DR. JOSE RIZAL,LAFCARDIO HEARNE & DR. JIGORO KANO

Dr. Jose Rizal, the National Hero of the Philippines; Lafcardio Hearne, the noted writer; and Dr. Jigoro Kano, the Founder of Judo were all contemporaries basically. Hearne wrote about and studied jiu-jitsu and so did Dr. Rizal when he spent time in Japan. More on this later.