Kano was also praised as "the father of Japanese physical education". As director of the Tokyo Normal Higher School, he established a general physical education faculty with the aim of training teachers capable of bringing quality physical education to young Japanese people. He also helped to found the Japan Amateur Sports Association (Japan Sport Association) and, in 1909, became the first Asian member of the International Olympic Committee. Kano traveled abroad thirteen times, giving lectures and judo demonstrations, in order to present his art to people around the world.

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Today, the International Judo Federation includes representatives from some 204 countries and regions (in 2020), with practitioners of all age groups wearing judo uniforms and climbing on the mat to forge their minds, bodies and spirits.

The following excerpt is part of the preamble to the statutes of the International Judo Federation:

Judo was created in 1882 by Kano Jigoro Shihan. As an educational method derived from the martial arts, judo became an official Olympic sport in 1964 (after being named as a demonstration sport at the Tokyo Olympics in 1940, which were canceled due to international conflicts). Judo is a highly codified sport in which the mind controls the expression of the body and is a sport that contributes to the formation of the individual. In addition to competitions and fights, judo involves technical research, kata practice, self-defense work, physical preparation and sharpening of the spirit. As a discipline derived from ancestral traditions, judo was conceived by its Master Founder as an eminently modern and progressive activity.