Above is a statue of Jigoro Kano, the founder of the modern sport of judo that stands at the Kodokan Judo Institute in Japan.  The art of judo had already been around for hundreds of years and was the unofficial basis for feudal system in Japan, as it was practiced by the educated elite.  One of these days I hope to study at Kodokan before I am too old to get any benefit from it.  That is all.