwai. National Coach of the British Judo Association. As...
- male
- Risei Kano was one of the three sons of Jigoro Kano, the creator of Judo. Risei Kano was the second president of the International Judo Federation,...
- male, 76 years old
- Jon Bluming (born February 6, 1933) is a Dutch international icon as an instructor of judo, Kyokushin karate, and MMA. Born in Amsterdam, he was 16...
- male
- Dave Lowry has been a student of Japanese martial arts since 1968, when he began studying Yagyū Shinkage-ryū kenjutsu under Ryokichi Kotaro of th...
- male, deceased (1935)
- Yamashita Yoshiaki, was the first person to have been awarded 10th degree black belt ("jūdan") rank in Kodokan judo. He was also a pioneer of judo i...
- male, deceased (1951)
- Edward William Barton-Wright C.E., M.J.S. (member of the Japan Society) (1860-1951) was a British entrepreneur specialising in both self defence...
- male, 68 years old
- Douglas ("Doug") Rogers (born January 26, 1941 in Truro, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian Olympic competitor in judo. His best-known achievements are a...
- male
- Ad Santel, born Adolph Ernst, was a practitioner of catch wrestling. Santel was paid by Frank Gotch to purposely injure the knee of George...
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