Why Jigoro Kano Wants You To Be a “Good Citizen”
Growing up in the martial arts during the 1980s, one of the primary tenets of practice was something they called “good citizenship”. The concept dates back to at least the 1800s, to Mr. Jigoro Kano‘s belief that a practitioner needed to be a useful citizen to society. But today it sounds very outdated, even antiquated. Even though I was surrounded by the … [Read more…]