The murder of Jigoro Kano?

**FictionPimp** · Posted On: 1/12/2006 12:27pm

Looks to me that Wiki is just as accurate as Britannica

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch...9155109,00.htm

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...512180410/1012

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4530930.stm

**brew** · Posted On: 1/24/2006 8:00pm

Originally Posted by Osiris

the [wikipedia's] NPV clause allows a lot of bullshi[do] to slide

This is what I dislike most about it. You can never be definitive on anything if any crackpot has a differing opinion they want to interject.

**Lucky Seven** · Posted On: 1/26/2006 1:20pm

Heh didn't knew Bullshido was on there

Well its allways like this, one someone "important" dies theories rise, personaly I dont buy it, Kano's students wouldn't let something like that go unanswered

**martialfiend** · Posted On: 1/27/2006 6:23am

people should be nice to one another. why are people so unkind?

**Askari** · Posted On: 2/01/2006 3:47pm

Interesting series of coincidence. Similiar information is contained in the entry atAnswers.com

However their source is Wikopedia.

There is however a thorough thread on the Judo History website, here is the link:
Thread from Judo History

Interesting correction is that he was leaving Canada on his way to Japan, not the US. So the Wikopedia entry falls apart there as well.

**Askari** · Posted On: 2/01/2006 3:50pm

Slightly off-topic question. Is Wikopedia open to editing by anyone? That pretty much throws it into a whole other area completely.

**meng_mao** · Posted On: 2/01/2006 7:10pm

Originally Posted by Askari

Slightly off-topic question. Is Wikopedia open to editing by anyone? That pretty much throws it into a whole other area completely.

Are you from another planet?
Yes, Wikipedia is for any and all. That's why they have thousands of geekdork mods.

**Askari** · Posted On: 2/03/2006 5:45pm

Thanks Meng Mao, but yes, you have blown my cover, the mothership will be picking me back up shortly. First time I've wandered into Wikopedia for anything I actually wanted to read - this one is fairly obviously crap. Strange idea overall, create an encyclopedia that anyone can update information or change pages. Someone could just wander around aimlessly erasing information.

**jason_couch** · Posted On: 2/18/2006 12:18pm

Joe Svinth discussed the Kano-murder idea briefly in his "Getting a Grip: Judo in the Nikkei Communities of the Pacific Northwest 1900-1950." You can find it at www.ejmas.com if you're interested (I recommend it for those interested in early US jujutsu and mixed jj-wrestling matches).

Anyway, Joe's points were that: a) Japanese assassin's tended to be a little more direct, and b) the death certificate cause of pneumonia is consistent with the accounts of Kano's fellow travelers.