What is the judo moral code?
The judo moral code is set of eight values, invented by judo’s founder Jigoro Kano to guide judoka in our lives.
The eight values are courage, courtesy, honour, honesty, modesty, respect, self-control and friendship and all eight are covered in the Koka Kids judo moral code series, with supporting material for coaches to use including these eight moral code posters.
In this series we look at how we can encourage these values in a dojo through every-day examples, starting with Courage in the Dojo.
Courage
Courage is the ability to face difficulties. They say, courage is like a muscle – the more you use it, the bigger it becomes! But what does the word really mean? And how can we encourage judoka to recognise courage in themselves, and nurture it? Perhaps we can do so, by using real-life every day situations…
