Who has been the best?

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I'm not seeing much explination for the answers. Just fancy titles. Why do you feel they were so important. Just creating a style is nothing. Any schmo can put some techniques together and call it a new system. However, what makes that person unique...what makes their system unique.

For example: Funakoshi Sensei; His innovation came in his ablity to popularize the art of Karate. If it weren't for him, it may still be practiced in secrecy of night somewhere in Okinawa.

Kano; the creation of randori allowed practitioners to practice at 100% power with very few injuries.

Go beyond naming famous people...say what they did. It will help to educate us all.

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