A STUDY ON THE FORMATIVE PROCESS OF “RANDORI” IN MEIJI ERA
2000 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 32-42
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2000 Volume 32 Issue 2 Pages 32-42
This paper identifies the “randori” of Meiji Era as the middle stage between the “randori” of modern Jujutsu centering on “binding” and its technical integration into the present Judo centering on “throwing”, and discusses the formative process and developments of the “randori” by schools of Jujutsu in Meiji Era and the “randori” waza in Kodokan Judo.
In Jujutsu world in the 20s of Meiji, as Kodokan developed, there occurred a competition between it and schools of Jujutsu. Both groups competed with each other in technique for external matches, and “randori” waza was systematized and technically developed for the purpose of matches. That is, the technique to kill or bind which schools of Jujutsu had was changed into “randori” suitable for external matches. As a result of this change, various Jujutsu techniques were integrated into Kodokan Judo, which was superior to Jujutsu in “randori”.
