New York City street named after women's judo pioneer Kanokogi

A street in New York City has been named after the late Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, an American woman known as the "mother of women's judo," for her efforts to make the sport an Olympic event.A ceremony was held Sunday with attendance of her family, local council members and judo officials to commemorate the naming of the street "Rena 'Rusty' Kanokogi Way" in Brooklyn, where Kanokogi was born."My wife worked so hard during a time when people said 'If a woman does judo, she won't be able to have children,' by saying 'If I fight, women will be able to compete in other sports,'" her husband and fel…READ FULL ARTICLE