“When Jigoro Kano founded Judo, he wanted it where everybody could practice the art of Judo”.- Shihan Reynolds

promoted to Shodan in Judo Dr. Reynolds congrats Sensei Tiff

Shihan Reynolds teaches Kodokan Judo. Starting with the basics he emphasizes technique, stamina, and good sportsmanship. Judo as a sport is well known and a high degree of respect is expected when playing judo. He also teaches judo as a part of our self-defense program. It is here that skills learned playing judo can be used in combination with karate skills. This is an aspect of the goju style. Hard and soft techniques working together.

Kodokan Judo founded in 1882 by the late Prof. Kano who himself had established Judo.

“It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday”- Jigoro Kano

Judo or Jūdō (柔道, jūdō^?, meaning "gentle way")

A practitioner of judo is known as a judoka or "judo practitioner", though traditionally only those of 4th Dan or higher were called "judoka". The suffix -ka, when added to a noun, means a person with expertise or special knowledge on that subject. Other practitioners below the rank of 4th dan were called kenkyu-sei or "trainees". However, today the term judoka is used worldwide to refer to any practitioner of judo without any particular level of expertise being implied.

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Jigoro Kano

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