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Gunji Koizumi was known as the "Father of European Judo." He was born in 1885 in Japan and studied jujitsu before moving to England in 1906 to teach the martial art. In 1918, he opened the Budokwai dojo in London, which became a center for the spread of judo in Europe. Koizumi organized the formation of the British Judo Association and European Judo Union in 1948. He was instrumental in the establishment of the International Judo Federation in 1951. Koizumi passed away in 1965 after dedicating his life to t

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