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Top: Thomas R.<br />

Goudy attempting<br />

an armlock, 1962.<br />

Bottom: Toyoshige<br />

Tomita demonstrating<br />

the seoi otoshi<br />

throw, 1962. (Courtesy<br />

of Joe Svinth)<br />

214 Jûdô<br />

dent on demonstrated proficiency in these areas as well as points scored in<br />

competition.<br />

<strong>The</strong> belt color ranking system, which originated with jûdô, has been<br />

adopted by a great many martial systems and has occasioned much debate.<br />

<strong>The</strong> dan/kyû system, in which the more advanced or dan ranks are usually<br />

designated by a black belt and the lesser kyû grades by a variety of colors,<br />

is one of the most widely recognized features of Japanese and some other<br />

Asian martial arts, and it is often assumed to be of great antiquity. In reality,<br />

it represented another facet of Kanô’s innovation and modernization,<br />

since it presented a format for standardizing the development of the jûdôka

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