French media: Japanese judo movement is facing the danger of decline

[Global Times reporter Xing Xiaojing] "The over -winning game system, training methods, corporal punishment and weight loss pressure are keeping a large number of children away from the judo movement." A recent report from Agence France -Presse has aroused external attention. It is reported that the Japanese Judo Federation has canceled a national championship facing a 10 -year -old child. In recent years, Judo, which has been valued by Japanese people, faces the danger of decline.

Judo data map. Picture source: IC Photo

Is Japanese judo really declined? A set of data may give the answer. At the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020, a total of 15 Judo gold medals were generated. Japan won 9 yuan and won 2 silver and 1 copper, with a total of 12 judo medals, helping the Japanese delegation with 58 medals in the top third list of the top list. Pass.

Looking back at Japan's performance in previous summer Olympics events, Judo has always been a well -deserved "gold medal pool" in Japan. As of now, it is the most delisted project of the Japanese delegation. 20 medals, ranking first with absolute advantages.

However, as the France -Press said, parents now have more worries when they send their children to the Judo. A research team specializing in martial arts sports pressure stated that from 1983 to 2016, the Japanese campus reported a total of 121 deaths related to Judo. "Judo should be the movement of human nature," said the chairman of the Japanese Judo Federation, and also the chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Yamashita, said, "If you think there is no value except victory, the result is the most important. Then It will be distorted. "

Compared with Judo, the decline of sumo is more obvious in Japan. Sumo originated in the Spring and Autumn Period of China, and it was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty and became popular. The official website of the Sumo Association of Japan shows that in 2019, the only Sumo Henggang player in Japan officially announced his retirement. Since then, one of the only Henggang in the sumo world is the Mongolians' Fuji Chunxiong. Rare is the highest level of Sumo Movement in 2017. It is the first and only Henggang born in Japan since 1998.

Traditionally, sumo athletes have a high status in Japan, and they are often impressed by high income and accompanied by their wives. But their current days are far less than the past. There have been some people with strong financial resources in Japanese society to "support" Lishi to provide them with valuable money for diet and daily training, but now this "gold master" almost no longer exists. Over the years of malformed dietary habits have caused sumo athletes to often get sick. Statistics show that the average life expectancy of Henggang in the past is only 62 years, which is far lower than the average life expectancy of the Japanese 84.36 years old. Coupled with the endless layer of Sumo Master's "abuse" scandal, the Japanese are reluctant to send their children to practice sumo.

Moreover, this traditional "territory" in Japan has been divided by "foreign forces", and the performance of local power in Mongolia and Hawaii, the United States. If you want to ignite the enthusiasm of the Japanese people for the Sumo campaign again, Japan may need to wait for the next local Henggang to be born.

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