What is the origin of the word 'judo'?
Judo, coined in English in 1889, came from the Japanese word judo, a combined form of ju, meaning "softness, gentleness" + do, meaning "way, art".This refined form of ju-jitsu was introduced by one Dr. Jigoro Kano in 1882 as a sport or physical exercise, using form, balance, and principles of movement.