The roots of Brazilian judo, the genealogic tree from olympic medalists

Abstract

Brazil has participated in all editions of the Olympic Games (OG) in Judo, and 12 Brazilian athletes were medalists. The goal of the present study is to prepare a Judo genealogical tree from the Brazilian Judo of those medalists. The methodology used was the oral history of life hybrid. The 12 Brazilian Judo medalists and their coaches were interviewed. After identified all of the former coaches from those medalists, we were able to find the genearches, those who came into Brazil with the possibility to transmit these knowledge. The answers obtained from the respondents were analyzed together with other documents. Maeda and Satake were the first ones to arrive in Brazil and began the demonstrations, in 1914. Ryuzo Ogawa, who found Budokan in 1936, was the genearch who influenced the highest number of those athletes. The first Brazilian medalist, Chiaki Ishii, was a genearch as well, since he influenced other athletes and coaches.