The first Black-belts and the Importance of the Judogi

https://youtu.be/ulpIHyQimGo Judo’s founder, Jigoro Kano, forever changed the world of Martial Arts when he awarded the first “Black belts” over a hundred and thirty years ago. Sensei Kano awarded two of his students, Shiro Saigo and Tomita Tsunejiro, with black belts in 1883, simply to recognize and mark that they were no longer beginner ...