A 25-Year-old girl appears in the British Dojo Budokwai, founded and directed by Japanese master gunji koizumi, to start in judo.
In order to expand her knowledge, in 1934 she travels to Japan. Train in the
Kodokan, founded by jigorō kano himself, and later in the dai nippon butokukai,
directed by representatives of the master.
On February 27, 1935 the belt black of judo is granted. The newspaper "
Japanese times " Publishes: " the foreign woman gets the shodan in
the butokukai ". for the first time a non-Japanese woman reached that
rank.
Shortly after she returned to Britain, and after practicing some time at the
budokwai, he established his own dojo in burgh healh, his hometown.
We're talking about Sarah Mayer (1896-1957)
The way this woman was treated in Japan by all the men with whom she learned
and practiced, was very unusual for the time in an eminently patriarchal
society and environment. They treated her equal to equal, with all the
recognition and respect for those who had earned it to pulse for their own
merits.
Knowing and understanding your experiences in all its extension and meaning,
brings us closer to understanding the difficulties to overcome global gender
problems in the history of sport, and especially martial arts.
Her journey was one of the most remarkable and important examples of historical
interactions that opened the way for other women.
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