Is National Hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal the father of Philippine judo? He could be. Know more:
Former Philippine Amateur Judo Association president, retired police officer Rey Jaylo, attested to the possibility that Rizal indeed brought judo from Japan to the Philippines.
Judo was among the arts that caught Rizal’s attention, who, at that time, was courting a Japanese lady who Jaylo identified as Osei San. “Dr. Rizal’s exile to Dapitan City gave him the opportunity to practice the educational theories he learned from his travels around the world,” Cristobal-Reyes wrote in her article. “He opened a school of judo for boys aged 17, mostly descendants of the living citizens of the town.”
Jaylo said that this is probably the reason why up to this day, youth from the Zambaonga Peninsula, especially those from Dapitan City, continued to be source of outstanding judokas for national teams who brought honors in various international competitions.
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