THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HISTORY

As of 2011, fifteen Japanese men have been promoted to jūdan (十段, 10th dan) through the Kodokan;[119] the IJF and Western and Asian national federations have promoted Yet another eleven that are not identified at that standard of rank with the Kodokan. On 28 July 2011, the advertising board of USA Judo awarded Keiko Fukuda the rank of tenth da